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Recruitment & executive search
Enterprise, Venture & Financial Services
Deep tech talent for organisations building something new.
Work8 recruits founding executives and technical leaders for banks, consultancies, corporate venture builders and investors launching new ventures, digital products and AI capability.
Capabilities we recruit for
Banks, consultancies, corporate venture builders and investors launching new ventures, digital products, and data and AI capability, plus technical due diligence for funds.
Roles we fill
- Founding CEOs, CTOs and CPOs for new ventures
- Heads of digital product and engineering
- Data and AI leaders
- Venture build and transformation leads
- Technical due diligence advisers
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- Who recruits enterprise, venture and financial services talent in Australia?
- Work8 is a Sydney-based boutique executive search firm that specialises in enterprise, venture and financial services hiring, among other deep tech fields. We recruit in Australia and to or from more than 24 countries, and have filled more than 1,100 executive and engineering roles.
- What enterprise, venture and financial services roles does Work8 fill?
- Typical roles include founding CEOs, CTOs and CPOs for new ventures; heads of digital product and engineering; data and AI leaders; venture build and transformation leads; technical due diligence advisers. We also fill executive and technical leadership roles: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Chief Engineers and Heads of Product.
- How does Work8 find candidates who are not on the market?
- We agree what the hire must deliver in their first 12 months, map the best teams in the field in Australia and overseas, and approach each person directly with a clear case for the role. Over 90% of the people we approach respond. Candidates are then assessed by people who know the domain, with structured, independently scored interviews and a work sample.
- How is Work8 paid?
- Fees are tied to outcomes: we are paid for the right hire, not the fastest CV. Retained and embedded models are available for larger programs and team builds.
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