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If you're new here, let us introduce ourselves... 👋🏻 🙋🏻♂️ Keel is what happens when three people need to build and scale an operations business with no help from off-the-shelf tooling. Before we founded Keel in 2021, we worked at Echo, Europe’s fastest growing online pharmacy that was later acquired by Pharmacy2U Ltd. As CEO, CTO and Head of Product, we worked across technology and physical operations shipping 50k medicines to 600k customers daily. When we left, the business had grown to £100m annual revenue. 💸 Through this journey, we built a ton of custom software to run our operations. We hadn’t intended to, but we had no choice. Off-the-shelf was inflexible, and we just needed to get things done! By building the tools ourselves, we realised that custom software massively raises the quality of ops, and also that most ops teams won’t ever have access to their own purpose-built tools. 👉🏻 That’s why we built Keel. Keel offers operators all the benefits of custom software, without having a team of engineers to build it all for you. Engineers typically focus on revenue-generating activities, and we want ops teams to be able to deliver top quality output, time and again, through access to exceptional tooling. 🚀 🌉 Keel bridges the gap between ops and eng. It’s accessible enough that an ops person can get all the insights and usable tools they need from it, but it’s built on engineering best practices so developers can enjoy extending it to meet the needs of your growing company. Whether you’re managing stock ordering or reimbursing expenses, there are in-built internal tools that help you do common processes out-of-the-box, and connecting to your other tech is seamless. And then it’s fully flexible, meaning your engineers can make it fit exactly your process and solve your exact problem, with no compromises and no rebuilding later. 🤝🏻 Our full service onboarding with our highly experienced team will get you set up and feeling confident, meaning you can be sure you’ve got the solution you need before you commit. Chat to us now! #Operations #InternalTools #LowCode

What software platform should you be adding to your tech stack? Not only does product operations manager Kim Ullstrup, CCWP Ullstrup manage our tech stack at Horizontal Talent, but she is regularly researching and meeting with new software platforms to best support our global teams. Every other week, Kim will be sharing her unfiltered insights on a trending software, in order to provide some clarity for your own tech stack optimization. Learn about the first software platform we're featuring, AI and DEI job description software Get-Optimal: https://hubs.ly/Q02nyzgw0 #hztl #staffing #techstack #deisoftware #removingbias

Back to my second home, we are taking over Times Square - again! 🍎 Insider. makes history once more by receiving another major investment towards its brilliant future, continuing delivering the best tech for marketers around the world! 🌎 Thank you, Nasdaq, for celebrating our historic $500M Series E, led by General Atlantic In case you missed it - here is how we will use the funds from this latest round: - Invest heavily in AI to deliver against the most ambitious product roadmap in the industry - Grow our 350+ in-house engineering team with an additional 200 AI and Machine Learning engineers and data scientists - Increase investments in the US following strong demand to accelerate our growth - Actively pursue M&A opportunities, focusing on acquiring exceptional product companies that complement our existing technology - Continue to scale our global expansion across 28 regions and five continents We’re just getting started…hashtag hashtag#BuildersGottaBuild In case you missed the news last week, find out more about the investment here > https://bit.ly/4hFW8Ai Want to be part of this extraordinary journey? We’re hashtag hashtag#hiring! Check out all our open positions > https://lnkd.in/dZqBt79A

Recruiting Network - Some #Talentacquisition and #recruitment roles in technology-driven business in Ireland and the UK you could consider applying for 📝 Ireland ☘ Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group Autodesk MathWorks Teleflex Intercom Klaviyo Rippling MongoDB Susquehanna International Group Zoom EY Larian Studios LinkedIn Datadog Huawei Regeneron CitySwift EdgeTier Obelisk UK 💂♂️ Addepar Blink The Employee App C3 AI GetGround HackerOne OrderYOYO Sentient Snowflake Squiz Snyk Bank of England Chartboost Deliveroo Clear Channel UK ClearBank Legend Robin AI Vanta Nothing Funding Circle UK Moss (Exceeded mention limit...) Airwallex Marbl Whatnot Highspot Wheely The market seems to be warming which is exciting to see for 2025. (If you get into one of these roles remember who flagged them and come chat with me) If you see other roles that should be included in the next post then please let me know I am the founder of TA.guru - a company built by recruiters for recruiters to enable them reach their peak - interested in learning more then reach out and lets chat #recruitmentenablement

💡 Spoiler: Your tech skills alone won’t get you noticed. 💼 The Personal Brand Accelerator is your roadmap to crafting a standout personal brand that gets you seen, heard, and hired. Whether you’re a software engineer, data scientist, or IT pro – this program is designed to help you own your space and make your mark. It’s time to brand yourself like the expert you are. Click below to start building your personal brand now! https://lnkd.in/g-MC9_WN #TechCareers #DigitalBranding #CareerBoost #TechExperts

There are no jobs in tech in 2024. Right? Wrong! 💥 Below, you'll find the list of 24 BRILLIANT tech companies in burning need for employees (mostly remote jobs, Glassdoor rating in the brackets): 👇 🍀 REMOTE: FathomAI (4.5) Adept AI (5.0) Replit (4.1) Hatch (3.9) Echo BrightCo RIVET Work (4.0) Pry Financials Collective (4.4) Luma AI (4.4) Papaya Pay (4.7) Stellar Development Foundation (4.6) Tonic.ai Sema4 (2.7) Zeacon (3.9) Emburse (3.4) Rollstack Tiger Analytics (3.8) Hostinger (3.8) xAI (4.3) 🍀 HYBRID: Stripe (3.6) Merge (4.6) ZoomInfo (3.8) Acquia (3.8) Do you know anyone who is looking for a job in tech at the moment? Just pay good karma forward! 🙏 #TechCareers #RemoteWork #HiringNow

📉 In my Friday post (https://lnkd.in/d5zPUgYR), I shared the Open #TechJob trend by TrueUp. Today, I want you to take a close look at the valuations of Notable Tech Companies. Understanding a company's value offers a view of its market worth and potential for future success. Sadly, markets aren't as optimistic about the potential success of so many Wall Street darlings. I, too, made a few bad mistakes by investing in 23andMe and Arrival, which are down respectively by 97% and nearly 100% (bankrupt)! Both companies went public via SPACs - yet another lesson to learn! 🍕 However, the good news is that most companies nowadays are tech companies to some extent, and software is still "eating the world." It's probably time for a closer look! I think it makes sense to dive deep and examine specific verticals! Stay tuned, and have a great week!

You can build the future of tech without paying Silicon Valley prices. Combined compensation for these roles: $4.2M+ The median home price in Lehigh Valley is $321K. In San Francisco? $1.3M. Your "non-traditional" location isn't a limitation—it's leverage. Silicon Valley doesn't have a monopoly on innovation, but it does have a monopoly on unnecessary overhead. That's not just remote work—that's wealth creation dressed as lifestyle choice. Here's this week's curation of roles that let you impact global tech from your converted steel mill loft apartment👇 🤖 AI Leadership & Strategy 1. Senior Technical Program Manager, Compute Performance Engineering | NVIDIA | https://lnkd.in/eHwDu-pX 2. Principal Consultant, AI Transformation | Evisort | https://lnkd.in/eH4imBZH 3. Vice President of Data/AI | SAIC | https://lnkd.in/eVbuCi2M 4. Sr. AI Innovation Strategist | PSCU | https://lnkd.in/eagUk7Yj 5. Lead Product Manager, AI | Wikimedia Foundation | https://lnkd.in/e53KkiJZ 6. Growth Marketing Manager (Gen AI SaaS) | WillowTree | https://lnkd.in/ej4cM-vJ 7. Senior Manager, Head of AI/ML | Coalition, Inc. | https://lnkd.in/exe2j97g 💻 Responsible AI & Ethics 8. Director, Responsible AI Strategy Team (People Leader) | Salesforce | https://lnkd.in/e4A4vqcU 9. Staff Product Manager, Empathetic AI | Pinterest | https://lnkd.in/eSqYwvJb 📊 Growth & Operations 10. Senior Director of GTM Enablement, Global Programs | HubSpot | https://lnkd.in/eiHqPNBx 11. Director, Strategy & Operations (New and Emerging Businesses) | Fetch | https://lnkd.in/e42c7XBy 12. Director of Strategy and Operations | GitLab | https://lnkd.in/exyFKGX4 📌 Follow Rachel Roseman, MBA for weekly AI career opportunities and actionable strategies that help you build the future from anywhere. #AI #FutureOfTech #CareerStrategy #WomenInTech #RemoteWork #TechLeadership #JobBoard #EconomicDevelopment #Hiring

I’m excited to share that I've joined Range as CTO during an incredible milestone - our $28M Series B! Why Range? It's simple - we're tackling a massive challenge that no one has truly solved yet: using AI to rethink wealth management. The technology has finally caught up, and we have a chance to democratize financial planning for millions of people who have been left out of sophisticated wealth strategies. This funding announcement isn't just about dollars — it's about building a world-class team that can solve a complex problem. We're attracting best-in-class talent who see our vision of transforming an industry that hasn't meaningfully changed in 75 years. As CTO, I'm ready to help scale our engineering team and continue building a product that puts powerful financial tools in everyone's hands. We're just getting started. Read more about the funding announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gPFz3jYh

Excited to share that I’ve launched a new consulting business, helping startups and tech companies with product strategy, partnership development, go-to-market strategies (including market entry, marketing, and branding), and team building. Earlier this year, I left Block, where I led product, data science, partnerships, and marketing for Bitkey, helping build and launch the product in over 95 countries. Since then, I’ve been working with clients across various industries and stages of growth. For example, I’ve helped a transportation marketplace improve product, risk, and payments operations, and I’m currently advising a leading healthcare provider on payments operations that are critical to life-saving access to women’s medical care. Here’s where I can best advise founders and operators: - Product Strategy & Management: Partnering with leaders to develop product ideas, build business models, run experiments and conduct customer research, and scale product discovery and delivery. - Partnerships: Exploring build, buy, or partner models, and evaluating potential partners from product, technical, operational, talent, and policy perspectives. - Market Expansion: Assisting with new market entry and global expansion strategies, while not losing momentum on existing market growth. - Team Building: Advising on when to hire, what competencies to prioritize, and how to build effective teams across product, partnerships, marketing, data science, and operations. - Navigating Regulatory and Policy Complexity: Guiding companies innovating through regulatory and policy uncertainty and helping build relationships with government and nonprofits. I’ve also got some collaborations in the works with some amazing experts across different fields so we can offer wider functional support to complex projects. More to share here soon. Let’s connect if you’re interested in working together! 🏗 🚀 🙌