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Fractional Talent Leadership
for Ambitious Tech Companies

Smarter, strategic hiring, without the cost of
a full time Head of Talent.

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WHAT WE DO /

We provide high-impact, strategic talent support to early-stage and scaling tech companies, through a flexible, fractional model.

With over 16 years’ experience across corporates, unicorns, and seed-stage startups, we embed deeply into your business to help you build or transform your approach to hiring.

Whether you’re hiring your first key roles or need to scale fast post-funding, we act as your Head of Talent - owning hiring strategy, setting up robust infrastructure, and delivering hands-on support to get the right people in place, fast.

Our model is built on quality, trust, and adaptability. Every engagement is tailored to your stage, challenges, and goals, offering the benefits of senior talent leadership without the need for a full-time hire.

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SERVICES /

Fractional
Head of Talent

Your on-demand Head of Talent, embedded at a strategic level.

  • Drive your end-to-end hiring strategy

  • Supporting companies from seed to Series C.

  • Hire critical and leadership roles from technical to commercial

  • Act as a internal advisor to founders and execs

  • Design and optimise sourcing, referrals and outbound strategy

  • Set up, audit and refine hiring tools, systems and processes

  • Coach hiring teams and build internal capability

  • Advise on employer brand and positioning

Talent
Operations

Set the foundation to scale confidently.

  • Implement or optimise your Ashby set-up (Ashby Expert Program)

  • Audit hiring workflows, data and tooling

  • Design hiring processes, scorecards & templates

  • Build internal tooling for interviewers

  • Train founders, hiring managers and Talent teams

  • Set best practice foundations for long term scale

On-Demand Hiring

Targeted hiring support when you need to move fast.

  • Contingency hiring support for critical tech and non-tech roles.

  • Works well for pre-seed to seed stage companies.

  • Designed to help you scale, reach MVP, or unlock the next phase of growth

  • Backed by senior market insight and hands-on founder guidance across all disciplines.

FAQS /

  • A: Fractional talent leadership means bringing on experienced talent leaders on a part-time or flexible basis to guide your hiring strategy, build your team and support growth without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.

  • A: We work with VC backed tech companies from Seed through to Series D; typically during phases of growth, hiring ramp-up, or team transformation. Whether you’re hiring your first key roles or scaling post-funding, we help build or evolve your talent infrastructure to support your next stage.

  • A: Every company is unique. We offer flexible service plans, from fractional leadership and talent infrastructure builds to hiring support - all customized based on your stage, goals, and challenges.

  • A: Yes. Talent Nova supports VC backed tech companies to implement Ashby as their chosen ATS.

    We help founders and teams set up Ashby properly from the start, including hiring workflows, interview stages, scorecards, automations, and reporting. The setup is tailored to your stage of growth so Ashby supports how you hire now and scales with you as the business grows.

  • Yes. We regularly work with tech companies that are already using Ashby but not getting full value from it.

    This typically includes cleaning up workflows, improving reporting and dashboards, streamlining automations, and refining interview kits and scorecards. The goal is to make Ashby easier to use, automate processes, improve candidate experience and give founders and leaders clearer visibility into hiring performance.

  • A: While based in the UK, we’ve supported companies all across EMEA, New York and San Francisco.

  • A: Reach out for a free discovery call, and we’ll explore your needs together to build the best talent plan for your company.

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TRUSTED BY /

  • Kingsley Macey: Chief People Officer at Ardoq

    Leah has redefined what great looks like in Talent Acquisition. She’s built trust across the business by leading the team to deliver high impact results and turning talent into a true strategic partner.

  • Rick Tank: CTO and co-founder at ChangeEngine

    As a scaling startup, our hiring needs were complex, with many moving parts. Leah seamlessly hired for a wide range of roles, each with distinct requirements. Her dedication to understanding our brand, goals, culture, and hiring challenges was exceptional. She developed a strategic approach that aligned with our needs and helped us exceed our targets ahead of schedule.

  • Virraj Jatania: CEO & Founder at Pockit

    Leah made a significant impact during her six months with us at Pockit. Her proactive approach, efficiency, and talent-spotting abilities strengthened hiring across the entire company. Stepping in as a Head of TA, Leah moved quickly, identified top talent, and significantly reduced our reliance on external recruiters. I’d confidently recommend her for any talent acquisition leadership role.

  • Beatriz Lourenco: Head of People at Poolside AI

    Working with Leah was a fantastic experience. We’d recently migrated to Ashby and had a lot to set up. Leah drew on her Head of Talent experience to quickly understand our needs, make thoughtful recommendations, implement solutions seamlessly, and go the extra mile with tutorials and ongoing support. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.

  • Melissa Bachman: TA Manager at Gorilla

    Leah was a valued sparring partner and advisor, particularly because she is an experienced practitioner. Having sat in the Head of TA role many times, she brought practical, strategic advice, especially around best practices and simplifying workflows to support future scalability.

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FLEX /

FLEX:
Fractional
Leaders
Exchange

FLEX is a selective, invite-only Slack community designed specifically for fractional Talent and People leaders working in early-stage and scale-up tech companies.

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