Associate, Nucleus Talent

This is a performance role with six figure potential in year one. Base is $60K. The rest is earned. If you want guaranteed comfort, look elsewhere. If you want velocity, real money, impact, and the chance to master venture, this is it.

You will be the first full time researcher at Nucleus. Everyone else is hybrid, ops, or content. Your mandate: map markets, design creative research strategies, use AI with our engineer in residence, and surface the talent that drives the future of venture. The work is execution. The stakes are high. The output is immediate.

Do this well and you will rise fast. Nucleus is building toward being the number one search firm in venture. You will help make that happen.

If you are ready, DM our Founder Alex on X at @alexklein0x

Why This Role Matters

This is an entry role built for velocity. You will be on the front lines of searches that place partners and GPs at top venture firms. Your work will directly shape who gets to run the funds defining the next decade.

We are ideally looking for someone based in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, or Miami, but are open to exceptional candidates anywhere in the US.

We’re looking for someone who is:

Deeply curious
Obsessed with venture capital and company building
Ready to learn as much as humanly possible
Excited to execute at a high level every single day

If that is you, you will be trusted with real work from day one and elevated very quickly if you perform. Your first salary and performance review will be at the 90 day mark, not one year out.

Compensation

Base salary: $60K
Per-search bonus: Paid on every search you support
Placement bonus: Extra payout if a candidate you source gets placed
Earning potential: 10 searches + 2 personal placements = $200K+ in year one
Partner track: Transparent path with significant upside

Exec search is one of the few careers where it is possible to earn seven figures in your 20s. Top quartile Partners at top firms take home between $1M and $2M in cash annually, with the very best clearing $5M to $10M.

What You’ll Do

Support high-stakes partner and GP-level searches for top venture firms
Research AI, consumer, deep tech, and enterprise markets to uncover the people who made an impact early
Build structured candidate maps that shape investor hiring decisions
Source and engage talent, with bonuses tied directly to outcomes
Execute with speed, precision, and ownership
Run. You will run through walls to get the best possible talent for our clients.

You Might Be a Fit If

You are a new grad or early in your career and want a front row seat to the venture ecosystem by supporting high stakes partner and GP searches for some of the top VCs on the planet
You are relentlessly curious about funds, founders, and how great companies and careers get built
You thrive in high pressure environments, adapt easily, and can go with the flow without second guessing
You have blind trust in the founder’s vision and are motivated to help build Nucleus into the number one search firm in venture
You are stellar at leveraging AI tools, especially ChatGPT, and already experiment with Perplexity, Airtable, Notion, Asana, and others to move faster and think clearer. If you are not great with ChatGPT, this will not be the right role for you
You understand this is an execution oriented role but are motivated by the chance to learn quickly and move up even faster

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