Head of Agency | hirehire
We're hirehire.me, a recruitment agency for companies shipping AI - and for the exceptional product talent they need
We're looking for a new full-time Head of Agency. Not just an employee, but a partner.
You'll run this business (like a CEO) and earn a share of revenue - among many other things.
We’re building a different kind of agency: without recruiters
We have a strong opinion that recruiting is best done by competent professionals.
At hirehire agency, Product and Design leaders with experience at Meta, Intercom, Stripe, Revolut, Deel, Apple, and other top companies share their network and evaluate candidates. (I still can't believe it as I'm typing it - super proud of this!)
And the model works. We've successfully collaborated with a bunch of great companies: a mix of global AI startups (incl. YC companies), enterprise clients, and Russian-speaking founders building globally. Most of our searches are for senior Product and Design roles - Heads of Product, Heads of Design, and Senior+ ICs.
Our 2025 revenue landed in the upper six-digit range - up 250% from 2024.
The founders - Kostya & Mariam - know a few things about great product teams and recruitment
Kostya Gorsky, co-founder - Former Senior Design Manager at Intercom (AI-powered products). Former Head of Design at Yandex (100M+ users).
Mariam Prazyan, co-founder - Former Head of Talent at Pivot, built talent function from scratch, scaled hiring across three continents in two months.
We’re also building hirehire.ai - an AI-powered hiring intelligence product.
The agency is our lab (among other things): we constantly test new AI developments and experiment with different products and approaches.
We're opening this role because Mariam is shifting focus to our product
Mariam has been running the agency since day one. She's now moving to the product side, and we need someone to take over the agency and make it their own.
We'll stay involved at a strategic level (think of it like a board) - we'll meet regularly, shape strategy together, and you can always ask us about anything you need.
You'll own: day-to-day strategy and execution, the recruiting partner team (hiring, performance, development), client roster and pricing, project delivery and quality, operational systems, and the agency P&L.
We'll own together: major strategic pivots, brand and positioning, and the connection between the agency and our AI product.
We have two types of roles in our team: partners and experts
Recruiting partners (2 today, full-time, growing to 3-4) - own the recruiting process end to end: sourcing (in our network and elsewhere), coordination, communications, and project delivery.
Domain experts (12, part-time) - our lovely community of practicing PMs and Designers from top companies who bring their expertise in assessing both the client's context and the candidates.
We developed a unique culture. Here’s what defines it:
We're united by love ❤️. Deep love for people and for helping them find each other professionally. Seriously, nothing works without genuine love to absolutely every candidate and hiring manager.
Each of our community members is a mature independent professional. We have no management, no mandatory meetings or work schedule. And we don't tell people what to do. Like at all.
We value everyone not only as professionals but also as human beings. That's why we invest a lot in getting to know each other.
Everything is remote, and we're all scattered across different cities. From time to time, we meet offline.
We love learning from each project and openly discuss all our successes and failures internally. Maybe that's why we work so much more efficiently now than a year ago.
You can always tap into the collective wisdom of the community or any of us. We're happy to help each other.
Inside, we discuss fresh memes, what's happening in the hiring market, who is looking for whom and how, what hiring managers and candidates want and worry about, and who is using AI and how.
We are AI-first but we value genuine human relationships and optimize for them whenever possible.
What you'll do
You're taking the wheel of a working business. In practice, it comes down to three things:
Own the P&L and the outcomes. Every project, from client intake to successful placement. You'll track progress, manage expectations, ensure quality, and step in when needed. You use analytics to drive financials and operational excellence. And you're never settled - constantly auditing and improving how we work.
Lead the team and community. Manage recruiting partners directly - set the pace, drive accountability, run briefings and kick-offs. Coordinate domain experts: onboard new ones, keep them engaged, and make sure their involvement on projects is smooth and well-timed. And keep our small lovely community alive and engaging.
Push us further on AI. Some of us are AI agents. Everyone on our team works with Claude Code every day and all our processes are AI-native. We are actively building and evolving our Second Brain so that all context is accessible and usable for AI. We expect you to work the same way and push us further.
Our offer: build this company with us, level up your skills, and grow your network
This is an ideal role if you want to move from corporate employment into real business ownership. We've already built a lot of supporting structures, but you'll get a rare amount of ownership and accountability on top of them.
And you'll directly contribute to a mission we care about: help AI companies build exceptional product and design teams, and help great professionals find jobs that make them happy.
Your comp: base salary (depending on experience and location) + performance bonus (% of agency revenue), with room to grow as performance scales.
Also:
Remote, full-time with real flexibility, and the warmest offsites a few times a year.
A smooth 1-2 month onboarding with Mariam - she'll hand over context, relationships, and processes.
A stream of exciting, challenging, meaningful projects - helping find top talent for great companies.
All our network, experience, playbooks, tools, and the collective intelligence of the community behind you.
We're looking for a wonderful human being who:
Has real experience in hiring - maybe as a Talent Partner, Recruitment Lead, or a Hiring Manager. And thinks about recruitment as creating lasting professional relationships, not just “filling roles”
Has managed people directly and knows how to create a warm, supportive culture while demanding strong performance.
Deeply understands great product teams: their structure, culture, and hiring needs. Our clients, candidates, and experts are all world-class product professionals, and you need to speak their language.
Actively uses AI in everything they do and is comfortable solving problems with agents and code.
Communicates excellently in English and Russian, with experience working with both English-speaking and Russian-speaking clients and teams.
Feels comfortable working in European timezones: most of us work in GMT to GMT+4.
Thinks like an owner - doesn't tolerate inefficiency, and balances data with a human touch.
Has high agency and doesn't need to be “prompted”.
Nice to have: first-hand experience in a service business - agency, consultancy, freelance, or similar.
What success looks like in your first 12 months
Grow revenue while holding or improving current margins.
Scale the team from 2 to 3-4 recruiting partners without losing the culture.
Deliver successful placements across our range of clients.
Ship at least one meaningful operational leap - a new Second Brain capability, a new service line, or a pricing/model experiment.
Let's talk
We apologize in advance if we can't reply to everyone - but if your application resonates with us, we'll definitely get back to you.
Can't wait to meet you! 🙌