Founding Partner

About The Job VoltForce is building the recruitment firm we always wished existed, for the deep-tech and Climatech companies changing how the physical world is powered, sourced, and produced. We are bringing on a Founding Partner to build it with us. Not a desk inside someone else's firm: a stake in the firm itself, a real voice in where it goes, and a split that pays you more the more you bill.

You won't start from a blank page. There are live searches on the desk today with clients who already trust us, so you can bill while you build.

Who This Is For Two kinds of recruiters will read this and see themselves.

The first is hungry. You back yourself, you know what a big billing month feels like, and you would rather own a piece of something early than wait a decade for a partner title that might never come.

The second has been at it a while. You have hit the numbers, lived with the capped split, sat through the pipeline theatre and the manager on your calendar, and you are done with the agency grind. You want to recruit the way it should be done, and build a firm that does it that way.

Different starting points, same seat: ownership, freedom over how you work, and the chance to build the team from the ground up.

About VoltForce VoltForce recruits for early and growth-stage companies across three verticals: Climatech, Advanced Materials, and Industry 4.0. Our clients are building the next generation of energy, materials, and manufacturing, and they come to us for the hires that decide whether they get there.

We run on Filament, our own recruitment platform, designed around how great recruiters actually work and giving every client a live view of their searches.

We are early, and that is the opportunity. The people who join now shape everything that comes after.

What You'll Do

• Build the firm alongside the founder: the brand, the client base, and the reputation in the sector
• Build the team: find, hire, and develop the recruiters who come after you, and lead them as we grow
• Win clients through your network, market mapping, and presence, and turn first searches into long relationships
• Put VoltForce in front of the market through events, content, and the operator relationships that turn into inbound
• Run searches end to end: mapping, outreach, evaluation, submittal, interviews, and close
• Take briefs directly from founders, CTOs, and VPs, and be the trusted voice from first call through offer
• Negotiate fees, terms, and offers, and find creative solutions for clients and for the business
• Keep every pipeline honest: real stages, nothing padded

What You Bring

• A full 360 desk behind you: you have won clients, closed placements, and can walk us through your billings in detail
• Technical recruiting experience. Climatech, Advanced Materials, or Industry 4.0 is ideal, but any engineering, science, or technical market counts
• The self-direction to run your own desk without a manager
• The appetite for a founder's deal: commission-only cash plus equity, and the conviction to build something, not just bill it

Bonus points

• Clients who would follow you, or a book you can bring
• Experience hiring, training, or mentoring other recruiters
• A network in the startup and venture ecosystem

What You Get

• Equity. A genuine ownership stake, so when VoltForce wins, you win with it.
• A founding voice. Help decide the clients we chase, the markets we push into, and the standard we hold.
• The team you build. A hand in who joins next, and a path to leading them.
• A warm start. Live searches on the desk from day one, so you can bill while you build.
• Uncapped earnings. A split that climbs the more you bill, with bonuses on top.
• Freedom. Remote-first, your own hours, and no one auditing your calendar.
• A lighter back office. Filament and our systems carry the admin, so more of your time goes to clients and candidates.

The details Location: Remote, with travel to industry events and clients as your desk needs

Reports to: Founder

Compensation: Commission-only cash on an uncapped, tiered split with performance bonuses, plus equity in VoltForce

Level: Founding Partner

An honest word on how this works. This is a founder's deal, not a salaried job. Your cash is commission-only, straight from what you bill, which is exactly why there is no ceiling. On top of that you take equity, so you share in the value you help create. What you won't find here is a big-company benefits package and a badge. What you will find is ownership, freedom over where and when you work, and a real say in what this firm becomes. For the right person, that isn't the catch. It's the point.

It's ok if you don't check all the boxes. We hire for the capacity and the drive to learn and grow. If there is something you haven't done, but you are capable, please apply!

VoltForce does not work on a Corp-to-Corp (C2C) basis.