Fractional Executive Recruiter / Executive Outreach Specialist (Meeting Generation)
Fractional Executive Recruiter / Executive Outreach Specialist (Meeting Generation)
VentureFuel helps Fortune 500 companies discover and partner with exceptional startups.
We're looking for someone with the persistence and creativity of a great executive recruiter, who knows how to get busy founders and executives to respond.
This is not a traditional SDR role.
We're not looking for someone to blast thousands of emails. We already know exactly who we want to meet.
Your job is to figure out how to make those meetings happen.
We'll provide a highly curated list (typically 20–50 people), along with a compelling reason for them to engage. You will research, personalize, and creatively pursue each opportunity until you either secure a meeting or confidently determine it isn't possible.
Think retained executive search, not outbound sales.
What you'll do
Research founders, executives, investors, and industry leaders
Identify the best path to reaching each person
Craft thoughtful outreach across email, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, AngelList, phone, events, or other channels
Develop creative approaches when traditional outreach isn't working
Identify alternative contacts inside organizations when appropriate
Leverage mutual connections and relationship pathways whenever possible
Represent VentureFuel professionally throughout every interaction
Book qualified meetings with our team
Types of outreach
Every outreach has genuine value for the recipient.
Examples include:
Inviting startups into prestigious, no-cost commercialization programs
Inviting founders and executives onto our innovation podcast
Inviting senior executives to private Innovation Dinners during major industry conferences
Inviting senior executives to mentor startups or participate in innovation insights surveys
This is relationship building—not cold selling.
We're especially interested in people with backgrounds in:
Executive recruiting / retained search
Founder recruiting
Executive research
Investor relations
Business development for high-value professional services
Strategic partnerships
If you've successfully convinced difficult-to-reach CEOs, founders, or executives to take meetings, we'd love to talk.
You'll thrive if you:
Love solving outreach puzzles
Are naturally curious and investigative
Are persistent without becoming annoying
Know that email is only one tool—not the strategy
Are an exceptional writer
Can quickly understand why someone should care
Enjoy earning conversations with people who rarely respond
Initially this is a fractional, project-based role, with the opportunity to become an ongoing part of our growth team. We expect high-conversion as these are highly curated lists and we are adding value – this is not sending thousands of generic messages. We want relationships with these people, so success is not spamming people into submission. Quality really matters here.
To Apply
Please answer this question: Have you ever used unconventional methods to reach someone professionally? (Conference networking, referrals, community groups, social media, podcasts, alumni networks, investor introductions, etc.) Tell us that story and what worked for you.
