call the office
Best for a role you need moving quickly, or to talk through a scope before you write anything down. Live Monday to Saturday during office hours.
(925) 408-2985
Contact · Pleasanton, California
tell us about the seat. we'll tell you how the crossing runs — and what it costs — within one business day.
One search at a time, briefed in confidence. Send the role, the stage you're at, and your deadline. You'll get a real first read on how we'd run it — never a form-letter reply and never a fee you can't act on.
Why founders start here
They didn't hand us ten résumés. They handed us four people we'd have hired twice — and a scorecard the board actually read.— a Series B operations hire, briefed and placed
Series B SaaS
PE-backed manufacturers
growth-stage fintech
DTC brands
healthtech operators
Three ways across
reach the person who'll run your search
No routing menus, no intake bot. Whichever door you pick lands with the same desk — the one that will scope, source, and close the engagement end to end.
email a brief
Best if you already know the shape of the role. Attach a job spec or write a paragraph — we reply within one business day, usually with a first read.
hello@ferrymantalent.comvisit for intake
Best for a formal kickoff. Book an intake at our Pleasanton office — or your boardroom, or a call — and we'll build the scope together.
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Before your intake call
what to bring to the first conversation
The sharper the brief, the shorter the search. None of this is required to reach out — but if you have it to hand, the intake moves from “tell me about the company” to “here's who we'd go after.”
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the mandate, not just the title
What must this leader actually change in the first year — the P&L line, the broken process, the team they'll rebuild. Titles vary; the mandate is what we recruit against.
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your stage and your numbers
Funding stage, headcount, and the growth curve you're on. It shapes the caliber of operator who'll thrive here — and the ones who'd be bored in a quarter.
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the deadline that's real
When the seat has to be filled, and what happens if it isn't. Board meeting, close date, a departing founder — the honest constraint is what we plan the timeline around.
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who decides, and who signs
The people in the hiring loop and the person who signs the offer. Knowing the decision path up front is how a shortlist becomes a signature inside ten weeks.
Where to find us
the office, and the hours it keeps
Open for intake
office hours
Monday – Friday8:30am – 4:00pm
Saturday10:00am – 3:00pm
SundayClosed
Emails sent outside hours are answered the next business morning. Confidential searches can be scoped by call if a visit isn't practical.
Begin the crossing
send us the role you need to fill
A few lines is plenty to start. Tell us the seat, the stage, and the deadline — we'll reply within one business day, usually with a first read on how the search would run and what it would cost.
- Confidential by default — your brief goes no further until we agree the scope.
- A reply from the person who'd run the search, not an auto-responder.
- Flat, per-search pricing quoted up front — never a percentage of comp.