Talent

Most recruiting starts when a position opens. At Kanbrick, we're building something different: a network of exceptional leaders, relationships, and talent intelligence that grows more valuable with every company we partner with.

You'll help us build and scale that capability from the ground up, combining entrepreneurship, relationship building, technology, and hands-on hiring. You'll work closely with business owners, CEOs, and our investment and operating teams, helping us find and develop relationships with the leaders who can build enduring businesses.

About Kanbrick

Kanbrick is a long-term investment partnership: we partner with a small number of family and founder-led businesses and support their growth through the Kanbrick Business System (KBS). Founded by Tracy Britt Cool and Brian Humphrey, Kanbrick was built to be the option they wished existed for their own families' businesses - one with a decades-long horizon, an operating team that does the work, and partnerships built to be truly win/win.

We're operators and business builders at heart. Our team works shoulder-to-shoulder with the leaders of our partner companies through KBS, our tailored approach for managing midsize businesses. We do the work, not just give advice. In addition - alongside our partnerships - we bring together a broader group of CEOs and owners of family and founder-led businesses to learn, share, and grow through the Kanbrick Community.

Joining Kanbrick is a chance to spend your career on work that compounds. We're a small team building enduring businesses. And because we partner for the long term, what you build here doesn't get undone at the next sale - it grows, year after year, in real businesses with real people in them. We hire for capability, character, and culture, and we keep our values simple: act like owners, get better every day, live with integrity, win together.

The Role

Kanbrick is growing, and so is the opportunity to build a differentiated talent capability across our businesses. We partner with a small number of companies for the long term, adding two to four businesses each year, while continuing to grow our own team.

We're looking for someone who loves building. Someone who sees an opportunity to create a better system, is comfortable starting with a blank page, and enjoys experimenting, learning, and improving as they go.

You'll be part of a small team with real ownership over how we identify, engage, and hire exceptional talent. Your work will span four areas:

Build scalable leadership pipelines

Identify and develop networks of exceptional operators across the functions and industries most relevant to our businesses. Build market maps, sourcing strategies, and proactive pipelines so we're developing relationships with talented people long before there's an open role.

Grow the Kanbrick Talent Network

Help design and grow a differentiated network of senior leaders who want to stay connected with Kanbrick. Experiment with how we build relationships, connect people with our broader community, and create value for talented operators over time. Turn what works into a repeatable program that can scale.

Help our businesses hire exceptional leaders

Partner with our team and business leaders on critical searches, from defining what success looks like to identifying, assessing, and closing candidates. Bring curiosity, commercial judgment, and rigor to the process. Use every search as an opportunity to strengthen the network and improve how we work.

Build better tools, processes, and ways of working

Develop practical systems that make us more effective as we grow. Use AI, automation, and data to improve how we find talent, manage relationships, and learn from our hiring work. Test new approaches, measure results, and build playbooks the broader team can use.

Requirements

We're looking for an entrepreneurial builder who is energized by the opportunity to create and scale something, not simply operate an established recruiting process.

Your background might be in a high-growth or founder-led company, an investment firm, a talent or venture platform, or an entrepreneurial operating role where building teams and networks was part of your responsibility. What matters most is what you've built, the judgment you bring, and how you approach solving problems.

You will do well here if you:

- Have built something from scratch. You've created or meaningfully improved a talent pipeline, network, recruiting program, or operating process, and can demonstrate the impact.

- Know how to find and engage exceptional people. You're creative and resourceful in identifying talent, building relationships, and developing pipelines beyond people actively looking for jobs.

- Think like an owner. You're naturally curious about businesses, their strategies, and what makes leaders successful. You take initiative, solve problems, and follow through.

- Build relationships for the long term. You enjoy connecting with talented people, understanding their ambitions, and finding opportunities to create value, even when there's no immediate transaction.

- Bring strong judgment and analytical thinking. You can evaluate people against the outcomes a business needs, distinguish evidence from impression, and communicate your perspective clearly.

- Are excited about AI and new ways of working. You've experimented with technology and automation to improve how work gets done and enjoy testing new approaches.

- Thrive in a small, collaborative team. You're comfortable rolling up your sleeves, sharing ownership, learning quickly, and working directly with senior leaders.

Experience supporting senior hiring is valuable, but we're equally interested in candidates who have demonstrated the ability to build scalable talent capabilities in entrepreneurial environments. You'll help build the infrastructure for a talent network that spans our partner businesses, with proactive pipelines for critical leadership roles, a consistent way of engaging exceptional operators, and practical tools that allow a small team to achieve outsized results.

This role reports to our KBS People team lead and is based in Nashville or Charlotte, with regular travel to our partner companies and Kanbrick events.