Sophie Thomas Email & Phone Number

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Kindred Partners is a boutique retained executive search firm focused on building the management teams of market-leading technology companies. We partner with early and growth-stage startups looking to bring on leadership that unlocks meaningful enterprise value. We have offices on both coasts and execute engagements across the country. I lead executive-level searches in Product Management, Engineering, and Data Science for primarily Enterprise software companies.

San Francisco, California, Us

Associate - 2016, Principal - 2017, Director - 2018, Partner - 2019Seasoned executive search professional with over nine years of recruiting experience placing technical executives at venture-backed, growth stage, and publicly traded technology companies across the country. With a fundamental belief in aligning human capital investment with desired business outcomes, I’ve partnered with c-suites and boards answering questions related to technical executive hiring, startup organizational structure evolution, and compensation. My market differentiator is excellence in client service, and I have a reputation for conducting search processes that are conducive to attracting talent that acts as a force multiplier to my clients’ business. I strive for operational excellence with both internal and external stakeholders and have actively contributed to efforts that improve firmwide practices. The roles that I typically place are SVP/VP of Engineering, Head of Machine Learning, Chief Product Officer, Vice President of Product, to Head of/Director of Product Management. Notable clients include Nuro, Fictiv, Cruise, RigUp, Autogrid, NimbleRx, Narvar, Databricks, Glassdoor, Twilio, Entelo, Thumbtack, CircleCI, Shipt, Khosla Ventures, Anki, Dremio, DoorDash, IFTTT, and Andrasta...among others.

New York, New York, Us

Technical Recruiter - 2012, Senior Technical Recruiter - 2103, Director - 2014First hire responsible for launching a startup office of a NY based executive search firm. Helped define the market, develop a network, and create the foundation of the firms’ technical hiring practices.