Head of Expert Marketplace / Technical GM
Afterquery · San Francisco
About this role
## Head of Expert Marketplace / Technical GM — AfterQuery ### About AfterQuery AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. We deliver the best data to power the best models—making expertise that once took a lifetime available to anyone who needs it. We serve frontier AI labs and work directly in the loop of how these systems improve. This is a rare opportunity to join a company at a defining moment in AI. **Location:** San Francisco **Stage/Backers:** YC-backed; valued at **$3.2B** (YC’s fastest unicorn). Backed by leading investors including Altos Ventures, BoxGroup, and Y Combinator, with angels from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Superintelligence Labs, and Microsoft AI. --- ### Why Apply - **Massive opportunity:** YC’s fastest unicorn valued at $3.2B and accelerating. - **Founding impact:** Own and architect core infrastructure systems powering the platform. - **Equity & growth:** Competitive salary + meaningful equity; shape the engineering org as you scale. - **Strong team:** Founding team experience from Citadel Securities, Meta, Google, Silver Lake, Morgan Stanley, and more. --- ### Overview As **Head of Expert Marketplace / Technical GM**, you’ll own AfterQuery’s expert marketplace strategy across: - **Acquisition** - **Activation** - **Matching** - **Retention** - **Quality** You’ll lead the team responsible for **expert sourcing, onboarding, and project staffing**, building scalable supply systems across domains and partnering with Engineering on requirements for **applications, assessments, matching, and automation**. You’ll also set the **metrics and operating cadences** that track **staffing speed, conversion, and quality**, working across **Ops, Research, and Engineering** to match experts to the right projects and improve long-term marketplace liquidity. --- ### Responsibilities - Own AfterQuery’s expert marketplace strategy across acquisition, activation, matching, retention, and quality - Lead the operating team for expert sourcing, onboarding, and project staffing - Build scalable systems and processes for expert supply across multiple domains and project types - Partner with Engineering to define product requirements for applications, assessments, expert profiles, matching, and automation - Establish metrics, dashboards, and operating cadences for staffing speed, conversion, and quality - Coordinate cross-functionally (Ops, Research, Engineering) to ensure the right experts match the right project requirements - Identify opportunities to improve expert conversion, reactivation, referrals, and long-term marketplace liquidity - Help build the long-term organizational structure for the expert marketplace function --- ### Required Qualifications - Experience building or operating a **marketplace**, **talent network**, **labor platform**, **recruiting system**, **expert network**, or **contractor supply** function - Strong product and systems thinking; ability to design scalable processes across complex workflows - Technical enough to partner deeply with engineers on product requirements, roadmap tradeoffs, and implementation priorities - Strong analytical intuition around funnels, liquidity, activation, matching, conversion, and quality signals - Experience managing operators or cross-functional teams in a high-growth environment - High ownership, strong communication, and ability to operate in a fast-changing environment - Deep care for speed,
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