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New Roles for Talent with High-Agency & Taste — November 8, 2026

High agency roles dominate today's listings, emphasizing ownership and proactive contributions.

Victor EduohFounder, Laand7 min read
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In a landscape where ownership and proactiveness are key, today's listings showcase roles that demand high agency from candidates. From engineering to sales, these positions invite you to take charge and drive results in your domain.

Sales

Sales roles emphasize building relationships and pipelines from scratch.

Enterprise Account Executive, West — Assembled

Remote · United States · $300k - $350k

You will build a pipeline from scratch, managing both new and existing enterprise accounts.

500 and large enterprise accounts across the western U.S., including new logos and existing customers • Build pipeline from scratch through outbound, executive relationships, partners and your own network • Map and…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Builder

Enterprise Account Executive — Assembled

On-site · San Francisco, CA · $300k - $350k

This position requires the ability to establish relationships and build pipelines with large enterprise accounts.

500 and large enterprise accounts across the western U.S., including new logos and existing customers • Build pipeline from scratch through outbound, executive relationships, partners and your own network • Map and…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Builder

Operations

Operations positions focus on crafting impactful processes and products.

Field Marketer — Kombo

On-site · New York Office

You will create visibility and trust in core markets while building event motions from scratch.

teams to make Kombo visible, credible, and trusted in our core markets. If you've ever wanted to build an event motion from scratch at a high-growth company with room to scale into leadership, this is that role. About…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Ownership · Craft

Skilled Baker — COBS Bread

On-site · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

This role offers autonomy in crafting baked goods while maintaining quality and consistency.

ay before the rest of the city wakes up. Key Responsibilities: • Prepare and bake a variety of breads, rolls and sweets from scratch • Follow and maintain consistency with established recipes and production schedules •…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft · Autonomy

Baker - Full Time + Benefits — COBS Bread

On-site · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

You'll take pride in baking from scratch, contributing to a fun team environment.

st rotation and flexing, occasional forceful gripping Perks & What You’ll Feel Good About • The satisfaction of baking from scratch, and pride in sharing that product with the community. • A fun team work environment…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Autonomy

Recruiting

Recruiting roles require proactive infrastructure building and talent sourcing.

Senior Recruiter — Credit Genie

On-site · New York, NY

You will build recruiting infrastructure from scratch, emphasizing proactive and AI-driven approaches.

changed because of it. Preferred • Scale-up and start-up experience. • Experience building recruiting infrastructure from scratch: intake frameworks, scorecards, sourcing playbooks. • Demonstrated use of AI recruiting…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft · Proactiveness

Talent Partner — Conveo.ai

Hybrid · London

This role requires a structured and opinionated approach to recruiting, with a focus on proactive partnerships.

as a partner and come to you early when they're planning hires. What You’ll Bring You're truth first, not fluff first: opinionated and thoughtful, with high standards and low ego. You're structured, fast, and iterative,…

Signals: Craft · Autonomy · Builder · Proactiveness

Talent Sourcer - Temporary — SpaceX

On-site · Hawthorne, CA · $85k+

You will navigate ambiguity in sourcing top talent, demonstrating a proactive bias towards action.

unication • Ability to distinguish between the top 50% and the top 5% of talent within their respective fields • High tolerance for ambiguity and a bias toward action COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Pay range: Talent…

Signals: Ambiguity · Autonomy · Proactiveness

Consulting

Consulting roles call for navigating ambiguity and shaping strategies.

Engagement Manager — Nominal

On-site · New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA | Austin, TX · $149k+

This position requires a builder’s mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and quick decision-making.

You understand the challenges of building and operating complex physical systems. • Builder’s mindset: You want to help write the playbook. You’re comfortable making quick decisions and operating in ambiguity. • Data…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Ambiguity

Engagement Manager (London) — LangChain

On-site · London

You will thrive in fast-paced environments, managing complex stakeholder dynamics and scope changes.

ve handled scope change management and complex stakeholder dynamics • You have start-up DNA: you thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and don't wait to be told what to do • You're a natural communicator — clear,…

Signals: Ambiguity · Craft · Proactiveness

Engagement Manager (NYC) — LangChain

On-site · New York, NY

This role demands navigating ambiguity while effectively communicating with stakeholders.

ve handled scope change management and complex stakeholder dynamics • You have start-up DNA: you thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and don't wait to be told what to do • You're a natural communicator — clear,…

Signals: Ambiguity · Craft · Proactiveness

Software Engineering

Software engineering positions seek craft and innovation in technical solutions.

Member of Technical Staff/ Research — MorphoAI

On-site · London, England, GB · $60k - $110k

You will join a founding team to tackle complex engineering challenges in a highly ambiguous environment.

cal equipment, data centers, consumer and home electronics, industrial manufacturing, and automation and robotics. Our founding team is built of a prof. of ECE and robotics at Carnegie Mellon, Forbes u30 serial hardware…

Signals: Founding team · Ambiguity · Craft

1 more open role at MorphoAI matched today.

Product Engineer — Conversion

On-site · San Francisco Office

This role invites you to craft innovative products, leveraging your engineering skills in a collaborative setting.

apps, or hackathons. Our engineers have built a live-streaming security system for their parents' new house, a database from scratch, a better Splitwise app, and hosted our Minecraft server, all while at Conversion…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft

Also worth a look

Head of Industrial Design — Halter

On-site · Auckland

You will build a world-class team and create new products from the ground up.

very new product Halter makes, and you'll build a world class team to do it. This is a hands-on role, it's being built from scratch. Especially early on, you'll be sketching and making rough models yourself, and…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Craft · Autonomy · Builder

Product Manager – Large Tabular Models — Granica

On-site · Bay Area Office

This position requires comfort with ambiguity and technical decision-making in AI/ML product environments.

g metrics, experiments, evaluations, or product telemetry to guide decisions • Comfort operating in a highly technical 0→1 environment • Experience with AI/ML products, search/retrieval, developer platforms, data…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Ambiguity

GTM / Go to Market — MorphoAI

On-site · London, England, GB · $40k - $80k

You will work on innovative projects within a founding team, focusing on crafting solutions for complex challenges.

cal equipment, data centers, consumer and home electronics, industrial manufacturing, and automation and robotics. Our founding team is built of a prof. of ECE and robotics at Carnegie Mellon, Forbes u30 serial hardware…

Signals: Founding team · Craft

1 more open role at MorphoAI matched today.

Modeling & Simulation Machine Learning Engineer — P&G

On-site · HYDERABAD OFFICE APAC PSC GDOP

This role emphasizes autonomy in applying modern data analysis and ML approaches across various engineering fields.

bilities. As an M&S + ML Engineer, you will use modern data analysis and ML approaches in combination with engineering first principles in different fields such as Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, metallurgical etc and…

Signals: 0 to 1 · Autonomy


These roles present a chance to demonstrate your high agency and ownership in various fields. Explore these opportunities to make a tangible impact; use Laand to not just apply, but show you're the best-fit.

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