Chief Scientist
Climate-modelling startup
A long search for a rare profile: ML research depth plus a working knowledge of atmospheric physics.
Practice
Leadership & team builds
Location
Zürich
Compensation
CHF 290k + 2%
Progress
Placed in 93 days
01 — Mapped
640
02 — Called by a partner
52
03 — Met for two hours
14
04 — Shortlisted
4
■ The brief
Partner on this search
Priya Raman
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The brief
The company’s weather models beat the incumbents on a narrow benchmark. To win customers they needed a chief scientist who could make that lead broad, and explain it to insurers.
Who we’re looking for
The market was 640 people worldwide. We spoke to 52 of them over three months and placed a professor who had never considered leaving academia.
How the search runs
A named partner runs the search from brief to offer. We map the market in the first two weeks, make every first approach ourselves, and share the funnel with you every Friday: who we called, who said no, and why.
Interested, or know someone who should be? Write to the partner on this search. Every conversation is confidential, and we never send a CV without your permission.
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