Exceptional teams don't happen by accident. They're built, and scaled, with intention.
We partner with VCs and venture-backed startups to build thriving teams, inspire their people, and create the people-first talent strategies that high-growth companies are made of.
In good company.
Why founders and investors choose us.
Built for the whole journey
Most firms do one thing. We do it all — retained search, embedded recruiting, people ops, and systems implementation. Our approach is designed to meet you where you are and scale alongside you, not hand you off when things get complicated.
400 to 7,000 employees scaled at Lyft in under 4 years
Unapologetically embedded
No black box. No agency distance. We work inside your team — in your tools, in your Slack, on your calls. You get full visibility into our process, real-time collaboration, and honest counsel throughout every engagement.
10 to 800 team members expanded in a single engagement
Boutique by design
We'll never be a 500-person firm. You'll never have someone you've never met running your search or implementing your systems. When you work with PCT, you work directly with experienced operators who are accountable for every outcome.
300% average annual growth of companies we've scaled
People.
Culture.
Talent.
People
Sometimes you just need someone who's been there. We show up for the hard conversations, the inflection points, and help you build the environment where exceptional people do their best work.
Culture
Culture isn't built by accident. It's built through the right tools, the right partners, and the right systems. The kind of infrastructure that attracts exceptional people, amplifies your mission, and compounds over time.
Talent
The right hire changes everything. It starts with understanding who you are, what you're building, and who will genuinely amplify your mission. We find that person with speed, precision, and care.
Tianna Johnson
Founder
Tianna is a former Olympic-level athlete and someone who has spent her career scaling teams through the moments that define companies. She has lived inside some of tech's most consequential growth moments — scaling GitHub through a Microsoft acquisition, preparing Lyft for IPO, growing Notion from 20 to 600 people during its rise to a $10B valuation.
Through all of it, one conviction held. The people decisions matter most. Who you hire, how you build culture, what support you put around your team. Get those right and everything else follows. That's what PCT is built to get right.
Recruiting done well is the art of matchmaking.
How You Build Matters
We partner to build the foundations that generational companies stand on.
We believe the way you build your team is the way you build your company. With precision, with care, and with the conviction that culture isn't a perk - it's your competitive advantage.
There's a difference - and the best founders know it.
