62+ Hires
Built 70% of Employee Headcount
Reduced Cost Per Hire
About our client
Octaura - an electronic trading, data & analytics provider reimagining the way syndicated loan and CLO markets trade. Efficiency, transparency and simplicity are at the heart of what they do. They bring trading capabilities, data and analytics together for the first time on a digitized platform–fundamentally transforming the markets and streamlining workflows like never before.
The Challenge
Octaura needed to build a category-defining platform—requiring rare talent at the intersection of:
- Structured credit
- Fintech engineering
- Institutional markets
Constraints:
- Extremely scarce talent pool
- Need to hire across all functions simultaneously
- Pressure to scale quickly without compromising quality or cost
- Required innovative start-up builder experience (0-to-1)
Our Approach
We built and ran Octaura’s entire talent function.
- Involved in designing org structure for scale
- Mapped NY fintech + structured finance talent markets
- Targeted hybrid finance + engineering profiles
- Delivered senior leadership hires early
- Embedded hiring processes for speed + quality
- Built continuous talent pipelines
- Reduced cost via structured recruitment model
Results
- 62+ hires delivered (70%+ of company headcount)
- 50+ BoxHill sourced hires + referral ecosystem built
- Engaged when there were 6 employees and now around 75 employees (May 2026)
Key hires:
- VP Engineering, VP Product, VP Marketing
- Head of Data Sales, Head of Legal, Head of Cyber Security, Director of Finance
- Software Engineering, Cloud, Product, Data, GTM, Finance and Marketing teams
Impact
- Built core team from seed to scale-up
- Enabled platform launch and market adoption
- Supported onboarding of 25+ dealers + 150+ buy-side firms
- Delivered leadership credibility + execution capability
Outcome: Built the talent engine behind Octaura’s rapid market breakthrough.
