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Board State Update

The board now sorts by what's due

Six listings retired this cycle. Four hit the 43-day threshold (Samsara, Twilio, Amplitude, Vanta). Brex lost its pre-IPO equity premise when Capital One closed the acquisition in April. Anthropic's People Products role was posted and pulled between weekly scans.

Two new entries worth acting on. OpenAI posted Product Design Leadership, Growth covering Codex and ChatGPT, base $347K–$405K, 4 days old. Headway posted Staff Product Designer, Group Practices, base $212K–$265K, 3 days old. Headway is the cleaner first move: no unresolved gates, and the regulated multi-stakeholder mandate maps directly to Thermo Fisher. OpenAI carries a mandate question — growth-funnel optimization or trust and decision surfaces — worth probing before deep tailoring.

Hightouch re-leveled from Senior to Staff. Verify scope before investing time. Affirm and Omnicell both hit retirement threshold within 48 hours — one probe each to confirm or retire.

Starting this cycle, the board sorts by execution state. Each listing carries three fields: verdict (Act / Watch / Ignore), window state (hot / active / extended), and today's move. A 3-day listing with no gates outranks an 8-day listing with an unresolved authority question. You scan for what needs doing today, not what scored highest.

Board State Update

The board now sorts by what's due

Six listings retired this cycle. Four hit the 43-day threshold (Samsara, Twilio, Amplitude, Vanta). Brex lost its pre-IPO equity premise when Capital One closed the acquisition in April. Anthropic's People Products role was posted and pulled between weekly scans.

Two new entries worth acting on. OpenAI posted Product Design Leadership, Growth covering Codex and ChatGPT, base $347K–$405K, 4 days old. Headway posted Staff Product Designer, Group Practices, base $212K–$265K, 3 days old. Headway is the cleaner first move: no unresolved gates, and the regulated multi-stakeholder mandate maps directly to Thermo Fisher. OpenAI carries a mandate question — growth-funnel optimization or trust and decision surfaces — worth probing before deep tailoring.

Hightouch re-leveled from Senior to Staff. Verify scope before investing time. Affirm and Omnicell both hit retirement threshold within 48 hours — one probe each to confirm or retire.

Starting this cycle, the board sorts by execution state. Each listing carries three fields: verdict (Act / Watch / Ignore), window state (hot / active / extended), and today's move. A 3-day listing with no gates outranks an 8-day listing with an unresolved authority question. You scan for what needs doing today, not what scored highest.

Move queue — sorted by deadline pressure

Headway Group Practices · 3 days · Act · Apply + contact today Portfolio match: Thermo Fisher mySupply — regulated multi-stakeholder platform, exception-first design in compliance context

OpenAI Growth · 4 days · Act · Apply + probe mandate Portfolio match: Agentic Lab 01 (Brand Pulse) — live agent with human oversight design; relevant if role touches trust surfaces, less so if pure funnel

Affirm Agentic Experiences · 40 days · Watch · Confirm active search by Aug 24 or retire

Omnicell Platform · 42 days · Watch · Confirm active search by Aug 23 or retire

Hightouch AI Creative Tools · re-leveled · Verify scope and comp before tailoring

Carrying forward, moves unchanged:

Stripe Data & AI (8d) — probe design authority over agent behavior
Render Agent Experience (15d) — prepare recovery artifact
Headway Provider CRM (19d) — apply, no gates
Airwallex T0 Finance (18d) — verify cash floor ($160K–$210K base)
Gusto Unified Service (31d) — verify active search
Midjourney Design Lead (29d) — verify comp/equity
Datadog Design Lab (10–22d) — resolve posting date conflict

State Change Dashboard

Two Act-tier roles posted in the last four days, both with disclosed comp and clear application paths. One listing crossed from hot to active. One re-leveled from Senior to Staff with comp still undisclosed.

Two listings hit their retirement boundaries this weekend, and six posting signals expired this cycle. The Anthropic People Products role disappeared within roughly seven days — its full public window passed between weekly scans. That cadence gap is a real cost; flagged for Signal Watch frequency review.

Active qualified pool: nine roles. Three cards below need a decision today.

State Change Dashboard

Two Act-tier roles posted in the last four days, both with disclosed comp and clear application paths. One listing crossed from hot to active. One re-leveled from Senior to Staff with comp still undisclosed.

Two listings hit their retirement boundaries this weekend, and six posting signals expired this cycle. The Anthropic People Products role disappeared within roughly seven days — its full public window passed between weekly scans. That cadence gap is a real cost; flagged for Signal Watch frequency review.

Active qualified pool: nine roles. Three cards below need a decision today.

New Hot

Headway Staff Designer for Group Practices Posted

Posted Aug 19 — 3 days. Act: Company 10 / Role 13. Tier: Healthcare/Regulated — read Healthcare/Regulated playbook before outreach. $212K–$265K plus equity. Supervisory billing, compliance, practice administration. Portfolio match: Thermo Fisher mySupply — regulated multi-stakeholder workflows. Apply now; window closes ~Aug 26.

New Hot

OpenAI Design Leadership Growth Role Goes Live

Posted Aug 18 — 4 days. Act: Company 10 / Role 14. Tier: AI-native — read AI-native playbook before outreach. $347K–$405K plus equity — highest disclosed cash in the active pool. Leads 2–5+ designers on Codex and ChatGPT business growth, hands-on. Portfolio match: Alibaba.com + Agentic Labs. Apply now; confirm whether "Growth" means adoption or funnel. Closes ~Aug 25.

Now Active

Stripe Data and AI Crosses Into Active

Posted Aug 14 — 8 days, crossed from hot to active. Act: Company 11 / Role 14. Tier: AI-native — read AI-native playbook before outreach. $251K–$377K. OpenRouter acquisition confirmed Aug 19; 41% H1 revenue growth. Contact a Data Products design lead — confirm whether this seat owns agent behavior or human-facing analytics. Portfolio match: Alibaba.com + Carrier IQ.

Re-Leveled

Hightouch AI Creative Tools Shifts to Staff