Whispered Hiring
Whispered Hiring - the podcast where we talk with senior GTM leaders about how they find, vet, attract and grow new talent. Hosted by the team at Whispered, each episode uncovers the unwritten playbook for executive hiring that drives exponential growth.
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Whispered Hiring with Ashley Stepien, VP of Marketing @ Hex (opens the original)
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In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Ashley Brucker Stepien, who leads Marketing and Growth at Hex, about how AI is flattening marketing organizations and reshaping who gets hired and why. Drawing on senior marketing leadership roles at Ramp, Amplitude, Webflow, and Pendo, Ashley shares why she now hires almost entirely for curiosity, how she builds generalist teams instead of specialist silos, and how she vets senior candidates with backdoor references before the formal i
Whispered Hiring with JD Peterson, CMO @ Perceptyx (opens the original)
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In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with JD Peterson, Chief Marketing Officer at Perceptyx, about how he rebuilds and tests a team the moment he inherits it. JD has led marketing and growth at Culture Amp, Zendesk, Trello, and Marketo, scaling Culture Amp from 8 million to 100 million in ARR as Chief Growth Officer. He shares why he thinks the CMO is the hardest senior GTM hire to make, and why he has stopped giving candidates take home assignments. Topics discussed: Running a
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