How To Find Hiring Managers On The Move

Written by

Harrison FrankeCEO & Co-Founder · Recruitcha GTM

A new role creates a valuable opportunity for recruiters.

Someone has just joined as a VP Engineering. A new CRO has started at a growing company. A Head of Talent has moved into a company that is about to build out its team.

The move gives you a reason to start a conversation while the opportunity is still fresh.

Recruitcha GTM's Monitor Job Changes signal lets you create a watch around the people and markets you care about, then surfaces new joiners as they start matching your criteria.

Set your watch once. Recruitcha GTM checks it daily.

Build the market you want to watch

You can create a custom watch using:

Job titles
City, country or state
Company size
Industry
Company type
Specific companies

You can also start with a curated market, such as Sales Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Product Leadership, or People & Talent.

For example, you could set up a watch for VP and Head of People roles across companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Recruitcha GTM shows you an estimate of the people who match and previews recent moves before you start monitoring.

See the move, not just the person

When someone matches your watch, the lead includes the context around their move.

You can see:

Previous role → New role
Previous company → New company
Start date
Profile
Location

That context gives you a reason to start the conversation.

The campaign also keeps track of which watch or market the person matched, so the lead arrives with the context behind why they were surfaced.

Know where the warm path is

A new joiner isn't automatically a cold lead.

Recruitcha GTM checks your existing network and identifies whether you already have a connection to the person or whether someone on your team may know them.

That relationship context feeds into Intelligence, where connected people and recent moves can rank higher.

So if a new VP Engineering at a target company is already someone you know, you'll see that context when the opportunity comes up.

Send new opportunities straight into your workflow

Once a new joiner is found, the lead can be sent directly to the tools you already use.

That includes recruiting CRMs and outreach platforms such as Loxo, Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow, Aimfox, Instantly, HubSpot, Outreach and others.

Each exported lead also carries a plain-English reason for why it was added. For example:

Alex Chen joined Stripe as VP Engineering in September 2026.

That gives you the person, the move, and the reason they are relevant.

Catch the move while it's still recent

People Moves focuses on recent job changes. That's important because the value of the signal is in the timing.

A new leader may be building a team, hiring for open roles, or choosing who they want to work with. You don't have to guess whether the person has recently moved. The start date is part of the lead.

And because the watch runs daily, new matching people are surfaced without you having to search for them yourself.

Start with a market, then let it run

You can create watches for the markets you cover.

Build one around engineering leadership in the Bay Area. Another around sales leaders in New York. Or create a watch around specific companies you want to build relationships with.

Once a watch is running, Recruitcha GTM keeps looking for new joiners that match it and sends the opportunities into your existing workflow.

Set up a People Moves signal and start building relationships with the people moving into the roles you care about.