Onboarding Success Blueprint
💥Starting a new role at a senior level can feel high-stakes, especially when you’re stepping into a new company, new product area, or more strategic leadership expectations. This 90-day coaching engagement helps you ramp quickly, build credibility, map key stakeholders, communicate with executive presence, and shift into strategic leader mode. We’ll focus on the real situations you’re navigating week by week so you can create clarity, influence effectively, and show early impact without overextending yourself.
What's included
We’ll start with a pre-start kickoff session before you join the company, then meet for two 60-minute coaching sessions per month over your first three months. Across the engagement, we’ll build your 90-day ramp plan, stakeholder and influence map, and executive presence strategy while working through the real challenges, conversations, and decisions that come up as you step into the role. Before day one, we’ll clarify expectations for the role, identify likely credibility risks, define your first-30-days learning agenda, and establish the strategic mindset you need to bring into the new organization. In the first month, we’ll focus on helping you understand the organization, product area, manager expectations, stakeholder landscape, and early trust-building opportunities so you can ramp quickly without defaulting into workhorse mode. In the second month, we’ll turn your early observations into action by shaping your stakeholder map, managing up effectively, communicating with more executive presence, and creating the operating rhythms you need to drive clarity across teams. In the third month, we’ll focus on converting early credibility into visible leadership impact by refining your strategic narrative, preparing for key executive or cross-functional conversations, and identifying the next set of priorities for continued success. Every session is grounded in the real situations you’re facing: stakeholder conversations, manager dynamics, ambiguity, executive communication, product learning curves, confidence gaps, and the shift from high-output contributor to strategic leader.
- 90-Day Ramp Plan: A clear 30/60/90 roadmap that defines what to learn, who to meet, where to focus, and how to build credibility quickly.
- Stakeholder & Influence Map: A practical map of key relationships, decision-makers, expectations, and communication strategies for navigating the new organization.
- Executive Presence Coaching: Targeted coaching on how to communicate with strategic clarity, manage up effectively, and show up as a senior leader instead of a high-output individual contributor.
Meet your expert
Matt T.
Get Promoted. Get Hired. Get Unstuck. | Career Coaching for Tech Leaders
I’m an Executive Coach and founder of Talent Sherpas with 20+ years in tech, working at the intersection of executive hiring, leadership development, and operational execution. I’ve hired, coached, and supported hundreds of professionals as they’ve stepped into bigger roles across product, marketing, GTM, and leadership. My background bridges both sides of the hiring equation. I started in executive search at Korn Ferry, later supported senior hiring at LinkedIn and Microsoft, and led Customer Success and GTM execution at high-growth SaaS companies like Gem. I’ve also worked as a Product Marketer, so I understand firsthand how operators think, and how leaders get hired. I’ve coached 850+ clients, from senior ICs to execs and founders, helping them land roles at AWS, Adobe, Google, Waymo, Microsoft, and top startups. Whether you’re closing in on a VP offer or making a career pivot, I help you sharpen your narrative, prep like a finalist, and negotiate like a pro. Snapshot: • 20+ years in tech, talent, and executive hiring • Roles at LinkedIn, Microsoft, Lyft, Gem, Hillspire, and Korn Ferry • Experience in Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Talent Strategy • 4+ HR tech patents granted or filed • ICF-ACC certified executive coach with training from MIT Sloan and Stanford GSB • Fluent in Japanese, with international experience across APAC, EMEA, and North America If you want a coach who knows how execs are hired, because he’s helped make those decisions, I’m here to help you move up, move out, or move on.
