Founding Partner (Fractional Head of People)

About Respiris

Respiris is built to ensure that no one faces career transitions alone.
We are creating a modern alternative to traditional outplacement by combining human connection, structured coaching, community, and AI-enabled tools to support individuals during some of the most important and vulnerable moments of their professional lives.
We partner with companies to support employees with greater care, consistency, and credibility during workforce change. Respiris sits at the intersection of service, community, and technology, creating a model that is both deeply human and built to scale.
This is not legacy outplacement with a new label. This is a new category built for how work, networks, and transitions actually happen today.
About the Opportunity
Respiris is building a network of Founding Partners to activate and grow markets across the United States.
This opportunity is designed for experienced operators who have already generated meaningful independent revenue and want to add outplacement as a high-margin, relationship-driven revenue stream.
As a Founding Partner, you are not reselling a centralized service. You are building the market with us.
You will deepen relationships with existing clients, create new entry points into organizations navigating workforce change, and position yourself at the center of one of the most critical moments in the employee lifecycle.
This is an additional revenue stream designed to complement and expand your existing income portfolio.
What You’ll Do

Build and activate a local market within your existing network

Develop relationships with CHROs, Heads of People, CFOs, Legal leaders, Founders, and executives

Position Respiris as a trusted partner for outplacement and transition support

Generate introductions, referrals, and partner company relationships that convert into revenue

Deliver structured coaching to individuals navigating career transitions

Facilitate engagements across a three-month lifecycle (10 sessions per engagement)

Host or support curated events (e.g., Stranger to Friends) to build trust and visibility

Collaborate directly with the Founder on market activation and growth

Use AI-enabled tools to improve execution, organization, and coaching quality

Build a repeatable revenue stream layered into your existing work

Requirements
What Makes a Great Founding Partner

You have experience as a Head of HR, HRBP, recruiter, advisor, or operator

You have generated at least $50,000 in revenue under your own EIN (required)

You understand how to build and manage client relationships

You are trusted by senior decision-makers

You are comfortable navigating sensitive employee transition moments

You can turn relationships into revenue opportunities

You are highly relational and commercially minded

You are comfortable using modern tools and AI platforms

You are willing to invest time, effort, and capital into building a market

Non-Negotiable Requirement
All candidates must have generated a minimum of $50,000 in independent revenue under their own EIN, regardless of current employment status (W-2, founder, advisor, or otherwise).
This ensures Founding Partners have demonstrated the ability to build, sell, and deliver independently.
What This Is Not
This is not a fit if you:

Have not generated independent revenue

Do not have an EIN or business activity

Are looking for passive leads

Want a traditional salaried role

Are uncomfortable with relationship-driven selling

Are not prepared to invest financially

Respiris accelerates operators. It does not create them.

How the Model Works
Respiris is a B2B company. We sell to organizations, not individuals.
Founding Partners generate revenue through:

Existing client relationships

New executive relationships

Workforce transition events

Each engagement averages $1,500 and includes:

Ten sessions over three months

Structured coaching

Flexible scheduling

AI-enabled tools

Performance Expectations
Respiris is built on execution, community, deep empathy, and artificial intelligence
Within 9 months after completing the Academy Tracks, Founding Partners are expected to:

Activate their market

Acquire new logos / business

Build company relationships with HR, Operations, Finance

Strong support candidates, and

Generate revenue

If these are not demonstrated, the partnership will not continue.
Benefits
Compensation
Founding Partner

$10,000 commitment

$5,000 upfront

$5,000 earned through generated revenue

60% revenue share

~$900 per candidate engagement

Path to Partner

After generating revenue across 10 client logos, Founding Partner to be Promoted to Partner

70% revenue share

~$1,050 per candidate engagement

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