For senior leaders

The private market, on your terms.

You're invisible until you choose to be visible. Firms we've vetted request to be introduced. You decide — every single time.

The problem

At your level, the best roles don't reach you through job boards.

By the time a $300K role is posted publicly, the firm has already talked to six people through private channels. The public market is a slow second choice — for you and for them.

The private market is where senior hiring actually happens, and until now you had to be lucky enough to know the right person at the right moment. TopHeads makes that luck structural.

Not there yet at $150K+? Reapply when you are. We keep watching.

A letter from the founder
Friends, colleagues — welcome.

I'm glad you're here. Take your time on this page — this is not a job board, and trying to use it like one will frustrate you.

A bit of history. TopHeads has actually been around for a few years — I first launched an early version of this idea back in 2021. The concept never quite stopped haunting me, but the technology of the day could not deliver the experience I wanted: a curated, low-friction, deeply human meeting point between senior executives and the recruiters who hire them. With the maturity of modern AI and the tools that have arrived in the last couple of years, that finally became possible. What you are looking at this spring is the second-generation TopHeads — a full relaunch I have been quietly rebuilding for months.

I designed TopHeads as a place where executives and professional recruiters can meet each other comfortably — without exposing anyone's privacy, without forcing anyone to publicly signal that they are open to a move, and without the noise of a generic job marketplace. Anonymous by default, identity disclosed only when you choose, signal-only on both sides.

It is also a club. Members of TopHeads have the ability to quietly connect with one another, exchange offers, share opportunities, and trade the kind of low-key solutions that senior people normally only swap inside private dinners and closed Slack groups. Not a feed. Not a public forum. A small, trusted, anonymous-by-default layer for people at your level.

And yes — TopHeads is a paid service for candidates. Deliberately so. It is the only honest way to keep the quality of the community high, and the only way I can personally guarantee to the hiring companies on the other side that what they are seeing is a genuinely curated flow of serious senior leaders, not a recycled job board feed. The fee is the membership, and the membership is the curation. Founding-member pricing is intentionally low while the platform grows.

The new version of TopHeads launches officially in spring 2026. I'm personally reviewing every profile, personally promoting members across my network, and personally answering messages. If you read all the way down this page and decide this is your kind of place, I would be honoured to have you as one of the founding members.

Welcome aboard.

MT
Mike Torchinsky
Founder, TopHeads · 25 years in executive search
How it works

Four steps. All controlled by you.

01
Apply
Mike reads every application personally. Two business days.
02
Build your card
The anonymous, public version of you — what firms see. You control every word.
03
Go live
Your card enters the private market. Vetted firms can now request an introduction.
04
You decide
Every introduction waits for your yes. No yes, no contact. Ever.
Who is this for

You hold the key.

Your name, current firm, exact comp, contact details
All private until you approve an introduction. Firms never find you — you choose who reaches you.
What firms see
Your experience, trajectory, comp band, geography. Enough to decide they want to meet you. Not enough to find you.
Not "your data is secure." You decide who sees you.
You're invisible until you choose to be visible. A private room. You hold the key.
Who's on the other side

Firms Mike knows.

Every firm in the room has been through Mike before they get access. Hiring firms across every industry and geography. No recruiting agencies. No outsourced sourcers. Decision-makers who are actually hiring, at firms with the budgets for the band you're in.

Current level and role type
Key achievements and metrics
Skills and functional expertise
Industry and region
Compensation range
Your name or surname
Your photo
Employer names
LinkedIn or contact details
Two memberships

Pick the room you belong in.

Your tier is set by compensation, not a choice.

TopHeads
For senior leaders at $150K–199K total comp
$149
one-time
$39/mo
monthly
Anonymous card in the private market
Direct introductions from vetted firms
Mike reads your card personally
Recommended
Select ✦
For senior leaders at $200K+ total comp
$249
one-time
$59/mo
monthly
Everything in TopHeads
Narrower shortlist on the firm side
Priority review from Mike
Deeper intro-vetting before firms reach you
What it isn't

Things TopHeads is not.

Not a job board
There are no listings.
Not a recruiting agency
Mike isn't paid by firms to place you.
Not a networking app
No feed, no posts, no likes.
Not a LinkedIn alternative
Your card is anonymous by design.

What it is: a private market you move through on your own schedule, curated by one person who's been doing this for 25 years.

Questions

What people ask before they apply.

Personal sessions with Mike Torchinsky — strategy, CV, interview prep, negotiation. All conducted directly by Mike.

Popular
Career Consultation
$5002 hours
Strategic career session with Mike Torchinsky. Current market assessment, positioning strategy, target role identification, and actionable next steps.
Not sure if you need it? Take the 5-min quiz
In-depth career trajectory analysis
Target roles and companies mapping
Market positioning strategy
Compensation benchmarking
Actionable 30-day plan
Resume Writing
Freeincluded with membership
Every TopHeads member gets a professionally formatted executive CV — generated instantly from your profile data by our proprietary in-house engine. No manual work required.
Auto-generated from your profile data
Proprietary TopHeads formatting engine
International executive CV format
Accepted by top search firms globally
Regenerates whenever your profile updates
Interview Preparation
$5002 hours
Preparation for a specific interview: company analysis, role breakdown, mock interview with detailed feedback.
Company and role analysis
Key question preparation
Mock interview (60 min)
Detailed feedback and recommendations
Compensation negotiation strategy
Career Road Map
$1,0002 sessions × 2 hours
14-section strategic career planning document. From current position audit to a 12-month action plan.
Current career position audit
Target market and role analysis
Candidate SWOT analysis
Active + passive search strategy
12-month action plan
Networking recommendations
Offer & Negotiation
$5002 hours
Complete offer analysis and negotiation strategy. Base, bonus, equity, relocation, sign-on — every component benchmarked against 25 years of market data.
Offer component analysis
Market benchmark comparison
Counter-offer strategy
Negotiation script
Support through signing
Ongoing Advisory
$500/mo1 session per month
Personal career advisory on retainer. Monthly strategy session with Mike plus priority scheduling for all services.
Monthly strategy session (2 hours)
Priority scheduling for all services
Direct access between sessions
Market intelligence updates
Ongoing support until placement
TopHeads members receive a 15% discount on all services
Mike, briefly

One person reads your card.

Mike Torchinsky · Founder, TopHeads

25 years in executive search. 1000+ placements across the globe. TopHeads is the private flow he's been part of for a career, now made accessible.

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25
Years in executive search
1,000+
Placements at $150K+
70K+
LinkedIn followers

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