Technology Career Coach - San Francisco Bay Area

Acquisition Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquisition Network LLC in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Technology Career Coach to guide professionals through career transitions in software, data, and product fields. The role covers account scope, planning, and engagement terms agreed before work begins.

Responsibilities include developing search plans, coaching on resumes and profiles, networking and interview prep, and guiding clients through approved job-search tools while ensuring compliant handling of personal data.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in software, data, and product roles.
• Clear coaching approach and evidence of client outcomes.
• Strong communication and independent organization.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in career transitions for software, data, and product professionals to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and career goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe their relevant achievements.
• Provide resume, professional-profile, networking, and interview preparation guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while retaining responsibility for accurate applications.
• Document agreed actions and progress, adapting coaching to the individual's needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews, offers, or placement.

Skills

Career coaching

Client consulting

Communication

Organization

Job description

Technology Career Coach - San Francisco Bay Area

Acquisition Network is accepting applications for a paid Technology Career Coach opening focused on career transitions for software, data, and product professionals in San Francisco Bay Area.

The work

As a Technology Career Coach, your specialty is career transitions for software, data, and product professionals. Scope, assigned accounts or searches, workload, and engagement terms must be agreed before work starts.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in career transitions for software, data, and product professionals to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and career goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe their relevant achievements.
• Provide resume, professional-profile, networking, and interview preparation guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while retaining responsibility for accurate applications.
• Document agreed actions and progress, adapting coaching to the individual's needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews, offers, or placement.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in the named specialty, with a clear coaching approach and relevant client outcomes.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain relevant prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Engagement and compensation

Fixed pay: $75,000 to $120,000 per year. Engagement: contractor.

Professional standards

Respect existing employment obligations and disclose conflicts. Do not bring proprietary customer or candidate lists. Use approved tools and handle personal data only for the agreed purpose.

Applicants are evaluated on relevant experience and skills without regard to protected characteristics.