Alex Jenkins

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Talent at Clay

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Alex is a talent acquisition professional specializing in recruiting for high-growth technology companies like Clay and Ramp. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, he focuses on hiring for Go-To-Market, engineering, and marketing roles. Colleagues have described him as focused, passionate, and fearless in his approach.

He is deeply engaged in the people operations and HR community, showing a keen interest in events hosted by organizations like Culture Amp. Alex maintains a connection to the Austin area, where he attended university, and follows the local technology and HR scene there.

After four months at Clay, he expressed that its the "most fun Ive had in my career, " coinciding with the companys $100M Series C funding announcement.

Personality Overview

Believer

Big Picture Person

Imaginative

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.  They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Topics They Care About

High-Growth Recruiting
Specializes in scaling teams at fast-growing tech companies, focusing on GTM, product, and marketing roles to fuel expansion at companies like Clay and Ramp.
Leadership Search
Has significant experience sourcing and recruiting senior leaders, including Director and VP+ level talent for major tech companies like Stripe and Instacart.
Career Coaching
Acts as a Career Coach for Formation, mentoring software engineers to help them up-level their skills and land jobs at top-tier companies.

Media Appearances

Alex Jenkins – Clay – Org Chart. Featured in The Org

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Work History

4-2025
Talent at Clay
8-2023 - 4-2025
Talent at Ramp
4-2023 - 1-2026
Career Coach at Formation
5-2022 - 11-2022
Leadership Search at Stripe
2-2021 - 5-2022
Leadership Search at Instacart

Education

2011 - 2015
Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Texas at Austin

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Insights For Selling To Alex

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Alex is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Alex

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Alex move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Alex take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Alex

Personality Compatibility


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