Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.connectd.com

About the company

Connectd runs a platform that matches startups and scaleups with fractional executives, board advisors, and other experienced operators. The company sells memberships and advisory programmes (including “Transition to Portfolio”) aimed at helping professionals build fractional careers while helping founders access senior expertise. Recent coverage also points to fast revenue growth and a push into the US market. Open roles skew commercial and customer roles tied to scaling subscriptions and advisory services.

Locations and presence

Connectd lists roles in London (including Whitechapel) and also hires in Manchester. Some commercial roles reference US expansion (Miami and New York) while remaining primarily UK-based with US hours.

Palpable Score

69.6

/ 100

Connectd offers some genuine early-career entry points, especially in commercial and portfolio-operations roles, and shares more hiring detail than many startups (salary bands and step-by-step interview stages). The limiting factor is that learning support is mostly implied rather than spelled out in role expectations, so early-career candidates have to infer what “good onboarding” looks like.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company has posted an “Entry and Junior level” Portfolio Graduate role, which is a clear direct entry point rather than a rebranded mid-level job.
Connectd frequently frames junior commercial hiring as 1–3 years (SDR, BDE) and sometimes “minimum 1 year” for sales associate roles, which is accessible to early-career candidates but not true zero-experience entry.
The company’s current careers page highlights Account Executive (2–3 years) and Customer Success Manager (3–4 years), so the most visible openings lean slightly past first-job level.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.8

/ 20

The company publishes salary ranges on the careers site for roles like Account Executive and Customer Success Manager, reducing guesswork before applying.
Connectd’s Business Development Executive listing sets out a concrete application flow, including a 30-minute qualification call with a specific prep task (a 60-second pitch) and a 60-minute in-person interview with multiple leaders.
The company uses structured steps across other roles too (for example, video interview followed by in-person stages), but not every listing shows the same level of detail on what “good” looks like at each stage.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company’s early-career role descriptions focus on delivery expectations (community operations, events logistics, data collection and analysis) more than ramp plans, training time, or who coaches you week to week.
Connectd sometimes signals coachability and exposure to senior staff (for example, leadership-team interview panels and language like “highly coachable”), but that is not the same as committing to structured onboarding.
The company does list wellbeing supports like “Connect Days” mental health leave, but the evidence for day-to-day development support for juniors is thin in the job specs themselves.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company shows real pay transparency in multiple places, including £30–35k base for Account Executive (with OTE) and £35–40k for Customer Success Manager on the careers site.
Connectd’s Portfolio Graduate role lists £23–24k in London, which is on the low end for the city but still a clear paid, permanent-style early-career starting point rather than unpaid “experience”.
The company backs compensation with benefits that matter early on, including private medical insurance, pension, mental health leave, and flexible working, with some roles also referencing equity.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.8

/ 20

The company publicly shares multiple examples of people moving from Associate or Executive-level roles into Head-of or Manager titles, which is the strongest visible signal of progression from earlier-career starting points.
Connectd has a small but positive set of employee review signals (overall rating and recommendation rate), though the sample size is limited, so this cannot fully confirm early-career retention over 12–24 months.
The company reports rapid team growth and has expanded into the US, which usually creates new scopes for juniors, but Connectd does not publish cohort-style outcomes (promotion timelines, retention by level, or early-career attrition).

Useful links & resources

Careers at Connectd Connectd on Welcome to the Jungle (company profile)Connectd (UK) on Glassdoor (reviews, jobs, interviews)