About Vanburn

Great recruiting isn’t about filling seats; it’s about what happens next. I partner with leadership teams to hire talent that raises the technical bar, unblocks the roadmap, and allows you to build the future instead of fixing the past.

I scale engineering teams for high-growth companies across the Nordics. From building new organizations at Rivian–Volkswagen to scaling at Klarna, I focus on one engagement at a time. My goal is simple: deliver high-impact hires that improve team velocity and provide meaningful career growth for candidates.

I’ve built engineering teams from scratch and scaled them in some of the most competitive hiring markets in Europe. That includes being the first recruiter inside the Rivian–Volkswagen joint venture in Lund — headhunting senior engineers into a brand new organisation with zero brand presence and no playbook. Before that, embedded at Blocket/Schibsted for years doing the same thing at a different scale.

I only take work where I genuinely believe I can make a difference. If I don’t think I can bring you someone who raises the bar — I’ll tell you before I take your money.

AFTERWORD

After a decade in recruiting, I’ve moved away from high-volume hiring to focus on significance. My process is high-touch, deliberate, and outcomes-based. I work as an embedded partner to help leaders offload the hiring burden, unblock roadmaps, and bring in talent that fundamentally shifts team trajectory.

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