David Smith
Landed a CISO role at Lonza
“The staff is amazing, and nobody has ever said no to me needing help. That responsiveness got me my job a month sooner, and it was a job I look at as a brass ring.”
Senior Job Search Coaching
Land a $200K–$500K Role You'll Love
I help senior ICs and people leaders get clear on the right role, position their experience, build relationships, interview well, and negotiate the offer.
The Results
The numbers behind the method.
95%
Success rate over the last decade, with 369 alumni.
96 days
From joining Career Leap to accepting an offer, on average.
$30K–$80K
Clients commonly increase their total compensation by $30K to $80K.
350+
Clients placed at top companies.
Where Our Clients Have Landed
Microsoft
Google
Apple
LinkedIn
Salesforce
OpenAI
Adobe
Thomson Reuters
Grant Thornton
BMO
Gartner
Datadog
Abbott
NutanixBrex
Paylocity
Ramp
Mozilla
Cyera
<2/100
online applications turn into an offer
Why It's Harder Now
At the senior level, the job board is the slowest path in.
Most $200K+ roles get filled through relationships and referrals, not applications. Fewer than 2 in 100 online applications turn into an offer, and the odds get worse the more senior the role. What works at this level is positioning, direct outreach, and a search that runs on a system. That's the part we run with you.
Who This Is For
Career Leap may be a fit if:
You're employed but know your current company can no longer offer the growth, scope, or compensation you want.
You were recently laid off and want a more structured approach than applying to jobs all day.
Your experience is stronger than your resume, LinkedIn profile, or interview answers currently show.
You're trying to move into a new industry or function without starting over.
You're reaching interviews but struggling to convert them into offers.
Most of your professional relationships are inside your current or former company.
You're pursuing Director, VP, C-suite, or senior IC roles with compensation starting around $200K.
Hands-On Support
A coaching team that stays close to your search.
Career Leap works with a limited number of clients at a time so our coaches can stay closely involved throughout each search. You receive support from the first career clarity session through interview preparation, offer evaluation, negotiation, and your transition into the new role. The program is designed for senior ICs and people leaders pursuing roles with compensation starting around $200K.
The ROI
At the level we place people, the math is simple. Land your role just two weeks faster because of our expertise and the program has already paid for itself. Most clients see a 5X to 15X return on their investment, before counting the $30K to $80K comp increase on top.
What You'll Achieve
A stronger search, built around you.
Everything we build together is designed to help you find the right opportunities, communicate your value, and land a stronger next role.
01
Know exactly what you're targeting
Get clear on the roles, companies, compensation, and career direction that make sense for your experience and goals.
02
Position yourself for the level you want
Build a stronger resume, LinkedIn profile, and professional narrative that clearly communicate your scope, results, and readiness for the next role.
03
Create more opportunities
Use a personalized networking and LinkedIn content strategy, plus Career Leap AI tools that source relevant jobs, research companies, and help you find more ways into the right conversations.
04
Turn opportunities into the right offer
Prepare for interviews, communicate your experience more effectively, evaluate offers, and negotiate compensation, title, and scope.
Go Deeper
See exactly how this works.
The Program
The Simple Success Method®.
Career Clarity through Navigating Job Offers, the full roadmap every client runs through.
See the program→Success Stories
Real people. Signed offers.
Hear directly from 22 clients who landed Director, VP, C-suite, and senior IC roles.
Read the stories→About Us
Meet Reno & our values.
How Career Leap started, who it's built for, and the eight things we hold ourselves to.
Learn more→Real Stories. Real Success.
What clients say about working with Career Leap.
Priya I.
Leading an AI start-up
“I'd never looked at interviews that way before: pay attention to the gaps they're actually trying to fill. I was able to speak directly to the challenges they were struggling with.”
Kristi C.
Landed an E-Commerce Manager role at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
“I turned down one offer and sat with the uncertainty that followed, and the Career Leap team never stopped believing in what was possible. I'm walking into my new role feeling prepared and confident.”
Mike J.
Landed an IT Applications Maintenance Manager role at ABC Supply
“Every coach was really good, and I appreciated being held accountable throughout. If I'm honest, networking is what actually got me the job.”
Meet Reno
Hi, I'm Reno!
I started helping people with their job searches while working at LinkedIn in 2014. Later, I saw the same problem from the hiring side: experienced professionals often had the right background but struggled to communicate it in a way that made sense to recruiters and hiring managers.
Over time, I turned that work into Career Leap. Today, our team helps senior ICs and people leaders clarify what they want next, improve how they position their experience, build stronger relationships, prepare for interviews, and negotiate their offers.
I've personally coached more than 350 professionals into new roles, interviewed more than 2,000 candidates, and built an audience of more than 600,000 people by sharing practical career advice.
FAQ
Questions you may have before applying.
Career Leap is a coaching program for senior professionals targeting $200K to $500K roles. Instead of generic advice, you get access to a coaching team with specialists across career clarity, positioning, networking, interviews, and negotiation, plus an AI tool that surfaces job matches and tracks your outreach, so nothing falls through the cracks. The goal isn't just a job. It's the right role, at the right level, without spending the next year figuring it out alone.
#1 in the world for Careers & Coaching on LinkedIn.
- Fast Company
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- NBC News
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Ready to make the leap?
This isn't for everyone. We only work with senior professionals pursuing $200K+ roles who are ready to execute, not browse.