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New York, NY

New York talent.

Linear places senior support talent across New York — from Tribeca residences and Upper East Side family offices to Midtown investment firms and Brooklyn-based startups. Every search is confidential and partner-led.

Who we serve

UHNW families, single- and multi-family offices, hedge and private equity funds, media principals, and venture-backed founders across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Neighborhoods

  • Tribeca
  • Upper East Side
  • West Village
  • SoHo
  • Midtown
  • Brooklyn Heights

Industries

  • Family offices
  • Hedge funds
  • Private equity
  • Media & entertainment
  • Venture-backed startups

Market overview

Staffing in New York.

New York is the deepest talent market Linear operates in, and also the most competitive. Family offices in Manhattan hire against hedge funds, private equity firms, and founder offices for the same short list of senior operators — which means the best Chiefs of Staff, Executive Assistants, and Estate Managers are almost never on the open market. A successful New York search is a direct, discreet outreach engagement, not a job post. We work in Tribeca, the Upper East Side, the West Village, and increasingly in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo, where a growing set of founder families are building both office and household staff at the same time.

Who we're serving

Our New York clients are typically single-family offices with $250M+ in assets, hedge fund and private equity principals building out household leadership alongside a growing office, and venture-backed founders past a liquidity event who need private operations to catch up with their business. We also work with a small number of media and entertainment principals whose privacy requirements make a public search impossible.

Compensation in New York

What roles typically pay.

Chief of Staff
$250K–$450K base plus discretionary bonus of 20–40% and, in family office contexts, occasional long-term incentives or carry participation.
Executive Assistant
$165K–$275K base plus bonus. Senior EAs supporting fund partners or founder principals sit at the top of the range and are the hardest hire in the city.
Estate Manager
$200K–$400K base for multi-residence households (typically city + Hamptons + winter home). Full benefits, housing occasionally included at secondary properties.
House Manager / Personal Assistant
$130K–$210K depending on residence complexity, staff size, and whether the role blends personal and business support.

Figures are market ranges; every search is calibrated to the specific mandate.

Hiring in New York

How searches actually run here.

Two things move a New York search: speed and discretion. The candidates worth hiring are currently employed in trusted roles and will not stay in a slow process — a two-week gap between interviews is often enough to lose a finalist to a competing offer. At the same time, every candidate in this market is one degree of separation from a peer principal, which makes leaks costly. Our New York searches run on a compressed calendar with a single point of contact, NDA-first outreach, and reference calls conducted personally by the search partner. Weekends and holiday weeks — August, the December holidays — are not off-limits; the best searches often finalize during them.

Frequently asked

New York searches.

How long does an executive assistant or Chief of Staff search in New York take?
A retained search in New York typically runs six to ten weeks from kickoff to signed offer. Chief of Staff searches sit at the longer end because the shortlist is smaller and calibration takes more time; senior EA searches often close faster.
Do you place estate managers for the Hamptons and other secondary residences?
Yes. Most of our New York estate manager searches cover a portfolio — a Manhattan primary, a Hamptons or Hudson Valley property, and often a winter residence. We calibrate the role, compensation, and travel expectations across all locations before opening the search.
Can a search be run without the principal's name appearing anywhere?
Yes. Every Linear search in New York is confidential by default. Candidates sign an NDA before receiving identifying information about the principal, the office, or the household, and no job post appears on LinkedIn or job boards.

Roles we place in New York

Senior support, across disciplines.

Beginning a search in New York?

Every engagement starts with a private consultation.

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