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    Done-For-You Board Placement

    Land A Paid Board
    Role In 60 Days

    No wild recruitment fees or retainers - we will match you with ideal-fit board roles that need your expertise from $3.25/day.

    Your Done-For-You Board Placement starts the moment you finish onboarding.

    Behind closed doors

    The best seats are filled before they're ever posted.

    Through relationships, behind closed doors. Your placement team gets you inside: we see the seat early, we show you your way in, and we prepare the application for you.

    01
    We see it early

    The vacancy, surfaced weeks or months before it becomes a listing, each with a confidence grade and a likely window. Two kinds of signal, always labelled and kept separate.

    ConfirmedForecastElevated risk
    02
    We get you inside

    We map who you already know on every board, so you reach in through a name, not a cold email. We show the route; the relationship stays yours.

    Shared boardsMutual connectionsCommon historyRanked by strength
    03
    We build your packet

    A director-grade application packet prepared for you: cover letter, board CV, fit memo, independence note. For any board role you find, anywhere, not just ours, so your options are not capped by our inventory.

    Cover letterBoard CVFit memoIndependence note
    04
    We prep your interview

    You rehearse against the exact questions that board's chair is likely to ask, drawn from the role, the committee and the gaps we found in that boardroom.

    Chair questionsCommittee gapsRehearsal
    How it looks when a door opens

    From first signal to sent application.

    We run each stage for you. You review what we find, approve what we draft, and send in your own name.

    1. 01Discovery
      We surface the seat before it is posted

      Our team flags the vacancy while it is still off market, with a confidence grade and a likely window.

    2. 02Positioning
      We match you to the committee gap

      We read the board's composition and show you exactly where you fit, evidenced, not guessed.

    3. 03Application
      We prepare the packet so you can send first

      Your director-grade CV, cover letter, fit memo and independence note are ready before the listing goes live.

    Pre-public seat, high confidence, about 9 weeks to vacancy
    Est. $80 to $110k
    Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair

    MedPath Therapeutics, Boston MA, listed company

    Audit chair seat forecast to open at the next AGM, surfaced weeks before the market, with a high confidence grade and a likely window.

    Example: a seat with an evidenced gap

    Composition gap: no sitting CFO, no life sciences finance experience on the bench.

    Packet prepared, ready when the listing goes live

    Director CV, governance formattedReady
    Cover letter, tailored to the audit charterReady
    Committee fit memo, 3 evidence pointsReady
    Independence attestationReady
    Flagged 4 hours agoAbout 63 days to listing
    Proof

    Members who landed the seat.

    What the Done-For-You Board Placement looked like for three members.

    Member testimonial

    Secured a paid board seat

    Member testimonial

    Built their board portfolio

    Member testimonial

    Landed first NED interview

    "The generous mentorship is exactly the type of high-level support SeatSignal delivers to those pursuing impactful, paid board roles."
    Rebecca Cawood
    Non-Executive Director & Chair, UNE Life Pty Ltd
    "SeatSignal reflects the calibre and professionalism brought to every board role."
    Mark Gilden
    FCA, LREA, Principal, ESPG
    "It's exactly what I expect SeatSignal empowers others to achieve, commercial and strategic skills, strategic insight, and patience under pressure."
    Murray Smith
    CA, FAPI, Non-Executive Director and Company Advisor
    Members come from
    HealthcareFinancial ServicesTechnologyCybersecurityEnergy & UtilitiesNonprofit…and more

    From about $3.25 per day with yearly billing. No recruitment fees or retainers.

    Who we work with

    The people we place

    Whether you are chasing a first seat or adding a fourth, the program is built around where you are and where you want to sit.

    First-Time Directors

    Senior leaders ready to convert executive experience into a first board seat.

    C-Suite Executives

    CEOs, CFOs, COOs and CROs adding governance to their career, before or after exit.

    Portfolio Directors

    Serving directors building a balanced portfolio of paid seats across sectors.

    Finance, Audit & Risk

    Partners, CPAs and risk leaders whose committee skills are in constant demand.

    Exiting Founders

    Founders post-exit who want their next chapter to be in the boardroom.

    Nonprofit & Community Leaders

    NFP and public-sector executives moving toward remunerated governance.

    Use cases

    How members use us

    One team behind you, whatever the goal. Here is how members put the program to work.

    01
    Land a first paid seat

    Go from no board history to a remunerated appointment, with material written from your executive evidence rather than padded around the gap.

    02
    Build a portfolio

    Add seats deliberately, sector by sector, instead of waiting years between opportunities. The search runs continuously for you.

    03
    Move from unpaid to paid

    Convert committee work and volunteer governance into roles that actually remunerate your contribution.

    04
    Enter a new market

    Target a new geography or sector with seats matched to what you can credibly offer that boardroom.

    05
    Stop applying cold

    Every approach goes through a mapped warm path and a prepared packet, not a portal. You reach the board through a name.

    06
    Get interview-ready

    Walk into the room having rehearsed the questions that specific chair is likely to ask, built from that board's own gaps.

    The old way

    Before SeatSignal, you had to choose.

    A board-readiness coach, a membership, a CV writer, an interview coach, a conference circuit and a growing stack of tools. Six invoices, months of your time, and none of them tell you a seat is opening before it is posted.

    The old stack6 suppliers, 6 invoices
    Board-readiness / placement coaching program
    Your placement team runs the search, the targeting and the follow-through with you
    $3,000-$12,000
    Director events and conferences, to meet chairs
    Warm paths mapped to the directors already on the board
    $1,000-$3,000
    Director association + paid vacancy boards
    Every live and pre-public seat matched to you, reviewed before it reaches you
    $500-$1,500
    Board CV writer, per packet
    Director-grade CV and cover letter, tailored per board
    $600-$2,500
    1:1 board interview coach
    Interview rehearsal against the questions that chair will ask
    $300-$600
    Executive networking + outreach tools
    Visibility into the right chairs, boards and nomination channels
    $300-$900
    Typical annual spend$5,700-$20,500
    The new way1 placement, 1 subscription
    The SeatSignal Done-For-You Board Placement
    One team, one subscription, the whole board search.
    • Live + pre-public seat matching
    • Warm-path mapping (when available) to every board
    • Director-grade packet, per seat
    • Board-specific interview rehearsal
    • Governance + composition intel
    • Outreach messaging drafted for you
    All-in price$297 / 2 mo
    You save roughly $4,215-$19,015 a year.

    Typical candidate-side rates, counting one of each per year. Most searches need several packets and several coaching hours. We leave out search-firm retainers (the hiring company pays those, not you) and formal governance qualifications, which are education we do not claim to replace.

    SeatSignal vs. the alternatives

    The real cost of every other route

    Search firms show five candidates. Job boards show three hundred. You see the vacancy before either one does.

    CapabilitySeatSignalBoardProspectsAthena AllianceAboveBoard
    A 60 day plan to get board ready and apply first
    Pre-public seats surfaced before the listing
    Matched against your profile and re-scored nightlyManual searchManual searchManual search
    Director-grade packets for any board role, from anywhere
    Interview rehearsal on the questions every chair asks
    Board intelligence: composition, due diligence and gaps
    Profile visible to hiring boards and search firms
    Global coverage (US, UK, Ireland, EU, Canada, ANZ, Singapore)US onlyUS heavyUS only
    Annual cost to candidatefrom $1,188/yr ($3.25 per day)$499 to $999$3,000Not publicly listed
    Pricing

    One full program. Choose your term.

    The same Done-For-You Board Placement in every plan. Longer terms simply lower your effective daily cost.

    Every 2 months
    $297
    every 2 months

    One 60-day cycle at a time

    No long-term lock-in

    About $4.88/day

    The full program, starting day one

    Included with every plan

    • Hand-picked board roles, checked by a person for fit and quality
    • Pre-public seat matching across every sector
    • Warm-path introductions when available
    • Director-grade packet prepared for each board
    • Board-specific interview preparation
    • A placement team reviewing what reaches you
    Get Started

    Your program begins after checkout and onboarding.

    Six months
    $742.50
    every 6 months

    1 month free

    Added to your term, no cost

    About $4.07/day

    Save $148.50 vs. three 2-month payments

    Included with every plan

    • Hand-picked board roles, checked by a person for fit and quality
    • Pre-public seat matching across every sector
    • Warm-path introductions when available
    • Director-grade packet prepared for each board
    • Board-specific interview preparation
    • A placement team reviewing what reaches you
    Get Started

    Your program begins after checkout and onboarding.

    YearlyBest value
    $1,188
    per year

    4 months free

    Added to your term, no cost

    Ends October 25, 20260d 00h 00m 00s

    About $3.25/day

    Save $594 vs. six 2-month payments

    Included with every plan

    • Hand-picked board roles, checked by a person for fit and quality
    • Pre-public seat matching across every sector
    • Warm-path introductions when available
    • Director-grade packet prepared for each board
    • Board-specific interview preparation
    • A placement team reviewing what reaches you
    Get Started

    Your program begins after checkout and onboarding.

    Common questions

    Frequently asked questions

    Your team is ready

    Somewhere a seat just opened. Let us catch it for you.

    By the time it hits LinkedIn or a recruiter's shortlist, 300 candidates are ahead of you. Your team sees it first and has the packet ready before you ask.

    Book a call to see if Done-For-You Board Placement is the right fit.