newxel_workforce_planning_toolkit.xlsx

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3	⚙ KEY ASSUMPTIONS
4	Company Name	Your Startup				Current MRR ($)	0
5	Planning Period	Jan 2026 – Dec 2027				Target Burn Multiple	1.5
6	Avg Fully-Loaded Cost Multiplier (US)	1.3				Seed-to-Series A Runway Target (days)	712
7	Avg Fully-Loaded Cost Multiplier (EE)	0.55				Current Headcount	0
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9	#	Role / Position	Department	Hire Type	Priority	Location	Target Start	Milestone Trigger	Base Salary ($)	Fully-Loaded Cost ($)	Status	Notes / Outcome (90-day)
10	🏗 FOUNDATION LAYER · Months 1–2
11	1	Senior Backend Engineer	Engineering	Full-time	🔴 Locked	EE / Remote	Month 1	Seed round closed	90,000	$49,500	In Progress	Architecture decisions, code standards, mentor future hires
12	2	Tech Lead / Architect	Engineering	Full-time	🔴 Locked	EE / Remote	Month 1	Seed round closed	95,000	$52,250	In Progress	Own technical roadmap, unblock team daily
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14	⚙ BUILD LAYER · Months 2–4
15	3	Full-Stack Engineer #1	Engineering	Full-time	🔴 Locked	EE / Remote	Month 2	MVP sprint start	70,000	$38,500	Planned	Ship core user-facing features in sprint 1
16	4	Full-Stack Engineer #2	Engineering	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	EE / Remote	Month 3	MVP milestone hit	70,000	$38,500	Planned	Expand feature coverage, reduce tech lead bottleneck
17	5	QA Engineer	Engineering	Full-time	🔴 Locked	EE / Remote	Month 2	First code review	55,000	$30,250	Planned	Prevent defect backlog before it compounds
18	6	DevOps / Infrastructure	Engineering	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	EE / Remote	Month 3	Pre-production env needed	65,000	$35,750	Planned	CI/CD pipeline, cloud infra before first customer
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20	🎯 SPECIALIZATION LAYER · Months 4–6
21	7	Frontend Engineer	Engineering	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	EE / Remote	Month 4	Backend stable	68,000	$37,400	Planned	Customer-facing UI — after backend is buildable
22	8	Data Engineer	Engineering	Full-time	⚪ Exploratory	EE / Remote	Month 5	Traction metrics hit	80,000	$44,000	Planned	Analytics pipeline, fraud detection foundations
23	9	ML Engineer	Engineering	Contractor	🟡 Triggered	Remote	Month 5	Data pipeline ready	Contract		Planned	6-month contract for fraud detection MVP build
24	10	QA Lead	Engineering	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	EE / Remote	Month 6	Team >6 engineers	72,000	$39,600	Planned	QA process ownership once team needs structure
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26	👥 LEADERSHIP LAYER · 8–10+ Engineers
27	11	Head of Engineering	Engineering	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	EE / Remote	Month 8	Series A closed	110,000	$60,500	Planned	Management layer — only after round closes
28	12	VP Product	Product	Full-time	🟡 Triggered	US / Remote	Series A	Series A + 30 days	140,000	$182,000	Planned	Own roadmap post-funding; before: founder does this
29	13	Talent / HR Lead	Operations	Full-time	⚪ Exploratory	Remote	Series A	Team >15 people	90,000	$117,000	Planned	Recruiting ops, onboarding systems, culture
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31	TOTAL PLANNED HEADCOUNT: 13 roles								Total Base ($)	Total Loaded ($)
32	Sum of all planned roles (excl. contractors)								$0	$516,250
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