Hiring Prioritization Model Template

Make the case for your next hire with the workload, the trade-offs and the cost on one page.

"My team is drowning" is true for almost every CS leader I talk to, and it is the weakest way to ask for headcount. Your CEO and CFO hear that sentence from every department. This model turns your ask into an investment decision they can actually say yes to.

Measure the capacity gap for each team from headcount, workload volume, hours per unit of work and expected growth. List every role you could hire, including roles outside your own team, and score each one on business impact, urgency, workload relief and cost, using weights you agree on with your CEO or CFO before you score anything. The model ranks the options and shows the cost per hour of relief. Then place the winners in a quarterly roadmap with in-year cost, cost by quarter, when each hire is fully productive, a budget check and next year's full run rate, so Finance isn't caught off guard in twelve months.

What's included

• Hiring Prioritization Model template in Excel, plus a make-a-copy link for Google Sheets

• 5 tabs: start here, assumptions, capacity gap, role options and roadmap

• Capacity gap by team, weighted scoring for every role option and cost per hour of relief

• A quarterly hiring roadmap with cost by quarter and a budget check

• A step-by-step PDF guide with made-up examples, five steps to build the case and the mistakes to avoid

• A Steal This hiring case readiness check

Who it's for

CS leaders and managers asking for headcount, and any leader with budget for one role and three opinions about which one.

How it works

Digital download. Your files are ready right after checkout. Open the Excel file, or use the link included with your download to make your own copy in Google Sheets. No physical item will be shipped.

Bundle and save

This template is part of the Hiring and Team Bundle: 9 templates for $89, about half the price of buying them one at a time. Want everything? The Complete Architect Collection has every template in the collection for $299.