Reminds me of one section of the Stripe article on hiring: "Hire People instead of roles". I couldn't agree more with both authors (Stripe and OP).

"One thing that's worked well for Stripe is bringing on people who didn’t have an immediately obvious role in the organization. If you can think of one thing this person can do, then there’s probably ten more you're not thinking of that he/she can do two months from now. Focusing on hiring to fill a role could make you more likely to sacrifice quality just to get someone with the right skill set."

http://firstround.com/article/How-Stripe-built-one-of-Silico...