diff --git a/src/__tests__/identity.test.ts b/src/__tests__/identity.test.ts
index 73e022f6..7662241c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/identity.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/identity.test.ts
@@ -2828,6 +2828,16 @@ describe('identity copy', () => {
     expect(contact).toContain('min-width: 44px');
   });
 
+  it('exposes window.posthog after idle init so hire Contact card can capture (#hire-ph)', () => {
+    const ph = readFileSync('src/components/PostHog.astro', 'utf8');
+    expect(ph).toContain("await import('posthog-js')");
+    expect(ph).toContain('posthog.init(');
+    expect(ph).toMatch(/window\.posthog\s*=\s*posthog/);
+    expect(ph).toContain('PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY');
+    expect(ph).toContain('requestIdleCallback');
+    expect(ph).not.toMatch(/^import\s+.*from\s+['"]posthog-js['"]/m);
+  });
+
   it('footer colophon has no visitor visit-count control (#1045)', () => {
     const footer = readFileSync('src/components/Footer.astro', 'utf8');
     expect(footer).toContain('class="colophon"');
diff --git a/src/components/PostHog.astro b/src/components/PostHog.astro
index 0be0f2d6..4ee32470 100644
--- a/src/components/PostHog.astro
+++ b/src/components/PostHog.astro
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       api_host: posthogHost,
       person_profiles: 'identified_only',
     });
+    window.posthog = posthog;
   }
 
   const scheduleIdle =