Executive Recruiter - #2158380

Looking to unlock your earning potential and career progression?

With ambitious growth objectives in place for the final quarter of 2026 and into 2027, we’re currently seeking the very best graduate, sales and recruitment talent to come and be a part of our journey.

• Highly Competitive Basic Salary
• Uncapped Commission
• Pension Scheme
• Opportunities for Rapid Career Progression

An established, proactive and highly successful executive recruitment business operating across a range of established and emerging sectors, Verrus have a proven track record for delivering game-changing senior professionals to an international client base that ranges from rapid growth start-ups to established corporations.

And we’re now looking to capitalise on strong business pipeline by adding to several of our specialist practices that operate in the growth verticals of:

• Intralogistics & Warehouse Automation
• Datra Center Construction
• WealthTech

As an Executive Recruiter within one of these winning teams, you’ll be responsible for meeting ambitious but realistic billing objectives through the permanent placement of mid-level to C-suite professionals on a global basis but with particular focus across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

This is a 360-recruitment role, so business development will form a significant part of your day to day: Identifying and winning new clients through the proactive marketing of the best talent in your assigned sector specialism.

What We’re Looking For:

• A minimum bachelor’s degree qualification
• Confident, engaging, and articulate interpersonal skills
• First class written and verbal communication in English (additional languages advantageous)
• A bold, dynamic, competitive, and charismatic personality.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and commercial awareness
• Self-motivation, proactivity, tenacity, and resilience.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft365 products, LinkedIn and AI tools
• The ability to multi-task and prioritise across multiple concurrent projects/campaigns.

Prior recruitment, consulting, sales, or business development experience – or previous exposure to one or more of the above-mentioned sectors – would clearly be advantageous, but this is by no means a prerequisite as full and ongoing training will be provided. Your success and advancement will more likely be dictated by your attitude, drive and application.

What’s In It for You?

• A highly competitive basic salary
• Uncapped commission on all billings (no threshold)
• Company pension scheme
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of trust and integrity.
• A comprehensive onboarding process with ongoing training, development, and support
• Clear opportunities to progress through the business as we continue to grow, our talent pathway offering either senior consultant or leadership routes of advancement.
• A fabulous working environment in one of Leeds City Centre’s landmark office buildings
• A rapid selection and assessment process
• Access to cutting edge tools, resources, technology, AI, and software platforms.
• Team social events, incentive-based trips, executive club overseas weekends away.
• (Qualifying) enrolment within GymFlex health & fitness incentive.

If uncapped earning potential and rapid, meritocratic career progression are your prime drivers, then you might prove to be an important component of our continued growth and success.