Head of Executive Search

Head of Executive Search - C-Suite Permanent Hiring

Location: Onsite - 5 Days a week Onsite - London (Liverpool Street Station area)

Pagos Consultants is a specialist recruitment agency with deep expertise across payments, technology, and high-growth markets. We partner with established and scaling businesses to deliver senior and executive-level talent.

We are now looking for a senior-level recruiter to head up and run our C-Suite permanent search function. This is a hot desk with active mandates and established client relationships. The opportunity is to take ownership, drive performance, and build the executive search capability into a market-leading division.

You will lead and execute retained and contingent searches for C-level and senior leadership roles across our client base. The desk already has live mandates and warm relationships. Your responsibility is to convert opportunity into consistent, high-value billings while positioning Pagos Consultants as a trusted executive search partner.

This is a strategic role with autonomy and leadership responsibility from day one.

• Lead C-suite and senior leadership permanent searches across payments and technology markets
• Manage and develop existing executive-level client relationships
• Win and structure retained and exclusive search assignments
• Conduct detailed market mapping and competitor analysis
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders, board members, and investors
• Own the full executive search lifecycle from briefing to placement
• Build and refine the executive search process and standards internally
• Contribute to long-term strategy and growth of the leadership practice

• Proven track record delivering C-level or senior executive permanent placements
• Strong experience in retained search or high-value contingent executive recruitment
• Credibility engaging board-level and investor-backed clients
• Commercial maturity with the ability to manage large fee negotiations
• Strong market intelligence and strategic thinking capability
• Ambition to build and lead an executive search function

• A genuine hot desk with live mandates and established relationships
• High-value commission structure aligned to executive search fees
• Clear pathway to build and lead a dedicated executive search team
• Onsite, performance-led environment with senior leadership support

Executive search is built on credibility, delivery, and commercial discipline. This role offers the platform to operate at the top end of the market, working on high-impact leadership hires while shaping and scaling a key revenue stream within Pagos Consultants.

Apply by sending your CV and a summary of recent executive placements to