Director of Sales And Business Development

Join the journey to £10

Million | Build something ELITE | Be apart of the senior leadership team

and…
earn well while doing it

Raw Selection executive search firm partnering with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies to secure executive talent.

We are in our next growth phase. Our first milestone is £10M revenue. To get there, we are building a sales engine that is relentless on standards, disciplined on execution, and measured by outcomes.

This hire exists because growth has exposed a gap: we need a leader who can raise the bar, win business personally, and build a team that can scale.

• A key member of the senior management team at Raw Selection
• Responsible for the sales function that wins new clients and builds long‑term relationships
• Operator + leader: you will win business personally and develop a team to do the same
• You will manage best‑in‑class graduates and develop them into elite Private Equity executive search professionals
• You will run the function through metrics, coaching, and constant standard‑raising

Raw Selection doesn’t need a “manager”. We need a builder.

#1 Raw Selection is fast‑paced and fast‑growing

We are building to £10M as the first milestone. That requires pace, ownership, and intensity.

#2 Raw Selection is obsessed with best‑in‑class

We are building the standard for how executive search should be run. If it’s average, it’s not us.

#3 Raw Selection is people‑development obsessed

We invest in training, coaching, and leadership development because people are the business. The standard is the product.

#4 Raw Selection holds people accountable to their goals

We don’t talk about ambition we ope rationalise it. Clear targets, clear feedback, clear outcomes.

• 5+ years in sales with a proven track record of raising standards
• People leadership experience in building, managing and developing high performing sales teams
• Operating in a fast paced and high demanding environment
• Proven track record of winning new business personally

* No recruitment/executive search experience is required, we don’t operate like a traditional recruitment/search firm

Leeds city centre, office based

Want to be part of the leadership team who takes Raw Selection to £10M?

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• You’re done selling personally
• We need someone who leads from the front.
• You struggle with change and rising standards
• We grow fast. The bar moves. Standards are high.
• You want predictable hours and work‑life balance as the priority
• We focus on the US market. Evenings happen. We are in growth mode.
• Feedback makes you defensive instead of better
• We are a feedback culture. Radical Candour. Direct. Specific. Actionable.
• We use metrics to identify the constraint that will create the biggest ROI if fixed.