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Recruitment Director, Insurance Industry

Job in Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listing for: Davies
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-03
Job specializations:
  • Business
    BD Manager, Client Relationship Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 110000 GBP Yearly GBP 80000.00 110000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Greater London

Description

Lead the growth and delivery of Specialist Services Recruitment, primarily across change & transformation functions for our clients within the Insurance industry.

Final date to receive applications: 16 August 2026

Department: Consulting

Location: London UK

Lead the growth and delivery of Specialist Services Recruitment, primarily across change & transformation functions for our clients within the Insurance industry.

This position holds responsibility for originating, delivering and continuous performance improvement of executive search, contingent, high volume and MSP projects.

Key Responsibilities
2. Specialist Recruitment Delivery & Client Outcomes
3. Leadership & Team Development
4. Client Engagement & Advisory
5. Commercial Management
6. Integration with Davies Consulting
  • Revenue Growth & Business Development
  • Own and deliver revenue growth
  • Originate new propositions across executive and specialist hiring
  • Build and expand senior client relationships across Client sectors
  • Position Davies as a strategic recruitment partner
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of retained and contingent Specialist Recruitment assignments
  • Ensure high-quality candidate pipelines aligned to client needs
  • Drive outcome-focused delivery (quality of hire, time to hire, retention etc)
  • Act as escalation point for complex or high-profile searches
  • Build, lead and develop a high-performing team
  • Set clear performance expectations and drive accountability
  • Coach consultants on client engagement, search strategy and delivery
  • Create a culture of ownership, pace and quality
  • Operate as a trusted advisor on hiring strategy, market insight and talent mapping
  • Support clients with workforce planning and organisational design where relevant
  • Move conversations from reactive hiring to planned, strategic search
  • Own pricing, deal structuring and commercial models for search engagements
  • Drive outcome-focused commercial conversations
  • Maintain strong profit margins and cost discipline
  • Align capability with broader Davies Consulting propositions (MS, Business Transformation / People Development / Techn Advisory)
  • Support cross-sell into existing client accounts
  • Contribute to integrated client solutions and proposals
Key Measures of Success
  • Revenue growth and contribution
  • Quality and seniority of placements
  • Client retention and repeat business
  • Time to hire and delivery efficiency
  • Team performance and utilisation
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
  • Proven experience in senior and specialist recruitment / executive search, specifically across the Insurance industry.
  • Track record of revenue generation through client business development, client expansion and cross selling services/solutions
  • Strong commercial acumen
  • Autonomous in deal management (360 including oversight of delivery functions)
  • Ability to operate at C-suite / senior stakeholder level
  • Experience building and leading high-performing teams (with time)
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