Sales & Business Development Manager

Job description

Join the journey to £10Million | 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.

What this role includes

• 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.

Why the best people want Raw Selection

#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 operationalise it. Clear targets, clear feedback, clear outcomes.

Responsibilities

Requirements

• 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

Location:

Leeds city centre, office based

Compensation:

Basic Salary: £40,000 to £60,000

OTE: £85,000 to £120,000

Apply

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

Send your CV to ami.wilson@raw-selection.com

Do not apply if any of these are true:

1. You’re done selling personally
2. We need someone who leads from the front.
3. You struggle with change and rising standards
4. We grow fast. The bar moves. Standards are high.
5. You want predictable hours and work-life balance as the priority
6. We focus on the US market. Evenings happen. We are in growth mode.
7. Feedback makes you defensive instead of better
8. We are a feedback culture. Radical Candour. Direct. Specific. Actionable.
9. You don’t like data
10. We use metrics to identify the constraint that will create the biggest ROI if fixed.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Leeds

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

05-02-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English