Principal Consultant

Join SThree and build your future across some of the world's fastest-growing and most innovative markets.

We're looking for experienced Principal Recruitment Consultants to join our London office (Bishopsgate - hybrid 4:1), supporting one of our specialist brands:

• Real Staffing Life Sciences - Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Medical Devices & Healthcare
• Huxley - Banking, Financial Services, FinTech & Technology

This is an exciting opportunity to partner with global organisations, high-growth scale-ups and market-leading businesses, connecting specialist talent with critical projects and strategic hiring initiatives across some of the most in-demand sectors worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Manage and grow an established contract or permanent recruitment desk within your specialist market
• Develop new business opportunities and strengthen existing client partnerships
• Build and maintain a network of highly skilled professionals across Technology, Data & AI, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Banking or Financial Services
• Deliver the full recruitment lifecycle from business development through to placement and account management
• Act as a trusted advisor to both clients and candidates, providing market insight and consultative solutions
• Drive revenue growth while identifying new opportunities within enterprise and global accounts

What We're Looking For

• Proven success in recruitment, ideally within Technology, Data & AI, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Banking, Financial Services or other specialist professional markets
• Strong 360 recruitment and business development experience
• A commercially driven mindset with a passion for winning new business and growing client relationships
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Self-motivated, ambitious and driven by career progression and uncapped earning potential
• A consultative approach with the ability to build credibility in specialist markets

Why Join SThree?

• Opportunity to work within globally recognised specialist brands: Global Enterprise Partners, Real Staffing Life Sciences and Huxley
• Access to established client relationships and active revenue-generating desks
• Uncapped commission with no threshold
• Elite Club incentive trips and performance-based rewards
• Structured career development through our industry-leading Velocity programme
• Private healthcare, share schemes and wellbeing support
• International career opportunities across SThree's global network
• High-performance, collaborative culture focused on learning, growth and success

Build Your Future With SThree

Whether your passion is Data & AI, Enterprise Technology, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Banking or Financial Services, you'll have the opportunity to become a market expert, build long-term client partnerships and accelerate your career with a global specialist talent business.

If you're looking to take ownership of a high-growth market, maximise your earnings and make a real impact within one of SThree's leading brands, we'd love to hear from you.

SThree is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.