Company Overview
Our client is a rapidly expanding executive search firm specialising in the life sciences sector and partnering with high-growth biotech, pharma, and medical technology organizations across the US.
Following a record-breaking year, they are entering a major new growth phase and are now investing in senior commercial leadership to scale their presence across key US markets.
Known for delivering high-quality retained search solutions, operating with credibility at senior levels, and building long-term client partnerships, the firm offers the platform, resources, and ambition for top performers to drive both personal impact and team expansion.
This is a high-performance environment where experienced recruiters with strong commercial instincts can lead, bill, and shape the future direction of a fast-scaling search firm.
The Role and Responsibilities
As a Billing Manager, you will take ownership of a US vertical while combining hands-on senior-level delivery with leadership and strategic influence.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading business development efforts within your life sciences vertical
- Running and delivering senior and retained search assignments
- Building long-term client partnerships with credibility and consultative depth
- Mentoring and developing consultants within your team
- Executing a high-quality, full 360 recruitment process from pitch to placement
- Identifying growth opportunities and contributing to US expansion strategy
- Building out your market with significant white space and autonomy
- Maintaining accurate tracking of pipeline, performance, and forecasting
Skills and Qualifications Needed to Be Successful
This position is ideal for someone who brings:
- Strong 360 recruitment or executive search experience, ideally within life sciences or a related technical market
- A consistent track record of high billing and winning senior-level work
- Experience building or growing a desk, team, or market
- The confidence to lead from the front while remaining hands-on in delivery
- Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and relationship-building capability
- A resilient, ambitious mindset and the ability to operate in a high-performance, growth-driven environment
- A consultative, credible approach suited to retained and senior-level mandates
Whether you come from executive search, senior recruitment, or a specialised vertical market, this role rewards quality, leadership, and commercial excellence.
Value Proposition
- Strong base salary aligned to leadership-level experience
- Transparent commission structure with high earning potential
- Incentive trips and performance-based rewards
- Significant autonomy with the ability to shape a US vertical
- High-end delivery tools, retained search infrastructure, and strong operational support
- A culture grounded in trust, ambition, and high performance
- Opportunity to be highly visible in a firm entering a major growth phase
This is an environment where your leadership, billings, and strategic contribution will directly influence the future direction of the business.
If you’re a senior recruiter or search professional looking for the rare opportunity to lead, bill, and scale a high-growth life sciences desk within the US market, this role offers a platform with real impact, career acceleration, and long-term upside.
