Industrial Tech & IIoT sales recruitment in Leeds
Retained search for industrial-tech commercial leaders, with hybrid industrial / SaaS profiles at the centre of the brief. On the ground in Leeds and across the wider Yorkshire industrial tech & iiot cluster.
Leeds combines a deep professional services base (the second-largest legal and financial centre in the UK) with one of the fastest-growing technology clusters in the North. The city centre and the South Bank regeneration zone host a mix of FinTech, HealthTech, GovTech and B2B SaaS scale-ups, supported by a heavy investor presence around Wellington Place and Park Square. Channel 4's national headquarters and Sky's growing tech presence have lifted the bar for senior commercial talent the city expects to attract and pay for.
Leeds is the largest single industrial-tech vendor commercial base in Yorkshire, with home-grown digital-twin and simulation scale-ups (Slingshot Simulations) sitting alongside BJSS's industrial practice and a growing applied-research vendor community around the University of Leeds. Most senior industrial-tech commercial leaders here have hybrid SaaS and engineering backgrounds.
Slingshot Simulations
Industrial digital twin SaaS
Leeds-headquartered digital-twin scale-up emblematic of the city's industrial-tech commercial base.
BJSS (industrial practice)
Industrial-tech consultancy
Leeds-headquartered global tech consultancy with a substantial industrial-tech commercial bench.
Nexus (University of Leeds Innovation Hub)
Tech ecosystem
Anchor for the wider Leeds industrial-tech and applied-research vendor base.
Industrial-tech commercial supply is small but unusually high quality, drawing on hybrid backgrounds that combine industrial-sector tenure with SaaS GTM experience. Most senior candidates are passive and approached on warm referrals.
Industrial-tech commercial salaries broadly track SaaS for equivalent seats, with a mild premium where the role explicitly requires industrial-sector fluency.
Leeds salary nuance
Leeds industrial-tech commercial salaries match Leeds SaaS for equivalent seats, with a 5-10% premium for senior leaders fluent in both industrial buyer cycles and SaaS GTM motions.
Leeds City Station gives strong rail links to York (25 min), Manchester (60 min), Sheffield (45 min) and Harrogate (30 min), making it a viable HQ for a regional team.
How we work
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We start with a structured kick-off that captures the commercial objective, not just the title. Reporting line, comp envelope, the deal sizes the person will sell, the buyers they will sell to, and the behaviours that will succeed in your environment.
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We map where the right people actually sit, across direct competitors, adjacent industries and proven environments in your region. This becomes the long-list of candidates we approach, not just whoever is on the job boards this week.
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Candidates are approached with a clear commercial narrative, not a job advert. We communicate the opportunity, the leadership environment, the expectations and the growth path, so only genuinely relevant people move forward.
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Two structured commercial screens before a candidate ever reaches you. Track record validation, deal-stage probing, motivation, and a credibility check on the numbers they have actually delivered.
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You receive a considered shortlist, not a CV flood. Each candidate is presented with strengths, potential risks and a fit assessment. We then support the process through to offer, acceptance and the first 90 days.
FAQs
Industrial software, IIoT, MES, predictive maintenance and digital-manufacturing platforms — anything that sells software or a software-enabled service into a manufacturing or process-industries buyer.
A typical Sales Director search in Leeds runs 8 to 10 weeks from kick-off to offer accepted. Senior commercial talent in the Leeds market is largely passive and the best people are usually approached, not advertised to.
A Sales Director in Leeds typically earns £120k-£170k base with on-target earnings of £200k-£280k, depending on sector and deal size. FinTech and SaaS sit at the top of that range.
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