Sales Recruitment for Professional Services
Retained search for senior professional services commercial leaders, with partnership-firm fluency as a standard part of the profile.
Leeds is the second-largest professional services centre in the UK by employment, with Manchester close behind. Together they host a deep base of legal, accounting, advisory and consulting employers, alongside a growing community of professional-services-tech vendors. Commercial roles in this market combine partnership-style relationship management with increasingly structured BD and account-management functions.
Professional services commercial roles are increasingly being professionalised. Evara's partners have placed Heads of BD, Marketing Directors and Client Service Directors into legal, accounting and consultancy firms across the North.
Professional services commercial salaries in the North run slightly below SaaS for equivalent seats but include longer-tenure incentive structures.
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.
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FAQs
Yes. Head of BD and Marketing Director roles in legal, accounting and consultancy firms are a recurring part of our work, particularly in Leeds and Manchester.
A typical retained search runs 6 to 10 weeks from kick-off to offer accepted. Director-level searches sit at the longer end of that range. We will not rush a shortlist to hit an arbitrary deadline.
No. Every Evara search is retained on a two-payment structure: a commitment deposit paid up front to cover the strategic work, and a completion fee invoiced on day 60 of the placed candidate's employment. This protects the rigour of the process and means we are accountable for the outcome, not for activity.
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