Principal Recruitment Consultant

Fruition Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options for management

Lucrative commission

In-house L&D training

Structured career progression

Hybrid working

Job summary

Fruition Group in Manchester is seeking a Senior - Principal Recruitment Consultant with the option to grow into a Billing Manager. You will drive billing performance, revenue growth and margin delivery across our Manchester tech recruitment operations while remaining hands-on in billing.

You will mentor a mixed team of contract and permanent consultants, build client relationships in the UK tech sector, identify scalable markets, and work cross-functionally with BD/sales to cross-sell and win

Qualifications

• Tech recruitment experience essential.
• Strong billing track record in recruitment agency environments (tech/engineering/digital).
• Ambition to grow into team leadership as we scale.
• Excellent communicator and coach.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with existing and future clients within the Tech Sector.
• Identify key scalable markets within the UK tech sector.
• Lead, mentor and manage a mixed team (contract & permanent) of recruitment consultants, setting targets and coaching.
• Recruit, onboard, train and integrate new team members as we scale in Manchester.
• Develop and embed best practices across the full recruitment lifecycle: sourcing, mandates, mapping, engagement, negotiations, billing and post-placement support.
• Collaborate with Enablis to identify sales opportunities/SOWs.
• Work with Fruition's BD/sales teams to expand accounts and cross-sell streams.
• Monitor metrics (pipeline health, conversion rates, margin leakage, revenue forecasts) and adjust as needed.
• Provide local market insights into Fruition's broader strategy.

Skills

Tech recruitment

Billing performance

Business development

Leadership potential

Communication

Data-driven

Stakeholder management

UK/EU tech network

Recruitment scale-up

Job description

At Fruition Group we embrace our values of Pride, Energy and Perseverance, and our colleagues embed them as the foundation of their work. Our colleagues are proud to work for Fruition Group, they are pro-active with high energy to maintain our market-leading status. With a diverse team we recognise that no two people are the same and we focus on results rather than unachievable KPIs and work collaboratively to achieve our goals whilst having fun along the way!

We are a high growth organisation who work with a huge range of technology and advanced engineering employers throughout the UK, Ireland, EU and USA, and as a business we re-invest profits to ensure we are leading in recruitment innovation in our marketplace and equipping our colleagues with the best environment, tools and training to help them succeed.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Senior - Principal Recruitment Consultant, with the option to grow into a Billing Manager position, to be pivotal in the billing performance, revenue growth and margin delivery of Fruition's Manchester Tech recruitment operations. Tech recruitment experience is required for this role, and the role will remain hands-on billing throughout.

There's also the opportunity to manage the team as we scale out our Manchester office, building on the success of our Northern Tech team based at our Leeds HQ. You'll work closely with other Billing Managers across tech in both Leeds and Ireland to identify cross-selling opportunities to support the growing team.

Key Responsibilities

• Building relationships with existing and future clients within the Tech Sector
• Identify key scalable markets within the UK tech sector
• Lead, mentor and manage a mixed team (contract & permanent) of recruitment consultants, setting targets (billing, margin, conversion, productivity) and holding consultants accountable, whilst coaching and mentoring, should you choose to step into a management path
• Recruit, onboard, train and integrate new team members as we scale in Manchester
• Develop and embed best practices across the full recruitment lifecycle: sourcing leads, winning mandates, market mapping, candidate engagement, offer negotiation, contract billing and post-placement support
• Work with our consultancy Enablis to identify sales opportunities/statements of work
• Work closely with Fruition's BD/sales teams to identify new clients, expand existing accounts and cross-sell across contract/perm streams
• Monitor and analyse key metrics (pipeline health, conversion rates, margin leakage, revenue forecasts, consultant performance) and course-correct proactively
• Feed local market insights (rates, demand trends, competitor activity) into Fruition's broader strategy
• Embed and champion systems, CRM/ATS and performance dashboards to support efficient scaling and visibility
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture aligned with Fruition's values of pride, energy and perseverance

Candidate Profile

• Tech recruitment experience is essential for this role
• Strong billing track record in a recruitment agency environment, ideally in tech/engineering/digital sectors
• Demonstrable track record of exceeding billing and margin targets in both contract and permanent markets
• Ambition to grow, whether that's deepening your billing patch or moving into team leadership as we scale, while remaining hands-on
• Strong commercial acumen and business development experience: able to win mandates and manage clients at senior levels
• Deep understanding of contract vs permanent recruitment dynamics (rates, compliance, renewals)
• Excellent communicator, stakeholder influencer and coach
• Data-driven: comfortable with dashboards, using metrics to guide decision making
• Prior experience in a recruitment or staffing scale-up environment
• Network in UK/EU Tech
• Familiarity with Fruition's sectors or methodologies

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive base salary, team-performance bonus & equity options (for management)
• Opportunity to build, lead and influence Fruition's tech recruitment presence in Manchester
• Lucrative commission – no thresholds!
• Ongoing training with in-house L&D and external courses
• Clear and structured career progression
• Bi-annual winners trip to European destinations such as Marbella, Barcelona & Amsterdam
• Flexible working offer between the office and home
• Quarterly lunch clubs for top achievers
• Quarterly team socials
• Access to Fruition's brand, market insights, systems and support infrastructure
• A culture rooted in collaboration, support and high energy
• Friday early finish

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.