Recruitment Contracts Director

TECHNE; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Unlimited holiday

Personal development investment

Flexible working

Job summary

TECHNE is seeking a Contracts Director to build and lead a new contract division from the ground up. The role focuses on inheriting and expanding the existing 4K WBV base, quickly unlocking 10K WBV, and steering market strategy while expanding into the US.

You will partner with the Co-Founders, own the contract desk, and drive growth with empowerment and future ownership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record building a 360 contract desk.
• Growth mindset with ability to scale a new division.
• Builder who continues to bill while growing the team.

Responsibilities

• Inherit and grow the current contract book with quick wins.
• Build and own a 360 contract desk from scratch.
• Set strategy for markets, desks and growth of the division.
• Lead TECHNE's expansion into new markets including the US.

Skills

360 contract desk

Growth mindset

Builder who bills

US market expansion

Job description

Location: Warrington, Hybrid (open to new locations for the right person, weekly travel to Warrington likely required in the early phase)

Benefits: Future ownership & share options, unlimited holiday allowance, personal development investment, flexible working

TECHNE:

At TECHNE, we're not your average recruitment company. We're a relationship-led, high-integrity business, market-leading in Defence, Space, Clean Technology and Automotive, with fast-growing reach into Robotics, AI and Healthcare Technology. We already own the room in most of the sectors we operate in. Our permanent business is on a serious trajectory, Contract is the next chapter and it's wide open, waiting for its leader.

Why TECHNE? Our USPs

• Proven, Not Theoretical – Both Co-Founders are contract billers by background. Together, they previously built a 35K WBV division exclusively in the UK, and inside TECHNE, part-time, on the side they've already built a 15K contract book.
• A Client Base and Brand Ready to Lend You Momentum – Market-leading in Defence, Space, Clean Technology and Automotive, with fast growth into Robotics, AI and Healthcare Technology, plus TECHNE Connect — our market-leading podcast — ready for you to leverage for relationships and pipeline from day one.
• Backing, Not Just a Job Description – Strategic direction, high investment, and real empowerment to make the calls on markets, desks, and how the division grows.
• Future Ownership – Share options and future ownership for the person who builds this properly.

The Role: What You'll Do As TECHNE's Contracts Director, you'll build our contract offering from a blank canvas, no legacy structure to unpick, no bad habits to undo, just a starting point, a strategy, and the backing to build it properly.

Key responsibilities:

• Inherit and grow the current 4K WBV book, with a quick win of 10K WBV available from our existing client base, building towards a 50K WBV long-term destination
• Build and own a 360 contract desk from the ground up, backed by two Co-Founders who are contract billers themselves
• Set the strategy for markets, desks, and how the division grows... with the authority to make the calls yourself
• Lead TECHNE's expansion into new markets, including our long-term move into the US

What We're Looking For

• A track record of building a 360 contract desk to strong WBV status
• A genuine growth mindset... forward-thinking, built to grow a division rather than just maintain one
• A builder who still wants to bill, with the desire for a quick 10K WBV win alongside the medium-term goal of building a market-leading contract team
• An appetite for new markets and the unknown, ready to help lead TECHNE's growth into the US

What's In It For You

• Office: Warrington, Hybrid — open to new locations for the right person, with weekly travel to Warrington likely required in the early phase
• Benefits: A package built to support you, plus unlimited holiday allowance and flexible working
• Ownership: Future ownership and share options

Let's Build It, Together From a 4K starting point to a 50K long-term destination — with two Co-Founders, a market-leading brand, and a client base already in place, this is a division waiting for the right person to lead it. If you're a builder who wants to own TECHNE's contract offering, we'd love to hear from you.