Senior Recruitment Consultant

Cypress Talent; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress Talent is seeking a driven recruiter to own and build a dedicated GTM market in London from the ground up. You will work closely with one of the co-founders and develop a network of top talent and client relationships, starting from a clean slate.

You will spend a large portion of your week on outreach—prospecting, calling clients and candidates, and building opportunities. You’ll need to be available to work 2–3 days weekly in Oxford as the core hub.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of agency recruitment experience.
• Experience building a desk and managing a GTM space.
• A fast learner who can absorb feedback quickly.
• Strong drive and ability to talk to people, prospect, network, and create opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Own and build a specific GTM market in London from the ground up, in collaboration with the Co-Founders.
• Spend a significant portion of time on the phone prospecting, networking, speaking to candidates, and engaging clients.
• Coordinate with Oxford-based leadership; be available to work in Oxford 2–3 days a week.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Prospecting

Networking

Phone outreach

Fast learner

Market building

Job description

2–4 years' recruitment experience.

You've learned enough about recruitment to know two things:

1. Building a desk is insanely hard.

2. If you get really good at it, the opportunity is enormous.

We're looking for someone to come and own and build a specific market for us within GTM in London. You don't need to know that market today — we'll teach you.

You'll work directly with one of our Co-Founders and get the opportunity to own and build a specific GTM market in London from the ground up — becoming known by the best talent and the companies that want to hire them.

The person we're looking for:

• You've got 2–4 years' agency recruitment experience and have started learning how to build a desk.
• You're highly driven and you like talking to people. A significant part of your week will be spent on the phone — prospecting, creating new opportunities, networking, speaking to candidates, calling clients and creating new relationships. You already do this; now you want to become exceptional at it.
• You're an extremely high-velocity learner. Give you feedback on Monday and you're noticeably better by Friday.
• You're slightly obsessed with recruitment. This isn’t something you’ve fallen into while you work out what you really want to do. You know this is your career.
• You understand the opportunity in becoming known for one market, building an exceptional network within it and learning how to monetise those relationships over a career.
• You don't need to recruit GTM today. We're much more interested in whether you’ve learned how to recruit, started building a desk and have the drive and learning velocity to become exceptional. We’ll teach you the market.

What we’re offering is unusual.

Cypress has already built an international business across San Francisco and London, working with venture-backed technology companies across the US and Europe.

But this particular market is yours to help build.

You’ll learn search, outbound BD, market development, client origination, content and how to build a desk directly alongside the founders.

And if you’re brilliant, we’re not hiring you to remain a Senior Consultant forever.

We’re looking for someone who could become an important part of the company we’re building.

You’ll need to be able to work with me in Oxford at least two days a week, ideally three. Oxfordshire, Reading, Thames Valley and West London can all work, as long as you can get here 2-3 days a week.