Principal Consultant

Jobtailor; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Principal Consultant in Dublin to own senior client engagements, drive new business, and manage high-level relationships. You will lead retained or exclusive searches, deliver senior-level outcomes, and uphold Marks Sattin’s standards of service and professionalism.

The role focuses on strategic client development, candidate delivery, and a collaborative, high-performance culture in a fast-paced market.

Qualifications

• Proven success as a Principal Consultant or equivalent level.
• Strong track record of business development, account management and fee generation.
• Experience running retained or exclusive assignments and delivering at senior/executive level.
• Excellent stakeholder management with clients and candidates.
• Commercially astute, target-driven in a high-performance culture.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of all Principal Consultant responsibilities and KPIs.
• Act as a key business developer with advanced sales capabilities.
• Continuously expand your client portfolio and generate new business opportunities.
• Meet and exceed sales and activity targets as per quarterly plans.
• Maintain excellent, long-term relationships with key clients.
• Generate a consistent pipeline of high-quality, relevant candidates.
• Operate autonomously, reporting into a Senior Manager, Associate Director or Director.

Skills

Principal Consultant

Business Development

Account Management

Fee Generation

Retained/Exclusive

Stakeholder Mgmt

Commercial Acumen

Target-driven

Communication

Presentation

Influencing

Collaboration

Proactivity

Professionalism

Job description

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of all Principal Consultant responsibilities and KPIs
• Act as a key business developer with advanced sales capabilities
• Continuously expand your client portfolio and generate new business opportunities
• Consistently meet and exceed sales and activity targets as agreed in quarterly business plans
• Maintain excellent, long‑term relationships with key clients in your market
• Generate a consistent pipeline of high‑quality, relevant candidates
• Operate autonomously, reporting into a Senior Manager, Associate Director or Director

Requirements

• Proven success as a Principal Consultant or equivalent level
• Strong track record of business development, account management and fee generation
• Demonstrable experience running retained or exclusive assignments and delivering at senior / executive level
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with both clients and candidates
• Commercially astute, target‑driven and comfortable operating in a high‑performance culture
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Collaborative, proactive and committed to upholding Marks Sattin’s standards of service and professionalism

Soft Skills

• business development
• account management
• stakeholder management
• communication skills
• presentation skills
• influencing skills
• collaborative
• proactive
• target-driven
• professionalism