Managing Consultant
ATA Search
Sector: Engineering & Technical Leadership
Location: Leicester (LE3)
Package: Up to £42,000 basic + up to £5,000 car allowance
Take ownership, shape a division, and make your mark on executive search.
You've already built a reputation for delivering results and forming lasting relationships. Now you're ready for a role where you can lead, influence, and grow a business, not just a desk. ATA Search is looking for an Executive Search specialist to join us as Managing Consultant to lead and expand our executive search division within a long-established engineering recruitment business.
What's in it for you?
Up to £42,000 basic salary
Uncapped commission up to 25% of billings
Clear progression to Associate Director once divisional milestones are met
Quarterly and annual awards, incentives, and trips
The Role and About You
This is a chance to run your own executive search function, shape strategy, and build a team from the ground up. You'll take responsibility for the full executive search cycle. Winning retained and contingent assignments, engaging senior stakeholders, and delivering high-quality leadership appointments.
With access to a warm database, an established client base, and strong sector credibility, you'll have the tools to hit the ground running. You'll also be supported with market-leading technology, psychometric tools, marketing, and full central support across HR, Finance, Compliance, Talent, Marketing and IT, giving you the freedom to focus on strategy, relationships, and growth.
You'll be a good fit if you:
Are an experienced Executive Search Consultant or Senior Appointments Recruiter
Have a strong track record of billings and winning retained work
Are commercially sharp, confident with senior stakeholders, and able to lead pitches
Are strategic, ambitious, and ready to build and scale a division
Can be in our Leicester office (LE3) at least three days per week
Why ATA Recruitment?
ATA Search, part of ATA Recruitment and RTC Group Plc, has been delivering senior-level talent since 1963. We specialise in engineering, manufacturing, industrial technology, and technical leadership appointments across the UK. Our approach blends structured research, rigorous assessment, headhunting expertise, and deep sector knowledge.
You'll work alongside leadership with 20–25 years of engineering search experience, who provide guidance when needed and autonomy where you want it. This is a rare opportunity to take a growing division to a £1m GP function, hire a team of five, and carve a clear path to Associate Director.
Next Steps
If you're an experienced recruiter ready to take ownership of a division, grow a team, and shape an executive search function, we'd love to have an honest conversation. No pressure, just a chat to see if ATA Search could be your next big career move.
Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation
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