Growth & Partnerships Lead in London

£46,000 salary, with the opportunity to earn significantly more

Help build relationships that grow Maxwell Marshall

Maxwell Marshall is a specialist search firm working with private investors and investor-backed businesses across emerging markets, and with Physical AI and robotics businesses globally.

We’re looking for an outgoing, commercially minded person who enjoys meeting people, is confident picking up the phone and being on camera, and wants to take ownership of helping us grow.

You’ll be founder Dan’s outward-facing right hand: building relationships with investors and founders, hosting people and turning new connections into partnerships and commercial opportunities. You’ll also bring people together through events and content, help us find talented people to join MM and improve how we work.

You’ll ideally have around 3–5 years of experience in a commercial or relationship-led role and examples of ideas you’ve turned into results. You don’t need recruitment experience or an established investor network, but you’ll need ambition, energy and the judgement to move things forward independently.

What you’ll own

Growth and partnerships

• Identify VCs, founders and other potential partners, understand where MM could be useful and start conversations by phone, email, LinkedIn and in person.
• Arrange and lead meetings, understand people’s business priorities and hiring plans, and build relationships through thoughtful follow-up. Work with Dan and the consultants to turn promising conversations into client opportunities.
• Own targeted outreach campaigns and improve them based on the conversations, introductions and opportunities they create.
• Get more from conferences: choose where to show up, arrange meetings, represent MM and follow through afterwards.
• Host small events and partner gatherings, and develop podcasts and video content that help MM connect with the right people. Be comfortable getting on camera and posting a thoughtful video on LinkedIn.

Talent

• Find and get to know exceptional people who could join MM, from promising trainees to experienced senior hires.
• Build relationships through universities, communities, referrals and direct outreach, keeping in touch before we have a vacancy.
• Own our internal hiring pipeline, keeping it organised and moving conversations forward with thoughtful, reliable follow-up.

Operations

• Help drive our move towards AI-enabled ways of working by testing useful tools and helping the team adopt what improves quality or saves time.
• Keep relationship information and next steps clear, and improve everyday processes so opportunities don’t get lost.

Where you’ll start

You’ll learn our markets, agree priorities with Dan and take ownership of identifying potential partners, reaching out and meeting people. Alongside that, you’ll build our internal talent network and take an event or content idea through to delivery. You’ll have responsibility for keeping relationships and initiatives moving, with Dan working alongside you on direction and more complex commercial conversations.

Who you are

• You ideally have around 3–5 years of experience in partnerships, business development, account management, community-building or another commercial role, and can show how your work has created opportunities or results.
• You’re outgoing and confident approaching new people, on the phone or in person. You put people at ease, including senior investors, and enjoy bringing a room together.
• You listen carefully, ask good questions and follow through. Your warmth is backed by curiosity and sound judgement.
• You’re persistent without being pushy, and a slow reply doesn’t stop you finding a thoughtful way forward.
• You notice opportunities and act. You’ve taken ownership of something and made it happen, whether that’s developing a partnership, winning a client, organising an event, building a community or starting a small business.
• You write clearly, prioritise your own work and are curious about business, technology and new tools. You welcome feedback and know when to involve others.

What good looks like in this role

Relevant investor and founder relationships that develop into partnerships, new client opportunities and revenue. Events and content that lead to useful conversations. A stronger network of potential MM hires, supported by better ways of working.

You’ll work closely with a founder, with support, hands‑on responsibility and room to shape how we grow. If that appeals, tell us why and show us something you’ve made happen.