At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and build the Insurance practice, managing senior candidates and client relationships.
- Company: Valmont Talent, a dynamic executive search firm in financial markets.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work, mentorship from CEO, and lucrative long-term incentives.
- Other info: Immediate revenue opportunities and potential for substantial earnings in your first year.
- Why this job: Join a growing firm and make a significant impact in the insurance sector.
- Qualifications: Experience in recruitment or executive search, with strong business development skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 150000 £ per year.
Location: London, hybrid
Salary: £60,000 - £150,000 base, dependent on experience
Bonus: Quarterly bonus
OTE: £120,000 - £550,000+
Long-Term Incentive: 7 figure LTIP opportunity
About Valmont Talent
Valmont Talent is an Executive Search and Talent Advisory firm operating exclusively within regulated financial markets. We partner with founders, executives, investors and regulated institutions across Financial Services, Insurance, FinTech, Digital Assets, Payments, Market Infrastructure, Investment Management and related markets. Our work focuses on critical hires where judgement, market access and execution matter.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an ambitious recruitment or executive search professional to help lead and build our Insurance practice. This is not a pure Talent Acquisition role. We are looking for a commercially minded producer who can manage senior candidates, take talent to market, originate opportunities, build client relationships and deliver retained search work end to end.
What You'll Be Doing
- Delivering retained executive search mandates across Insurance
- Managing the full search lifecycle from client briefing to placement
- Building senior candidate relationships across all verticals within Insurance
- Taking high-quality candidates to market to generate new business
- Developing new client relationships across Insurance and adjacent Financial Services markets
- Building talent maps, market intelligence and leadership pipelines
- Representing Valmont Talent with senior stakeholders and decision-makers
- Helping shape the growth of a specialist practice within a well-capitalised search firm
What We're Looking For
- A proven track record in recruitment or executive search
- Experience working with senior candidates and clients
- Strong commercial instincts and the ability to generate new business
- A background in Insurance, Financial Services or another regulated market
- The ambition to build a practice, not simply inherit a desk
- The credibility to operate with senior executives, founders and investors
What's On Offer
- Access to retained mandates across Insurance and Financial Services
- Immediate revenue opportunity
- Direct mentorship from the CEO & Founder
- Opportunity to build and lead a specialist practice
- Hybrid London-based working
- Potential client-site exposure in London
- 7-figure LTIP opportunity
- 40-50% OTE depending on billing levels
Why Join Valmont Talent?
This is an opportunity to join a well-capitalised, specialist search firm at a key stage of growth. You will be joining a business with retained client demand, deep market focus and a leadership team that understands how to scale high-performing recruitment and executive search platforms.
Director in London employer: Valmont Talent
Valmont Talent is an exceptional employer for those looking to thrive in the dynamic world of executive search within the insurance sector. With a strong emphasis on mentorship from experienced leaders, a hybrid working model in London, and lucrative long-term incentive plans, employees are empowered to build meaningful careers while enjoying a collaborative and growth-oriented work culture. The opportunity to lead a specialist practice from day one, coupled with access to retained mandates and a supportive environment, makes Valmont Talent a standout choice for ambitious professionals.
