QP Group
Graduate Sales Consultant - Executive Search
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Graduate Sales Specialist
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Manchester, On-Site · Life Sciences & Biopharma Division · Full Training Provided · Full-Time
Sectors: AI Healthcare · Life Science Software · Biotechnology · Digital Health
About the Role
QP Group is the access point to the industry's top 1% of leadership talent: a specialist executive search consultancy connecting innovative enterprises with the leaders who move them forward. Our Manchester team partners with venture- and private-equity-backed businesses, from disruptive early-stage start-ups to category-defining scale-ups, as they build out their commercial and executive leadership teams.
As a Graduate Sales Specialist, you'll be trained from day one in the craft of executive search: market mapping, candidate engagement, and client delivery, with ownership of your own specialist market faster than in almost any other graduate scheme. No prior recruitment or sales experience is required. We hire for attitude and coachability, and teach the rest.
What You'll Be Doing
- Learn and apply QP Group's search methodology: market mapping, longlisting, and structured outreach to senior leaders.
- Build genuine relationships with candidates and clients, representing QP Group's standards in every conversation.
- Support live search mandates end to end: sourcing, first-stage screening, and candidate management through to offer.
- Develop deep commercial knowledge of a specialist market, under the mentorship of experienced consultants and QP's Co-Founders.
- Contribute to business development, identifying and engaging high-growth, investor-backed companies as future clients.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We're Looking For
- Curiosity and a genuine appetite to learn: about people, businesses, and markets.
- Strong work ethic and resilience, comfortable with a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
- Coachability: you take feedback well and apply it quickly.
- Commercial awareness and sharp communication skills, written and verbal.
- Integrity and ambition: you want a long-term career, not just a job.
We can teach recruitment. We cannot teach attitude.
Our Values
- Excellence. We set the highest bar in everything we do, from the talent we place to the way we serve our clients.
- Relentlessness. We don't stop until the right leader is found. Tenacity is in our DNA.
- Transparency. Honest communication at every stage. If something isn't right, we say it, fix it, and push forward together.
- Committed. Fully dedicated to our clients' success and our colleagues' growth. Results are everything.
- Striving. Continuous improvement is non-negotiable. We push ourselves and each other to be better every day.
- Top 1%. Our benchmark, for the talent we deliver and the standards we hold ourselves to.
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Career Progression & Earning Potential
QP Group's development programme is built for ambitious people. You'll start as a Business Consultant, learning the fundamentals and building your own network and client relationships from day one, with a clear path through Senior Consultant and beyond, toward owning your own specialist market or leading a team.
Commission is uncapped and rewards performance directly. Our structure is designed so consultants can take home north of 60% of their fees at the top end. Full, structured training is provided throughout your first year.
Ready to build your career with the Access Point to the Industry's Top 1%? Apply now: jack@qpexec.com
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