Managing Consultant

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 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