Sales Recruitment
Hire Sales Managers, Sales Leaders, and revenue-generating teams faster — with a specialist agency that blends AI matching and human expertise to help you build and scale your sales function effectively.
Why Sales Recruitment Matters
Effective sales recruitment is essential for driving growth and maintaining competitive advantage. We specialise in connecting high-performing sales professionals with organisations across startups, scaleups, and established enterprises. Our process combines AI-powered search with expert human review, ensuring you get qualified, motivated candidates who align with your goals, culture, and sales strategy. From SDRs to Sales Directors, we help you build strong, revenue-focused teams that deliver results.
Our Approach to Sales Recruitment from Our Founder James Gilford
Great sales people are hard to find & harder to pitch to let alone engage to secure for your business. Our approach to sales recruitment is simple: understand, attract, and deliver. We start by mapping your revenue motion—ICP, sales cycle, average deal size, and team structure—so we know the exact profile required to hit target. Then we craft outcome-led role specs and value-driven outreach that speaks to top performers, not passive job seekers. Using a blend of data signals and human judgement, we shortlist candidates who have sold similar products, to similar buyers, at similar price points. Every shortlist arrives with evidence: quota history, deal narratives, ramp times, and references.
Roles We Recruit For
Sales Development Representative (SDR)
Prospecting, lead generation, and qualifying opportunities for the sales pipeline.
Account Executive
Managing end-to-end sales cycles, closing deals, and achieving revenue targets.
Business Development Manager
Identifying new opportunities, nurturing client relationships, and driving growth.
Sales Manager
Leading sales teams, mentoring SDRs and AEs, and overseeing performance metrics.
Head of Sales / Sales Director
Setting strategy, building teams, managing key accounts, and driving business expansion.
Account Manager
Managing existing clients, cross-selling, upselling, and ensuring retention and satisfaction.
Customer Success Manager
Building long-term customer relationships, supporting renewals, and maximising lifetime value.
Sales Operations / Revenue Enablement
Implementing tools, analytics, and systems to improve sales performance and forecasting.
How We Work
Everyone's different so all our packages are tailor bespoke to your businesses needs we follow a systematic approach in our work to help you find & secure the best candidates for your roles as possible.
A proactive, systematic method of candidate search that puts you first & gives you the best opportunity of finding the best role & earning more .
Discovery
We review your job requirements, goals, skills, and target opportunities.
Shortlist
We identify a curated set of candidates & manage the outreach & engagement.
Outreach
We connect you directly with engaged & qualified candidates so you avoid wasting time.
Interviews
We manage the interview process with your business stakeholders where required.
Ongoing Support
Continued guidance on hiring & talent.
Why Choose The Hidden Market
We’re not a typical recruitment agency. The Hidden Market combines the skill and judgement of experienced recruiters with the efficiency of AI and our proprietary hiring platform — helping you hire better, faster, and for less.
As a specialist commercial recruiter with deep expertise in product hiring, we offer flexible, transparent solutions designed to reduce your recruitment costs by up to 90%. Whether you need permanent, contract, or fractional talent, our hybrid model delivers quality and speed without the traditional overhead.
How we work:
Specialist product focus: PM, leadership, and product design across SaaS, fintech, eCom, and platforms.
Speed + quality: AI-assisted sourcing, human-vetted shortlists.
Flexible models: Permanent, fractional, or contract.
Transparent process & pricing: Fixed fee, subscriptions or on demand pricing.
Proven outcomes: Hire within 24-48 hours for on demand talent & withing 1-4 weeks for perm talent.
Who We Help
SaaS & B2B
PLG, enterprise, dev-tools, AI products.
Fintech
Payments, lending, KYC/AML, crypto.
eCommerce & Marketplaces
Conversion, merchandising, logistics UX.
Consumer & Mobile
Acquisition, retention, subscriptions.
Agencies & Consultancies
Embedded product leadership & delivery.
UK-Wide Coverage - London Based Operating Globally:
We recruit across the UK and remote EMEA. Priority hubs include London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, and fully remote teams.
More Recruitment Specialisms
What people say about us:
“I worked with James recently on a difficult brief. He was absolutely excellent, finding great candidates and running the process very professionally. James went beyond the call of duty and gave me great advice throughout the process. He knows both marketing and recruitment extremely well and his advice on structures and job roles and specifications was very helpful. He was a true partner in the process and someone I felt I could bounce ideas and strategies off very easily. I highly recommend him if you are looking for good marketing people.”
Sales Recruitment FAQs
What’s different about hiring sales professionals?
Sales recruitment focuses on finding individuals who can build relationships, close deals, and deliver consistent revenue growth. It’s about identifying candidates with the right balance of drive, communication skills, and strategic thinking — not just experience.
Do you recruit for interim or commission-based sales roles?
Absolutely. We support hiring across permanent, interim, and commission-based sales positions. Whether you need short-term support, inside sales, or leadership talent, we can connect you with proven professionals who deliver results fast.
What are your fees and timelines?
Our sales recruitment process uses AI-assisted sourcing and human vetting to deliver pre-qualified candidates quickly. We offer transparent, flexible pricing with shortlists typically delivered within 48 hours for interim hires and 1–3 weeks for permanent placements.
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Hire Product Managers, Product Leaders, and cross-functional product teams faster — with a specialist agency that blends AI matching and human expertise.