Senior Recruitment Consultant in London

Location: London Area
Salary: £80,000 per year
Recruiter: MeetMe
Job Hours: Full-time

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Senior Recruitment Consultant – (Pharma, Biotech, Medical Device)

  • 2-3+ years of 360 Contract Agency recruiting experience
  • Basic salary, plus uncapped commission – our average OTE for Senior/Lead was £80-100k in 2023!

Meet is a global talent partner founded in London in 2009; since then, we have launched offices globally across the US and Europe. Our client's range from Medical Devices, Diagnostic, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies across the world . Due to aggressive growth during 2022, Meet is looking to hire experienced recruiters who enjoy building out new business and developing relationships.

Here at Meet, we are looking for motivated and passionate leaders with previous agency experience to join our buzzy and growing London team.

Why Recruit in the Life sciences Space?

  • It’s Purposeful – You’ll be speaking to highly skilled professionals involved in making, manufacturing, or marketing life changing medications and medical devices. Not to mention a variety of clients, developing everything from artificial hearts to COVID-19 vaccines.
  • It’s Robust – One thing COVID taught us - you can ignore a lot of things in life, but your health isn’t one of them! Driven by innovation, and more recently a lot of investment from tech companies, there is constant demand for research and development in the industry. This ensures the long term growth and stability of the market. There’s a compound annual growth rate of 6.5% in prescription drug sales per year.
  • It’s Lucrative – The Global Life Science sector is expected to reach $227.3B by 2028. Expanding at a CAGR of 11/9%. Working in such a lucrative industry, partnering with highly paid/high caliber candidates, and benefitting from our uncapped commission scheme, you can make a significant impact on your earnings very quickly.

Responsibilities as a Meet recruiter:

  • Building and managing a solid network of relevant contacts within the Pharma/Life Sciences industry.
  • Consistently developing existing and new relationships with clients. Proactively maximizing business opportunities and increasing market share.
  • Managing a full-cycle recruitment process from initial phone calls to completion/closing offers.
  • Appreciates and provides thought leadership to ensure understanding of the relationship between activity and results across the business unit.
  • Managing complexity, change, expectations, negotiations etc., within a business environment
  • Working within a team to deliver on both team and individual targets
  • Effectively demonstrating company best practices and promoting brand awareness
  • Act as a role model and mentor for new staff, demonstrating values and work ethic while assisting junior recruiters.
  • Autonomously prioritise own workload, both in terms of personal billing and mentoring.
  • Supports Division Manager through training, standing in when required and driving initiatives and company values.

What are we looking for from our Senior/Lead recruiters?

  • Consistently hitting individual deal targets, be that monthly, quarterly or annually.
  • You have successfully worked as a 360 recruiter in an agency and enjoy mentoring colleagues OR being an individual contributor.
  • Excellent communication skills and confidence in matching candidates/clients.
  • Maintain high levels of motivation to achieve development goals – individual and while mentoring.
  • Proven success working in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to be resilient and proactive in addressing new challenges on a regular basis
  • Ability to be a team player and work autonomously
  • Someone who appreciates and provides thought leadership to ensure understanding of the relationship between activity and results across the business unit

What's in it for you?

  • Uncapped commission scheme, No Threshold.
  • An In House L&D function always on hand for coaching and feedback + additional training/ workshops. Meet Synthesis, our advanced training program to help those in management/director-level positions
  • EPA – Lifeworks – 24/7 mental health, legal assistance, and financial support all run through an app on your phone!
  • Monthly lunches to 5* restaurants
  • Holiday incentives to Monaco, Havar or Antigua!
  • Birthday off
  • Subsided gym memberships
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Christmas and Summer party
  • The opportunity to be a part of a buzzy office, full of energetic, ambitious employees based in the heart of the City that will offer support throughout your career and celebrate your success.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Meet is committed to diversity, inclusion & respect, and we acknowledge an inclusive business is a strengthened business. We recruit our staff based on capability and behaviours — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic background, ethnicity, religion, or physical ability. We are constantly challenging our routes to entry and, through our competency-based interviewing structure, aim for a fair and transparent evaluation process.

Recruitment is for everyone, and our D&I efforts are an ongoing and active conversation. Our commitment is strengthened by our Global Internal Awareness Committees, who lead the way in celebrating our community and ensuring a welcoming workplace for all. We are proud to be a part of Programme One which is addressing inequality for Black talent within the Recruitment Industry.

If you think you have what it takes to continue your career in one of the top life science companies in the industry and like the idea of being part of a progressive, forward-thinking business, apply now!

Meets core values include: Positivity, Integrity, Creativity, Success and Quality.

To Apply, please contact Danny Rowe on either 07903401418 or


About MeetMe


The Meet Group owns and operates the most engaging dating communities in the world, including MeetMe, Skout, Tagged, and GROWLr. Serving millions of daters daily, each month, our livestreaming solutions entice our community to spend 1 billion minutes in video. Our network size, technology, and leading moderation and talent teams enable us to partner for and acquire new audiences, including through video platform-as-service products. The Meet Group, Inc. is a subsidiary of ParshipMeet Group, a diversified international market leader in online dating, which also owns and operates leading matchmaking brands eharmony, Parship, and ElitePartner. For more information, visit themeetgroup.com, and find us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.

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