Senior / Principal Consultant – UK Software AI
£30,000 – £55,000 base + commission
8:30am–5:30pm Mon–Thurs | 8:30am–4pm Friday
AI, BioAI, Drug Discovery, Synthetic Data | High‑growth UK market
Manchester City Centre.
If you're an experienced recruiter who wants to work in one of the most exciting, future‑focused markets in the UK, this opportunity gives you direct access to clients who are genuinely shaping the future of AI in life sciences.
A specialist recruitment firm operating across deep‑tech, AI, and next‑generation engineering is expanding its UK Software AI division. They are looking for a Senior or Principal Consultant to join a high‑performing team with strong momentum, established relationships, and a clear roadmap for growth.
The team has recently secured two major new clients operating at the forefront of BioAI. These organisations are scaling rapidly and require ongoing support across multiple technical disciplines, including:
This creates a steady flow of high‑value vacancies and the chance to partner with companies using AI to transform healthcare, accelerate scientific discovery, and build the next wave of life‑changing technology.
This is a market where your work has real impact — and where clients value deep expertise and long‑term partnership.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys complex technical markets, wants to build long‑term partnerships, and is motivated by the chance to work with clients at the cutting edge of AI innovation.
You'll be surrounded by experienced recruiters who operate with autonomy, depth, and genuine expertise. There are no pointless KPIs, no micromanagement, and no revolving door of juniors. Every hire is intentional, and every consultant plays a meaningful role in shaping the business.
AI, BioAI, and advanced software engineering are some of the fastest‑growing sectors in the world. The demand is strong, the work is fascinating, and the earning potential is significant.
This is a team that shares knowledge, celebrates wins, and genuinely wants each other to succeed. It's ambitious without ego, and high‑performing without toxicity.
If you want to build a high‑performing desk in a market with huge long‑term potential — and do it in a supportive, expert‑led environment — this is a brilliant opportunity.
For more information, please contact Kim Stakes at Applaud Recruitment
Applaud Recruitment specialises in the placement of recruitment consultants from Consultant through to Director level. We are a 100% Executive Search Consultancy and utilise our network of referrals and industry knowledge gained from over 30 years combined experience of recruiting to supply an outstanding service to both clients and candidates.
Our specialist areas include: IT Recruitment, Finance Recruitment, Risk & Analytics Recruitment, Digital Recruitment and Sales Recruitment.
Our consultants have 'sat on both sides of the fence' therefore understand the difficulties faced by Clients AND Candidates within the Recruitment industry. As such we have produced specific guidelines to ensure that we create a reliable working partnership resulting in the recruitment process being as straightforward as possible.
While a company is looking for it's own staff it's distracted from its core business. We save Recruitment Companies time and money by securing the industries top talent.
Do you think of Rec 2 Rec's as a necessary evil? If you do, you’re not alone and its usually stemmed from a bad experience. We aim to make the process of recruiting a recruiter as hassle-free as possible.
We build solid relationships with both Clients and Candidates by using open communication, honesty and integrity.
