Business Development Executive
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Business Development Executive | Executive Search | Graduate Scheme
Who are Metric?
Metric is a New York–founded, high-growth global recruitment business partnering with some of the world’s most innovative and cutting-edge companies to build world-class teams.
Recognised by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in both 2025 and 2026, Metric is backed by a recent $100m private equity investment and continues to scale rapidly across key global markets.
What will you do?
You will become an expert in one of our US specialist markets (Data Centres, AI, infrastructure or Life-Science) whilst building and developing client relationships.
What are we looking for?
Metric is looking for competitive, driven and ambitious graduates to join our Business Development team.
With a training academy, uncapped earnings ($170k+ average take home after 12 months), and rapid career progression. You’ll build client relationships, place top-tier candidates, and thrive in a results-driven environment.
We’re holding an Assessment Day for high-potential candidates to showcase their skills, learn about the role, and start their journey in a life-changing sales and executive search career. Register your interest for more details.
Want to find out more? Visit our website Home - Metric Search (metric-search.com)
Please note this is not a remote position.
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- Department
- Metric
- Role
- Business Development Executive
- Locations
- London, Nottingham , Leeds
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About Metric
Metric is a PE-backed specialist executive search firm, placing the leaders who build the most significant organizations in life sciences, infrastructure and data centers. We partner with private equity firms, Fortune 500 corporations and ambitious growth-stage businesses through three dedicated brands, Metric Bio, Metric Geo and Metric DCX, each the authority in its market.
Founded in New York in 2019, we now have over 170 consultants across seven offices in the US and UK, and were named in the Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies in both 2025 and 2026. In March 2026, Southfield Capital invested in Metric at a $100 million valuation, funding the continued expansion of our team, offices and markets. That growth creates real opportunity for anyone looking to build a career in executive search.