The note, and three UK tech employers it would reach first.
Simon said yes to seeing the note before it goes out. Here it is, over his name, with three employers whose own job pages show a senior RevOps or engineering leadership role open this week.
1note, one question
3employers, senior role open
100%public source trail
The note
What the hiring owner would read.
Sent from Carson Harris's own mailbox to the person who owns the senior hire: the CRO, CTO or head of talent. One question, no attachment, no fee talk.
Subject the senior hire that stalls
Hi {first name},
Most UK tech firms keep an agency or two on senior engineering and RevOps searches. The familiar titles land. The one that was never properly defined sits open, then gets reposted under a new title.
Carson Harris has recruited senior technology and revenue operations leaders for more than twenty years, and publishes a Hiring Index built from live UK and Ireland hiring data.
Which senior role does your current agency take longest to fill?
Simon Carson
Carson Harris Associates, London
A draft for Simon to change before anything is sent. The twenty years and the Hiring Index are Carson Harris's own statements on its site.
Priority screen
Three employers the note would go to first.
Each public job page names an open senior leadership role today. Research priority, not a sign any of them is changing agencies.
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Cognism, London
Its job page lists a VP, Revenue Operations, reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer and owning forecasting, quota design and territory planning, three days a week in London.
Why now: A VP-level RevOps search, the brief Carson Harris leads with. The hiring owner is the CRO.
Its job board lists a VP Engineering for Ongoing Monitoring, reporting to the Chief Data and Technology Officer, and a separate Director of Mobile and Web Platform.
Why now: Two senior engineering leadership searches open at one fintech. That is where an incumbent agency gets stretched.