Location: Manchester, England
Company: CGP Group
Positions available: 10
Compensation: Competitive base salary, high commission potential and uncapped earning opportunity
Employment type: Full-time
CGP Group is hiring 10 ambitious Business Development Representatives to launch Keystone AI—an industry-changing recruitment platform designed to transform how companies identify, engage and hire talent.
This is much more than a traditional BDR position. You will join Keystone AI’s first Manchester sales cohort, helping introduce an exciting new product to businesses across the UK and international markets.
You will be surrounded by ambitious, like-minded colleagues, supported by experienced sales leaders and given best-in-class training, technology and career development from your first day.
Keystone AI combines advanced artificial intelligence, global talent data and CGP’s recruitment expertise to help companies hire faster, reach more candidates and significantly reduce recruitment costs.
Through one easy-to-use platform, clients can:
Search more than 850 million professional profiles
Access information from over 20 global databases
Describe a requirement naturally by typing, speaking or uploading a job description
Use AI to identify and rank the strongest candidates
Enrich candidate information with verified contact details
Automate personalized outreach
Conduct AI-supported candidate screening
Combine powerful technology with expert human recruitment support
Keystone AI can help clients save significant time, reach substantially more candidates and reduce their reliance on expensive traditional recruitment methods.
As a Business Development Representative, you will create new commercial opportunities for Keystone AI by speaking with business leaders, HR teams and talent acquisition professionals.
Your role will be to introduce the platform, understand each client’s recruitment challenges and secure qualified demonstrations and meetings for the senior sales team.
You will be joining at the beginning of Keystone AI’s growth journey, giving you the opportunity to make a visible impact and build your career as the business expands.
Identifying and researching prospective clients
Engaging decision-makers through telephone, email, LinkedIn and other channels
Introducing Keystone AI through confident, value-led conversations
Understanding clients’ hiring challenges and business priorities
Booking qualified product demonstrations and sales meetings
Using best-in-class sales technology to manage outreach and opportunities
Maintaining accurate activity and prospect information within the CRM
Working closely with sales, marketing and recruitment specialists
Achieving individual activity, meeting and revenue targets
Sharing market feedback to help shape Keystone AI’s continued development
We are looking for ambitious people who are excited by sales, technology and the opportunity to build something new.
You may already have experience in business development, recruitment, technology sales or another target-driven environment. However, previous BDR experience is not essential if you can demonstrate the right attitude, communication skills and determination to succeed.
You will be:
Confident, engaging and comfortable starting conversations
Competitive, resilient and motivated by results
Curious about technology, AI and the future of recruitment
Coachable and eager to develop
Comfortable working toward clear targets
Able to communicate professionally with senior decision-makers
Positive, energetic and supportive of your teammates
Motivated by career progression and high earning potential
A solid and competitive base salary
A high-commission, uncapped earning opportunity
Best-in-class sales and recruitment technology
Comprehensive initial training and ongoing coaching
A structured pathway into senior BDR, Account Executive and leadership positions
The opportunity to join an exciting new-hire cohort of 10 BDRs
A collaborative environment with ambitious, like-minded teammates
Direct exposure to an innovative AI product at an early stage of its growth
Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance
Support from an established international recruitment group
Genuine opportunities for rapid career advancement
CGP Group is an international talent solutions business with approximately 300 consultants operating across global markets.
For more than 15 years, CGP has helped organizations find, attract and retain exceptional talent through executive search, recruitment, contract staffing, RPO, nearshoring and Employer of Record solutions.
Keystone AI represents the next stage of CGP’s growth—bringing together leading recruitment technology, extensive global talent data and experienced human consultants.
This is an opportunity to join an exciting product launch, receive outstanding training and build a career in one of the fastest-growing areas of business technology.
If you are ambitious, commercially minded and ready to be part of the team changing how companies hire, we want to hear from you.
Apply now to become part of Keystone AI’s founding Manchester BDR cohort.
