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# Lateral at Evolve AI Ltd

- **Company:** Evolve AI Ltd
- **Location:** Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/evolve/d5489b6a-5e45-402d-9d2a-908d7571418e

## Job description

What most search consultants earn in a year, our consultants earn on a single mandate. To enable our stage of hyper growth and ambitious future plans, we are searching for an Executive Search Consultant to join our high performing Milton Keynes team. If you want to accelerate your earnings, career trajectory and personal growth, keep reading.

Who We Are & Why This Role Exists We are an Executive Search firm operating at the sharpest end of quant, finance and technology recruitment. Five years ago, we entered one of the most competitive markets in the world with no brand, no inherited clients and no right to win. Today, we consistently outperform firms with decades of heritage. The numbers:

- $400k-500k+ average production per head
- $100k-700k fee mandates
- Multiple seven-figure billers

We didn’t win by luck. We won by building a platform that compounds performance: combining process, pressure and execution. Now, we’re scaling that platform further and giving you the chance to join. From day one, you’ll have access to:

- Elite hedge fund and quant tech clients with live search mandates
- A warm desk with active accounts and established candidate networks
- Six-figure fee mandates
- Mentorship from multi six figure and seven figure billers
- A search environment built for depth and precision, not volume
- Proven execution frameworks to accelerate credibility in a new market

You are not being asked to “build a desk over time.” You are stepping into a platform where you are expected to perform immediately.

## About the Role

As an Executive Search Consultant, you’ll take ownership of retained and contingent search mandates focused on the global hedge fund and quant technology markets. This isn’t about starting from zero. You’ll inherit an established platform built over five years, giving you access to elite clients, live search mandates and a proven track record from day one. You’ll manage the full search lifecycle: headhunting, candidate assessment and close. As an extension of our elite clients internal teams, you will act as a trusted advisor to both clients and candidates throughout. You’ll be supported to:

- Build credibility quickly with senior stakeholders in a new market
- Run structured, retained search processes for elite funds
- Identify and secure world-class quant and technology talent
- Operate with rigor, discretion and commercial focus

All within a system designed to accelerate your success, not slow it down.

## About You

You are an experienced search professional who has already proven you can deliver and now want to operate at a higher level. You will likely:

- Have executive search or retained search experience
- Have managed full search mandates end-to-end, from brief to placement, not just candidate delivery
- Have a track record of consistent billings and client retention
- Be experienced in headhunting, market mapping and closing senior talent
- Have built strong, consultative client relationships
- Have successfully entered new markets or built credibility quickly
- Be ready to join the highest performing Quant search team

Backgrounds could include: Finance, Medical, Legal / HR / Compliance, Professional services. US market experience is a plus — but not essential. If you want to play a different sport than the other search firms locally and are ready to out-earn, out-perform and out-grow anything you’ve experienced before, apply now.

## About Evolve AI Ltd

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Evolve AI Ltd (trading as Evolve Group) is a specialist talent recruitment firm for quantitative and trading professionals in finance, also offering AI consultancy and bespoke software development.
- **Entity Type**: Private (unfunded, bootstrapped) – registered as a private limited company in the UK.
- **Headquarters**: London, England (International House, Nile Street, London N1 7SR)
- **Founded**: 2019 (incorporated 25 June 2019)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- Primary industries: Recruitment & Staffing (specifically quantitative trading, hedge funds, investment banking) and AI Consultancy & Software Development.
- Target customers: High-performing hedge funds, investment banks, asset managers (B2B, enterprise); also SMBs and enterprises seeking AI integration and custom software.
- Mission or purpose: The recruitment arm focuses on building competitive advantages through top technical talent; the AI arm helps businesses bring AI into operations to remove bottlenecks and unlock growth.

## Products & Services
- **Quant Talent Recruitment (Evolve Group)**: Search, multi-hire, and talent-as-a-service solutions for hedge funds, investment banks, and asset managers. Focused on quantitative analysts, traders, and tech professionals.
- **AI Strategy & Roadmap (Evolve AI)**: Custom AI implementation plans with clear timelines, costs, and expected outcomes.
- **AI-Powered Automation**: Intelligent automation for data entry, reporting, document processing, and routine decision-making.
- **Bespoke Software Development**: Custom-built dashboards, workflow automation, and system integrations.
- **Private Cloud AI Platform**: Secure, GDPR/FCA-compliant AI deployment on client infrastructure for sensitive data.
- **AI Readiness Assessment**: Evaluation of existing systems, data, and workflows to identify high-impact AI opportunities.
- **Team Training & Adoption**: Hands-on training for teams to confidently use new AI tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (unfunded, bootstrapped).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – none raised (unfunded); annual revenue – not publicly available.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors; the company is self-funded.
- **Growth Signals**: According to Companies House, the company is active with accounts filed up to June 2024. Employee count estimated at 12 (as of June 2024) per Tracxn and 10‑50 per SignalHire – suggesting a small but stable team. The dual focus on AI consulting and quant recruitment indicates an attempt to diversify revenue streams.

## Competitive Advantages
- Niche specialization in quantitative finance talent, which is a high-demand, low-supply market.
- Offers both recruitment and AI services under one umbrella – potential to cross-sell technical talent and AI integration services to the same clients.
- Private cloud AI platform with FCA/GDPR compliance suits highly regulated financial services clients.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding the AI consultancy arm (evolve-ai.co) as a separate growth engine alongside the core recruitment business.
- Building long-term client relationships through “talent-as-a-service” and ongoing AI optimisation.
- Focus on measurable operational improvements for clients (e.g., reduction in manual data entry, faster reporting).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Boutique firm with a flat structure – employees likely work directly with founders. The dual nature (recruitment + AI) offers exposure to both talent acquisition and cutting-edge technology projects.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Not explicitly stated, but the London registered address and global client base (US phone number +44) suggest hybrid or remote flexibility.
- **Perks**: Niche industry connections with top hedge funds and investment banks; opportunity to work on real AI implementations; hands-on training culture.
- **Engineering culture**: The AI side emphasizes building working tools, not slide decks – a product-focused approach. The recruitment side uses advanced tools and extensive outreach.

## Sources
1. [Companies House – Evolve AI Ltd](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12068906)
2. [Evolve AI Consultancy Website](https://evolve-ai.co/)
3. [SignalHire – Evolve Group Profile](https://www.signalhire.com/overview/bloom-search)
4. [Tracxn – Evolve Grp Company Profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/evolvegrp/__cvt8XWix0NZKYaLfgTzs-NiUl02rsxVf7CFMWBnCXLA)
5. [Evolve Group Terms & Conditions](https://www.evolvegrp.io/terms-and-conditions)

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