STRATEGIC SALES EXECUTIVE SEARCH
High impact sales hires.
Tech companies
The right sales hire acts as the engine for your business. They are business crucial hires and require focus. Headlight clients end up with clarity on what they really need, have been in introduced with the right level of talent and have the confidence to decide without relying on gut feeling.
Senior Sales & Executives
Most sales executives we know want to make an impact. They’re looking for opportunities that have a high chance for them being successfull. Headlight works exclusively with a small set of clients, with well vetted career options. Conversations with our clients are very transparant and are there to spark your next level career choices.
HIRE WITH CONFIDENCE
What type of roles do you work on ?
Headlight specifically works on strategic sales roles. What matters is not the title, but the leverage of the role. Wheter they require to develop new business, manage teams or set the strategy, These are experienced candidates (+10 years experience) that bring maturity, market knowledge and bring experience to move companies forward. Concrete job titles: business development managers, key account managers, senior account manager, sales managers, CCO’s, VP Sales or Sales Director all the way up to CEO with commercial backgrounds to Board level.
How can you guarantee success ?
Success in executive sales hiring isn’t guaranteed by effort alone. It’s the result of the right methodology, deep market knowledge, and honest advice. Over the years we’ve developed a structured search approach that consistently delivers, combining rigorous sourcing with a genuine understanding of what makes senior sales professionals move. We know how to find the right profiles, how to make your opportunity compelling to them, and how to guide the decision process on both sides. That’s not a promise ,it’s a track record.
Does Headlight require exclusivity?
Headlight works exclusively with a mandate to bring the mission to an end. We don’t compete with internal hiring teams or other agencies. The commitment works both ways. We work with a select few clients at the same time to guarantee a high end service and high delivery rate.
How are you different from other agencies ?
Our combined +30 years in Sales Recruitment in this industry can leverage candidates, insights and a service level you rarely see in other agencies. We know the market and the market knows us.
Transactional partners can provide you with cv’s , but rarely provide you the confidence to be making a good hire.
About us
We don’t compete on speed or volume, we compete on quality.
We help founders and leadership teams define, attract, and secure senior and executive sales hires whose impact goes far beyond filling a role but is directly shaping growth, market positioning, and long-term success.
Our clients typically come to us when traditional recruitment no longer works: when the role is unclear, the right profiles are inaccessible, and the cost of a wrong hire is simply too high.
Through a deep strategic intake, market expertise, and a proven search methodology, we reduce the risk behind these decisions and enable leadership teams to hire with confidence.
Inspiring Client Testimonials
<span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">"We needed an Enterprise sales hire who could navigate complex, technical buying groups across Europe, without handholding. Headlight understood our market and needs from day one and delivered exactly the profile we were looking for. Would highly recommend growth stage tech companies to partner with Headlight"</span>
Benny Verhaeghe – Investor at Soda.io
Senior Account Manager Europe hire
"As newly appointed CEO, we had just acquired a startup and needed a profile that could bridge our existing business and this new context. Not a classic hire. Headlight didn't see that complexity as a problem, they turned it into a compelling story for the candidate market. Fast process, strong shortlist, and a hire that immediately set the tone for where we're heading."
Niels Decraene – CEO Kpd (Aceve group)
Senior Account Executive hire
"After multiple acquisitions, we were building one new sales team and needed three strong profiles for a brand that wasn't yet known to the right candidates. Headlight translated our story sharply to the market and delivered three exceptional hires within a single project. Proof that strategic recruitment and speed are not mutually exclusive."
Jan Bultinck – Sales Director at Amista
3 Senior Business Development Managers
“The final closing of the deal went very smoothly because Headlight had been clear about the expectations from their first contact with the candidates. We would recommend Headlight in for Sales Executive searches to other entrepreneurs in a heartbeat. Their discretion, professionalism and very high-quality network bring so much added value.”
Peter Vindevogel – (Former) CEO Streamz
Sales Director search
