Participant Recruitment Lead

About the role
We are recruiting a founding cohort of senior professionals for a new consumer product. Around 50
are already engaged, and we need someone to drive the rest to a target of 130, with 100 as the
minimum baseline plus a reserve list.
This is a focused acquisition role. Your single job is to fill the funnel: generate qualified applications
through direct outreach, partnerships, referrals and community channels, and hit a clear weekly
target. It suits a commercially minded operator who is persuasive in writing, comfortable
approaching senior people, and motivated by a number.
You will report to our Head of Founder Office and work to an agreed recruitment target and
timeline. A separate team handles screening, onboarding and cohort delivery, so you can stay
focused on acquisition.
What you will do
• Build and run a recruitment plan to secure the remaining cohort participants against a weekly target
• Activate existing warm leads through thoughtful, persistent follow up
• Identify and approach relevant communities, professional networks and potential distribution partners
• Conduct direct outreach to suitable prospective participants
• Design simple referral and partnership approaches that generate qualified applications
• Track channel performance and conversion, and shift activity fast when a channel is not delivering
• Work closely with the delivery team so qualified applicants move smoothly into screening
What we are looking for
• Demonstrable experience recruiting people into a study, beta, community, programme, event or
membership cohort, and hitting a target
• Proven ability to generate interest through outreach, partnerships, referrals or community channels, not
solely processing inbound
• Confidence approaching and corresponding with senior professionals
• Excellent, persuasive written English and a warm, credible style
• Strong operational discipline managing a target-driven funnel
• Self-directed, persistent, and calm under a busy schedule
• Available to start within a week and commit across the full engagement
Backgrounds that fit: community growth, partnerships, participant recruitment, research operations,
membership or audience growth, founder-led or startup environments.
Details
• Contract: approximately 6 weeks, aligned to the recruitment window
• Rate: to be proposed based on current market rate for this type of role
• Location: remote, UK-based strongly preferred given the participant audience
• Start: immediate
• Target: 130 participants, 100 minimum baseline, plus a reserve list
• Working pattern: Mon-Fri
To apply

Send your CV and a short response covering:
• A cohort, community, study or programme you helped recruit
• How you generated participants, and how many you secured
• Your availability and rate expectations
Reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early.