SALES RECRUITMENT · UK · NETHERLANDS · USA
Sales Recruitment Agency for Tech Startups & Scale-Ups
Every sales hire changes the trajectory of a scaling startup. We help founders and commercial leaders hire right — from a first revenue hire to a full go-to-market team.
We find sales professionals who fit your market, support your motion, and strengthen your culture — with a clearer brief, a sharper shortlist, and a hire that sticks.
“I had an excellent experience working with Polyglot Talent. They supported me in building my first strong group of hires across sales, marketing, and product, a crucial step in transitioning away from a founder-led model and starting to build structured operations. Their support probably saved me hundreds of hours. The process is transparent at every stage, candidates are carefully selected and thoroughly vetted, and the Polyglot team provides comprehensive written reports that make decision-making much easier. I will definitely work with them again in the future.”
WHY POLYGLOT
Sales recruitment built for tech startups and scale-ups
Whether you are making your first commercial hire, replacing a key seller or building an entire go-to-market function, a poor sales hire costs time, momentum and revenue. The right person depends on your product maturity, target market, sales cycle, price point and the support already around them.
Polyglot Talent works with founders, CEOs, CROs and hiring leaders across the UK, the Netherlands and the USA to define the role before the search begins. That means a clearer scorecard, stronger inbound attraction and fewer costly mis-hires.
ROLES WE FILL
Sales roles for every stage of growth
We help you build the sales capability your next stage needs—whether that means creating repeatable pipeline, moving upmarket, improving customer expansion or adding commercial leadership.
- Sales Development Representatives and Business Development Representatives
- Account Executives and Senior Account Executives
- Enterprise and Strategic Account Executives
- Account Managers and Customer Success professionals
- Sales Managers, Heads of Sales and Sales Directors
- VP Sales, Chief Revenue Officers and other commercial leaders
- Revenue Operations and sales enablement specialists
HOW WE WORK
A hiring process that protects momentum
Early-stage and scaling businesses cannot afford a long, unfocused recruitment process. Polyglot Talent uses a proven 7-step hiring strategy, implemented more than 65 times, to create alignment early and move the right candidates through with pace.
- Hiring brief: agree the commercial outcomes, required experience and culture-fit indicators for the role.
- Market mapping: identify the most relevant candidate pools, competitors and target organisations.
- Inbound attraction: position your opportunity clearly so suitable candidates understand the role, business and growth story.
- Direct sourcing: draw on our own database of 3,150+ pre-vetted sales candidates from tech startups and scale-ups, and headhunt directly from similar companies, competitors and the best teams in your space.
- Vetting: assess track record, sales motion experience, motivation and suitability against your agreed criteria.
- Interview coordination: keep candidates engaged while giving your team a clear, efficient interview process.
- Offer and onboarding support: help you close the right candidate and support a confident start.
WHO WE SERVE
Hire for the sales motion you are building
There is no generic “good salesperson” for a scaling business. A candidate who thrives in a founder-led, high-velocity motion may not be right for a complex enterprise sale; a proven enterprise seller may be the wrong fit for an early product-market-fit stage.
We look beyond job titles and headline results to understand sales context: the market sold into, deal size, buying committee, sales cycle, new-business versus expansion responsibilities and the support around them. We then assess motivation, communication style and culture-fit against the role you actually need to fill.
“The result is a more focused shortlist that helps you protect leadership time and build a commercial team that can grow with the business.”
WHY IT WORKS
Scale your commercial team with confidence
From your first sales hire to senior commercial leadership, we work as an extension of your team. You receive direct communication, practical market insight and visibility throughout the process—so your hiring plan supports the business you are building, not just the vacancy in front of you.
Explore our talent acquisition services for employers or book a call to discuss the sales role you need to hire.
Frequently asked questions
What types of companies do you recruit sales talent for?
We work with founders and hiring leaders at technology startups and scale-ups that need to build or strengthen commercial teams across sales, marketing, product and revenue operations.
Do you recruit sales leaders as well as individual contributors?
Yes. We recruit individual contributors, managers and senior commercial leaders, including Heads of Sales, Sales Directors, VP Sales and Chief Revenue Officers.
Which locations do you cover?
Polyglot Talent supports technology businesses hiring across the UK, the Netherlands and the USA.
