COO Recruitment · Executive Search

COO Headhunter Services UK

Professional COO headhunter services for UK companies seeking Chief Operating Officers. Specialist recruitment for fractional, interim and permanent COO positions across all company stages.

Success rate: 80%Time to hire: 8-10 weeksCandidate pool: 400+
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CFO
Series B FinTech, FCA-authorised
LONDON · 2D/WK · REGULATED
£1,500
FIT 96
CMO
Scale-up SaaS, demand-gen rebuild
MANCHESTER · 2D/WK · SERIES B
£1,300
FIT 93
CTO
PE-backed industrial, platform rebuild
BRISTOL · 3D/WK · PE
£1,650
FIT 91
CISO
HealthTech, ISO 27001 + SOC 2
EDINBURGH · 2D/WK · CERT
£1,400
FIT 89
COO
Climate scale-up, 100-day plan
CAMBRIDGE · 3D/WK · SCALE
£1,300
FIT 87
avg match time48h
80%
Success rate · successful placements
8-10 weeks
Time to hire · average recruitment cycle
400+
Candidate pool · vetted COO professionals
25-30%
Fee structure · of first year salary
01 / the role

What is a COO headhunter?.

What COO Headhunters own, what they don't, and where they sit in the team.

A COO headhunter specializes in recruiting Chief Operating Officers for companies seeking operational leadership. They maintain networks of qualified COO candidates and match them with companies needing operational expertise.

02 / scope

COO recruitment services.

The skill set a fractional COO Headhunter brings into the business.

Permanent COO recruitment

Full-time COO placement for companies seeking permanent operational leadership.

Fractional COO placement

Part-time COO recruitment for companies needing flexible operational expertise.

03 / vetting

How we vet fractional COO Headhunters.

Five-stage vetting before any candidate reaches you.

01

Qualification screen

Verify COO Headhunter tenure, sector context and stage fit.

SOURCING
02

Mandate fit

Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.

MATCHING
03

Reference deep-dive

Speak to recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.

VERIFY
04

Shortlist + analysis

3–5 candidates with rate percentile, fit and IR35 attached.

48 HOURS
04 / live roles

Current COO opportunities.

Real or collapse — we don't fabricate listings.

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05 / questions

Fractional COO Headhunter FAQ.

The questions clients ask before bringing in a fractional COO Headhunter.

Typically 8-10 weeks from brief to offer acceptance for executive-level COO positions.

Bring the brief. We architect the team.

48-hour shortlist of vetted fractional COO Headhunters — every candidate with rate percentile, fit and IR35 attached.

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