Description
We’re Hiring: Freelance Business Development Consultant – Recruitment Services
Company: Savanna HR
Work Mode: Remote
Location: Open to candidates based anywhere in India
Engagement Type: Freelance / Independent Consultant
Working Hours: Flexible
About Savanna HR
Savanna HR is a new-age, AI-enabled recruitment services company specialising in leadership, mid-senior, and niche hiring across sectors such as Education and EdTech, GCCs, Manufacturing, Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, and other growing industries.
We combine strong headhunting expertise, industry knowledge, and technology-enabled recruitment processes to help organisations hire high-quality talent.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and well-networked Freelance Business Development Consultant to help Savanna HR acquire new clients and build long-term relationships with employers.
The role will involve both client hunting and client farming.
Client hunting will include identifying, approaching, and converting new employers into recruitment partners.
Client farming will include strengthening relationships, generating repeat mandates, and expanding business opportunities within existing and newly acquired accounts.
Key Responsibilities
• Identify companies with current or upcoming hiring requirements.
• Generate business opportunities for permanent recruitment, leadership hiring, specialised search, and RPO services.
• Connect with CHROs, HR Heads, Talent Acquisition Leaders, Founders, CXOs, and Business Heads.
• Introduce Savanna HR’s recruitment services to prospective clients.
• Conduct introductory meetings and understand clients’ hiring challenges.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified business prospects.
• Follow up with potential clients and drive discussions towards empanelment and commercial closure.
• Support proposal sharing, commercial discussions, agreements, and client onboarding.
• Develop relationships with acquired clients to generate recurring recruitment mandates.
• Identify opportunities to expand services across functions, locations, and business units.
• Maintain regular updates on leads, discussions, opportunities, and expected closures.
• Collaborate with Savanna HR’s recruitment team to ensure smooth delivery and client servicing.
Ideal Candidate Profile
• Prior experience in business development, client acquisition, key account management, or recruitment consulting.
• Strong understanding of recruitment, staffing, executive search, or RPO services.
• Existing network among HR leaders, Talent Acquisition Heads, Founders, CXOs, and hiring decision-makers.
• Proven ability to generate and convert B2B leads.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage the complete business development cycle.
• Comfortable working in a performance-driven freelance role.
• Ability to represent Savanna HR professionally in client conversations.
Preferred Background
Candidates with experience in recruitment agencies, staffing firms, executive search companies, HR consulting, RPO, HR technology, SaaS sales, corporate Talent Acquisition, or independent HR consulting will be preferred.
Professionals who have worked as Recruitment Business Development Managers, Client Acquisition Managers, Key Account Managers, Staffing Sales Professionals, Recruitment Consultants, or Agency Leaders are encouraged to apply.
Engagement Model
• Freelance and remote engagement
• Flexible working hours
• Candidates can be based anywhere in India
• Performance-linked earnings
• Incentive or revenue-sharing structure based on business generated
• Opportunity for a long-term association based on performance
Success Measures
• Qualified client meetings generated
• New employer partnerships and empanelments
• Recruitment mandates acquired
• Revenue generated from new clients
• Repeat mandates and account expansion
• Quality of the client pipeline
Why Partner with Savanna HR?
• Work with an established recruitment brand.
• Access an experienced recruitment delivery team.
• Offer clients leadership, specialised, and mid-senior hiring solutions.
• Work remotely with flexible schedules.
• Earn attractive performance-linked incentives.
• Build a long-term professional association.
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