For twenty years, our work as tech recruitment specialists has helped to transform technology teams, develop new product innovation, build leadership teams that grows revenue streams. Hiring Tech, SaaS, Commercial and Exec talent.
By creating a flexible search strategy that fits your culture, values and timescales we reduce your time to hire and source the talent you need to grow.
Our business is boutique, highly personal, led by highly experienced managing partners, and thrives through creating long-term customer relationships. Our deep industry networks are built upon trust and give us the ability to deliver complex briefs across different disciplines and levels of seniority.
We’ve designed a unique, flexible search strategy to fit your culture, values, and timescales. This enables us to source the diverse talent you need to grow within a reduced time frame unrivalled in the industry.
We are tech recruitment specialists who grow and are trusted by clients ranging in size from seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies in the UK, Europe, and the US.
Hiring across technology, leadership, and commercial teams, we help our clients drive product innovation and scale commercial revenue growth.
The partnerships we build with our clients, result in deep relationships and a repeat business rate of over 95%
Our purpose is to support ambitious and innovative businesses to hire the talent that will enable technology transformation and product innovation whilst fuelling commercial growth and the diversity of your team.
We believe that recruiting the best and more diverse talent to your team is the most important investment you will make. Working with us will reduce your chances of making a time-consuming and costly bad hire.
Managing Consultant - Technology
James Shenton a co-founder & Managing Consultant at Opus Resourcing who has 29 years’ hands on technology recruitment experience, and his work has included delivering on long term preferred supplier relationships for companies such as YOOX-NET-A-PORTER, Sky, Betfair, Apple Europe, Ericsson, 3 Mobile.
Managing Partner, Opus Search Practice
I have over 18 years in the technology sector and 15 years in executive search, which gives me a unique edge in leading an organisation where we’re fanatical about helping businesses succeed through the talent of their workforce.
Opus Resourcing have worked with me since 2011 across 3 organisations, specialising on building high performing technology teams, working on rapid product development and distributed systems. They are a preferred supplier due to their depth of experience, personal service and ability to deliver across a variety of roles, including Software Engineering, Product and DevOps.
Steve Hirst - CTO , Origami Energy
James was brilliant from start to finish in placing me in my future role. He was always communicative and contactable throughout which was invaluable, especially when charting uncertain territory. He knew the business context driving the need for the role and he took the time to understand my skills, experience and the value I could bring. I would highly recommend James
Roxanna Homer, Head of Change, Flutter Entertainment Plc
Opus Resourcing acting as talent partners have significantly grown Titian Software and Pexip in the UK, and US markets, who between them have gone on to achieve a successful VC buyout and IPO .
Opus Resourcing grew the Titian workforce by 20% across the US and UK in two years, including building software development, professional services, testing and application support teams.
Pexip is a video technology company that powers secure connections between people and technology, from business communication to ultra-secure government meetings, doctor’s appointments, and court proceedings. With operations in Norway, the UK / Europe, the USA and APAC.
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