business manager recruitment agency and headhunters
your next business manager, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from managing your first consultant portfolio to leading a team of business managers.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire their IT services sales with muzzo
how do you hire a business manager through a recruitment agency?
A good business manager sells a mission and staffs the consultant executing it. Muzzo gives your role to headhunters who place the most on this profile in IT services and engineering firms: they verify missions sold and consultants placed. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you pay only if you hire
01
you describe the role
Use the form above: the role, your company, the portfolio to take over. We frame the rest in your first chat with the Muzzo team.
02
our data picks the headhunters
AI selects those who've placed the most business managers, from 2,500+ selected headhunters.
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you meet the best profiles
Sourced and qualified by headhunters expert in IT services and consulting. You choose who you see.
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you hire, then you pay
Not before. If the hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search free.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
your hire, let's talk it through
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you frame your role and pick the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we call you to discuss.
Antoine GigomasCEO and cofounder of Muzzo
one more question?
With Muzzo, you set the fee from 5 to 30%, paid only on hire: no retainer, no fixed costs. A business manager taking over an existing portfolio and one building a new portfolio don't demand the same search. The fee tracks that complexity, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If they leave within 3 months-because the actual portfolio doesn't match the brief, for example-we restart the search free. No replacement found within 4 months, we refund 50% of fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires stay past 3 months.
IT services headhunters are ready to start
A hire closed in under 26 days, paid only when you hire.
the reality
a business manager is judged by missions sold and staffed, not their CV
a good business manager doesn't look for new roles
They already manage a consultant portfolio and pipeline of missions. They don't respond to job ads. An IT services headhunter knows how to reach them.
selling and staffing isn't just selling
A business manager must source the mission but also recruit or propose the right consultant to execute it and monitor them once placed. The headhunter verifies both skills.
a hiring mistake costs on staffing AND sales
A misplaced consultant, a mission that ends early, a pipeline that dries up. The headhunter verifies missions sold and consultants staffed before presenting someone.
the roles
the business manager profiles our headhunters will search for
From managing your first consultant portfolio to heading a team of business managers, each search goes to a headhunter who's already placed this profile.
junior business manager
They take over an existing consultant portfolio and start prospecting new missions, often after a first sales role.
business manager
They sell missions, recruit and staff consultants to execute them, and manage the client relationship. The most common IT services role.
senior business manager
They manage a larger portfolio of consultants and accounts, with higher revenue targets.
business engineer
The equivalent of business manager in engineering and design offices: they sell technical projects and staff engineers to execute them.
business manager team lead
They supervise multiple business managers, set their targets and own the team's revenue.
the method
a headhunter who specializes in IT services, not one-size-fits-all
The business manager sells and staffs simultaneously. The method verifies both skills.
define the portfolio to take over
Number of consultants staffed, target utilization rate, target client sectors: the brief describes what the role will manage, not just sell.
a headhunter who places business managers
Among 2,500+ selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place most in IT services and engineering consulting.
verified missions sold and consultants staffed
The headhunter asks for actual revenue sold and number of consultants staffed, then cross-checks with references before presenting someone.
the figures
a business manager's salary in figures
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (commercial development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (commercial development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (commercial development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (commercial development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
how to hire a business manager: what you need to know
why trust a headhunter with business manager hiring?
The business manager does two jobs at once: they sell a mission to a client, then recruit or propose the consultant who'll execute it. Many sales profiles know how to sell but have never staffed anyone. Hiring a business manager comes down to that double skill.
An IT services headhunter verifies it: they ask how many consultants the profile has staffed, on which accounts, and what happened to those missions. You meet profiles who know how to sell and keep a mission running, not just close the initial contract.
business manager or business developer: what's the difference?
The business developer opens accounts in a classic sales cycle: they prospect, negotiate, close. The business manager sells a professional services mission and must then find, recruit or propose the consultant who'll execute it, then monitor them at the client until mission end.
If your role includes recruiting and monitoring placed consultants, it's a business manager. If it stops at contract close, see our business developer page.
which sectors hire business managers?
The business manager role is most common in IT services, design firms and engineering consulting-anywhere a firm sells consultant or engineer time. According to Apec, commercial development roles in IT services earn €70k median gross annually, higher than the job family national median of €63k (see business developer page).
In engineering and industry, the same role often goes by business engineer. Specify the sector in the brief: the headhunter networks and talent pools differ by sector.
should your business manager manage their own budget?
Some roles stick to sales and staffing, others carry an own budget with responsibility for mission margin. According to Apec, median salary jumps from €60k without own budget to €68k with that accountability.
Decide scope before discussing pay: a business manager who owns budget sits closer to BU director than classic commercial.
your questions about hiring a business manager
According to Apec, commercial development roles in IT services earn €70k median gross annually, with 80% between €44k and €108k (2025 edition). Managing a consultant team raises the median to €75k, vs €60k without that responsibility.
Business developer sells and closes a classic sales cycle. Business manager sells a mission then recruits or proposes the consultant to execute it and monitors through mission end. If staffing is part of the role, it's a business manager.
The headhunter asks for facts: number of consultants staffed in the last 12 months, utilization rates achieved, average mission length. They cross-check with references. You meet profiles whose staffing is verified, not just described.
Yes. The role exists as business engineer in design firms and engineering consulting. We pick headhunters by your sector: selling and staffing developers differs from engineering staffing in terms of networks.