Recruiting senior managers, board members, and director-level professionals to shape HR strategy and elevate organisational performance.
Securing top HR leaders, including experts in compensation, benefits, and reward, requires a refined approach. Our executive-level consultants deliver a premium recruitment service grounded in honesty, transparency, and deep industry expertise, ensuring a seamless and effective hiring process.
Every executive search consultant adopts a customised approach, carefully aligning with your organisation’s strategic objectives, cultural values, and commercial priorities. This ensures we identify candidates with the leadership acumen, technical skills, and strategic vision to drive measurable success across your HR function. Our approach blends unparalleled market insight with cost-effective strategies, providing a compelling alternative to traditional executive search firms.

Premium, cost-effective executive HR & Reward recruitment
Our executive recruitment service is tailored to align with your leadership, cultural, and technical needs. We craft bespoke search strategies, develop comprehensive job specifications, and provide in-depth market insights and benchmarking to ensure a seamless and strategic hiring process. From the initial briefing to shortlisting and final interviews, we create a transparent and actionable timeline.
We deliver curated shortlists with the speed and efficiency of contingency recruitment. Through a multi-faceted approach – including targeted database searches, headhunting, bespoke advertising campaigns, referrals, and strategic social media outreach – we accelerate the process to help your business secure top-tier HR & reward talent, including specialists in compensation, benefits, and reward, ahead of your competitors.
Roles we recruit for
We understand that senior-level and executive HR recruitment requires a highly specialised approach to identify candidates with the leadership skills, strategic vision, and management expertise needed to drive success.
Our consultants have extensive experience in executive recruitment and a deep understanding of the HR & rewards industry. They combine advanced search techniques with market knowledge to find candidates who meet your technical and operational needs while aligning with your organisational culture and long-term objectives.
This tailored approach enables us to connect businesses with exceptional HR leaders who excel in areas such as employee engagement, compensation, benefits, and reward strategies. Examples of executive-level HR roles we specialise in include:
Levels we recruit for;
- HR Directors
- Heads of Compensation, Benefits, and Reward
- Head of
- Global HR Transformation Leads

Case studies
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I have used recruiters in the past to assist with different roles, but the calibre of people was not at the level we needed. With Portfolio, where they have a specialist team only dealing with payroll specialists, it was the best option for us
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Other recruitment companies were not listening to our requirements. We were being passed CV's that did not match the brief. However, the consultant we worked with at Portfolio Group listened, and then used their expertise to give us candidates that aligned with the skills and personality we were looking for.
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Portfolio always ensure we have high quality candidates put in front of us during the recruitment process. These candidates have been vetted, ensuring they have the right qualifications & required expertise to understand our needs & the complexities of the systems that they are coming to work on.
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I was impressed by how quickly and efficiently the process worked. We had a call on Wednesday, I had 6-7 CV’s to select by Friday, and I was interviewing and had made the decision by the following Wednesday. That speed was so essential for this role, given how critical it was.
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Portfolio Procurement has a good understanding of the skill set required to be successful at the business. Having worked with your team for the last 4 years I know and trust the quality of the CV’s that are shared.