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Hire and Scale With Confidence

AscendX Associates is a specialist sales and GTM recruitment partner supporting technology companies across the UK and US. We work closely with founders, GTM leaders and TA teams to understand their goals and secure commercial talent who can make a meaningful impact across SaaS, AI and wider technology markets.

We focus on roles where strong execution shapes outcomes, including Sales, Account Management, Customer Success and Commercial Leadership. Our approach blends structured search with practical commercial understanding to engage and attract talent who perform in high performance environments.

Our leadership combines lived GTM experience with award winning REC accredited recruitment expertise and a background involved in more than 1000 successful hires with an average tenure of over four years. This foundation enables a structured, collaborative and commercially grounded hiring process that helps companies secure strong talent and supports candidates in moving into environments where they can grow, contribute and do their best work.

Combined Years of Sales, GTM and Recruitment Experience

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Client and Candidate Satisfaction

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Tech Sales and GTM Professionals in Our Network and Growing

Business Masters 2023 South West – Shortlisted
GR Industry Awards 2023 – Highly Commended
LaingBuisson Awards 2023 – Finalist

Our Approach

Search Expertise Grounded In Sales and GTM Experience

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We take a structured and commercially aware approach to search, shaped by practical sales and GTM experience and grounded in proven recruitment practice. Our aim is to give hiring teams and TA partners a clear, dependable way to identify, engage and secure talent who can succeed in their environment.

Every engagement begins with understanding how your teams sell, how decisions are made, and what strong performance genuinely requires in your motion. This creates the context needed to find aligned, high intent candidates and represent your opportunity credibly in a competitive market.

By aligning candidates to stage, sales motion, product complexity and pipeline realities, we help reduce hiring risk and improve predictability in early quarters. This supports faster ramp, stronger contribution and healthier long term performance.

We also work to reduce friction and strengthen collaboration between hiring managers, TA partners and candidates. When the right people meet the right environment, companies grow more smoothly and careers progress with confidence.

How Our Search Process Works

  • Define: Clarity on what strong performance looks like in your motion and a clear Ideal Candidate Profile.
  • Map: Market intelligence, competitive signals and strategic engagement with relevant talent pools.
  • Engage: High trust conversations grounded in lived GTM experience, giving candidates a clearer view of what great opportunities look like.
  • Evaluate: Balanced assessment of capability, mindset and stage fit through a practical sales leadership lens.
  • Support: Practical guidance from first conversation through offer, onboarding and the early quarters where ramp and revenue matter most.
How We Partner With You

Our Mission & Philosophy

High Quality Hiring Is a Performance Multiplier

High quality hiring has a measurable influence on revenue performance. When capability aligns with the right environment, win rates rise, cycles shorten, retention strengthens, and revenue becomes more predictable. Strong hiring decisions also support healthier teams, smoother collaboration, and long term growth.

AscendX was built around this belief, and the meaning behind our name reflects the values that guide how we work.

Ascend represents raising performance standards and creating upward progression.

X represents the multiplier created when strong talent and the right environments come together.

Associates signifies the partnership, trust, and collaboration we aim to build with every client and candidate.

Our team brings a blend of REC accredited, award winning recruitment expertise and practical experience from carrying quotas, running pipelines, and supporting high growth environments. This combination strengthens how we assess capability, understand execution requirements, and support hiring managers, TA partners, and candidates through each stage of the search process.

Our mission is to bring clarity, structure, and informed judgement to every engagement. We help organisations make confident hiring decisions and support individuals in finding environments where they can perform, grow, and succeed.

Our Expertise

Talent That Drives Growth

We help you build revenue teams that fit your growth motion from Seed to IPO.

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Account Executives

Hire sellers who close mid market and enterprise deals consistently, convert high intent pipeline, and represent your product with clarity and confidence.

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Sales & GTM Leadership

Hire commercial leaders who drive alignment across sales, success, and marketing, from team leads to CROs who scale revenue engines with clarity and precision.

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Account Management

Hire AMs who drive retention, renewals, and upsell performance while owning strategic customer relationships and revenue outcomes.

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Customer Success

Hire CSMs who deliver seamless onboarding, proactive support, and customer journeys that increase engagement and lifetime value.

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Demand Generation

Hire marketers who drive pipeline through paid media, ABM, lifecycle campaigns, and data driven execution that fuels predictable revenue growth.

Our Solutions

Tailored Search Models for Every Stage of Growth

Retained Search

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Exclusive Contingency

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Embedded Partnership

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What People Say

Testimonials

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I just want to say a big thank you to Alex. He really listened to what I wanted from my next step and found a role that feels perfect for me. He kept in touch the whole way and made everything feel simple and stress free. I’m genuinely happy where I’ve ended up.

Amelia Sales Candidate

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The whole experience felt completely different. Alex took the time to understand my goals and guided me through the process with real care. I felt supported and confident at every stage and I’m now in a role that fits me brilliantly. I couldn’t be happier.

Daniel Sales Leadership Candidate

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Alex went above and beyond. He checked in before and after each stage and helped me understand what I needed from my next move. The whole process felt simple and supportive. I’ve landed in a role that suits me really well and I’m genuinely grateful.

Priya Customer Success Candidate

Let's Talk

A better hiring outcome starts with the right partner. Speak with a sales and GTM expert today to secure exceptional talent for your team and accelerate your growth.

AscendX Associates. GTM hiring experts for tech and software companies.

We help technology companies hire high performing commercial talent built on award winning recruitment excellence and real world GTM experience.