About us

SaaS sales recruitment, matched to the motion.

The Emily James Partnership is a specialist SaaS sales recruitment brand, part of CloudScope Group. We match candidates and roles on the complete sales motion, and every client pays the same published price.

Who we are

SaaS sales. Nothing else.

From the first SDR seat to sales leadership, we recruit for the roles that win, keep and grow SaaS revenue.

We capture the complete sales motion on both sides of the hire: a 58-field profile for every candidate and a 58-field brief for every role, both coded to the same sector taxonomy. Then we match like for like and score the fit as a Match %.

  • SDR / BDR
  • AE (SMB → Enterprise)
  • Sales Leadership
  • RevOps / GTM Ops
  • Customer Success
  • Account Management

What we match on

  • Who they sell to ICP and the titles of the buyers who sign
  • What they sell Sector, macro-vertical and specialism
  • How they sell Seat, segment, ACV, sales cycle, deals per quarter and pipeline source
  • What they hit Quota carried and attainment over the last three years
How we match

1,200+

Verified SaaS companies in our taxonomy

3,500+

Quota-carrying sellers in our 11,500+ contact network

113

Specialisms across 12 SaaS sectors

58

Fields on every candidate profile and role brief

From our own taxonomy, network and intake process.

What we believe

True Expertise Cannot Be Spread Thin.

A CloudScope Group principle, and the reason EJP does one thing. Here is what we believe about doing it well.

  • Match the motion, not the title.

    Two AEs with the same title can sell to different buyers, at different ACVs, on different cycles, from different pipeline sources. We match the motion itself, for a hire who is productive sooner.

  • One price, every client.

    Every client pays the same published fee: 15% of basic salary, plus a 2% Ramp Fee on OTE only if your hire is still with you at six months. No client gets a better or worse deal than its competitors, so we advocate for every client equally, without preference.

    See our pricing
  • Every field, every call.

    58 fields on every candidate profile, 58 on every role brief, and we ask for every one. Evidence quality is scored too: our honest rating of how specific a candidate's numbers were.

  • Blank beats guessed.

    We never guess a field. A gap comes back as a gap, and anything we fill from research rather than from the client is marked Inferred.

Our group

Our brands operate independently. Our standards do not.

Each CloudScope Group brand runs independently, around one specialism. Ours is SaaS sales recruitment.

Part of CloudScope Group

The Emily James Partnership is proud to be part of the CloudScope Group, where super niche recruitment brands consolidate to become a stronger unit whilst maintaining individual specialism.

Visit CloudScope Group

Co-founders

The people behind EJP.

Adam and Harrison have worked together as owners, mentors and board advisors across multiple brands since 2020, partnering across the CloudScope Group of companies. Now they've brought that partnership to The Emily James Partnership.

Harrison Knight

Harrison Knight

Co-founder

Harrison co-founded The Emily James Partnership and leads the matching framework behind it: the SaaS sector taxonomy, the 58-field intake and the weighting behind every Match %. He brings more than 13 years in recruitment and executive search, and founded CloudScope Group in 2021.

Harrison on LinkedIn
Adam Rich

Adam Rich

Co-founder

Adam co-founded The Emily James Partnership and leads its SaaS sales searches. With more than 12 years recruiting C-suite and specialist roles, he partners with CEOs, CFOs and VPs of Sales at SaaS scale-ups to brief each seat on the motion behind it, then matches the sellers who can ramp into it.

Adam on LinkedIn

The predictive growth advisory

Analytics, predictive modelling and human-centred matchmaking.

We combine sharp analytics, predictive modelling and human-centred matchmaking in a consultative service focused on two things: reducing time to hire, and reducing ramp. Through extensive qualification and growth forecasting, we help you roadmap your hires to match your ARR targets.

At the forefront are our 58-field intake, scored Matched by Motion, and our Hired for Ramp headcount planner.

Let's talk

Work with a recruiter who only does SaaS sales.

Hiring for a sales seat, or looking for your next one? The first step is a call.