MK9 Technologies Services

Technology Talent, by people from the industry.

Five ways to work with MK9, depending on how quickly you need to hire, how senior the role is, whether you need someone permanently, and how much of the process you want managed.

MK9 keeps a network of vetted technology specialists — engineers, architects, pre-sales, delivery, security — ready to deploy. When a project lands, you ramp up. When it ends, you ramp down. No headcount, no notice periods, no payroll.

We've sold this technology and built these teams for fifteen years, so we know who's genuinely good and who just has the certifications.

Surge

Capacity when the plan demands it

Contract, part-time and project-based people across sales and technical — live in days, and gone when the work is done. Delivery partners handle payroll, compliance and IR35 status, so there's no admin on your side and no permanent headcount attached. Same sourcing standard as our permanent searches.

Best for: covering a maternity or notice period, a funded project with a fixed end date, a market test before committing to headcount, or a seasonal peak.

Ignite

Fast access to active talent

For roles that need filling quickly. We run a targeted search across the live market and our own network, and come back with a shortlist in days rather than weeks. Success-only — nothing payable until someone starts.

Best for: backfills, second and third sales hires, and AE, BDR/SDR or mid-level technical roles where speed matters and the risk needs to sit with us.

Summit

Targeted, confidential search for critical hires

For Sales Director, VP Sales and CRO appointments, and for founding or lead technical hires. We map the market properly, approach strong people who aren't looking, and assess every candidate against criteria we agree with you upfront. Retained, with defined milestones and the search run to completion.

Best for: leadership and revenue-critical roles, confidential replacements, and any hire where getting the right person matters more than getting a fast one.

Scale

An in-house recruiter, without the in-house headcount

Dedicated recruiter time embedded in your hiring process, backed by MK9's sourcing capability, tools and network. We define roles, run pipelines, manage candidates and report to you like an internal team would. Fixed monthly pricing, so hiring cost is predictable through a growth period.

Best for: Series A/B vendors hiring across several roles over a quarter or two, and teams whose hiring volume doesn't yet justify a full-time recruiter.

Accelerate

Recruitment plus the first ninety days

Hiring the person is half the job. Accelerate adds practical GTM and onboarding support to any search: 30/60/90-day ramp planning, territory and account planning, MEDDICC implementation and qualification frameworks — so a new hire is producing in quarter one instead of quarter three.

Best for: first-time sales hires, founders building a commercial team for the first time, and anyone who's been burned by a hire who took six months to get going.

How we charge

Surge — Charged as a single day rate covering the contractor's pay and our margin. No placement fee, no minimum term beyond the agreed notice period, invoiced monthly in arrears against approved timesheets. FCSA accredited partners + documented due diligence. If you later want to take a contractor on permanently, that's agreed upfront rather than negotiated after the fact.

Ignite — A percentage of first-year base salary, invoiced on the candidate's start date. No placement, no fee: nothing is due unless someone joins.

Summit — A percentage of the first-year package, split across three stages: engagement, shortlist and placement. The staged split reduces your exposure at any single point while committing us to the search on roles that take real work to fill.

Scale — A fixed monthly retainer priced on committed days per week rather than per hire, with a typical three to six month minimum term. Works out cheaper per hire once you're filling three or more roles in a quarter.

Accelerate — Either a fixed project fee for a ninety-day engagement, or a placement fee plus a smaller enablement add-on. Two ways to engage: bolted on to any search, or standalone if you've already made the hire and just want the ramp support.