The solar industry has been a core market for Hyperion since our inception. Years ago, before the boom of solar technology, our Managing Director David Hunt and Director Ross Hoare, built and scaled a multi-award-winning solar installation business. The sector has experienced significant growth, challenges, and changes over the last decade. It remains the backbone of the clean energy transition.

Solar

Over the last 20 years, the Energy Storage and grid services industry has continued to evolve, adapt, and innovate in response to the increasing challenges of the clean energy transition, and the demands that places on the grid. It has seen many advances in technology (greater capacity, energy density, durability), and in the multiple chemistries, materials and scales and applications of solutions. This has created a massive demand to hire top talent across an array of storage and grid technologies in both hardware and software/services.

Energy Storage and Grid

The evolution of the electrification of transport and Future Mobility landscape has been significant over the last five years, driven by many factors including purchase incentives for Evs, the availability of options, massive growth in charging infrastructure and strict government policies towards the banning of ICE vehicle sales. Across hardware, software and services we have supported a myriad of VC backed start-ups to scale, as well as larger organisations developing their future mobility offerings.

EV and Future Mobility

The concept of 'Smart Cities' has gained significant importance in recent years as urban areas face increasing challenges related to population growth, resource management, and environmental sustainability. Smart cities and smart buildings leverage cutting-edge technologies such as IoT, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and a host of renewable and sustainable technologies to enhance the quality of urban living and transportation. These technologies enable more efficient management of resources, improved public services, and better connectivity, ultimately leading to a higher standard of living and sustainability. By optimizing infrastructure, clean technologies and services, smart cities can reduce energy consumption, minimize waste, and create more sustainable urban environments.

Smart Cities

We have an unmatched ability to discover and attract outstanding candidates for strategically import hires, especially C-Suite, leadership and senior roles. Our network and reach extends across Europe, North America and beyond, thanks to our deep insight into the cleantech sector. We have particular expertise in Solar, Energy Storage, Future Mobility and Smart Buildings.&nbsp;
We guide our clients through the entire hiring journey and cultivate long-term relationships that last for years.
This includes with our partners in Venture Capital and Private Equity funds active in the cleantech ecosystem.

Hyperion was set up with a mission to be the most widely respected and successful executive search firm in the cleantech sector. Our business is founded on allowing our people to be fearless, transparent and creative in what we do. These values are the bedrock of our business and push our team to be the best we can be for both our clients and our candidates. We outperform larger, more corporate recruitment firms and are not afraid to call out industry controversy. Through openness and honesty,&nbsp;our team will show you a different, more focused and collaborative side to recruitment.
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Hyperion Search finds leaders, key hires, and builds leadership teams for the most innovative cleantech companies, enabling them to find extraordinary people, and to achieve their

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We&rsquo;re a client-focused search firm, but we equally value our relationships with candidates. Most professionals we engage aren&rsquo;t actively job-seeking&mdash;they&rsquo;re excelling in their current roles but may have frustrations, whether it's career growth, workplace culture, or leadership. While not actively looking, they&rsquo;re open to the right opportunity at the right time.
Unexpected changes - redundancies, relocations or shifts in work conditions - can turn 'passive' candidates 'active', and we're here to help them find the right fit.

At Hyperion, we respect every candidate’s journey. We listen to their goals, motivations, and ideal work environment, staying in touch until the perfect role arises.
The right opportunity may take a week, a month, or a year, but we’ll stay in touch, build a genuine relationship, and work with you.
Unlike many recruiters who see candidates only as a ‘fee’, we see them as people - people with their own dreams and aspirations, just as we have.

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At Hyperion, we have over a decade of experience helping clients secure key hires and build entire teams. While we specialise in Board, C-Suite, and senior leadership roles, we excel at placing &lsquo;first boots on the ground&rsquo; as companies expand internationally.
Our search service is highly effective due to our deep knowledge of the clean technology sector and our extensive global network built over years in the industry. We assist clients in defining job descriptions, selecting locations, benchmarking salaries, and understanding company culture before beginning a search. We then deliver a diverse, thoroughly vetted shortlist and provide end-to-end support through hiring and onboarding.
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We spend our lives &lsquo;in&rsquo; the industry; day in and day out we are speaking to clients, contacts and candidates in the cleantech industry. We have an active role within the industry, regularly speaking at and attending key industry events, to ensure we find the very best candidates for our clients.
While we keep every conversation confidential, it does mean we aggregate a huge amount of industry data, on market conditions, salary levels, activity levels, and candidate perceptions of your company. We use this data to help our clients define job briefs and to tailor a specific search campaign for each assignment.

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At Hyperion Search many of our searches are &lsquo;under the radar&rsquo;, especially executive and strategically important hires. However we do publish many live mandates which you can access and apply to below.

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As a global search firm, we deliver world class talent at Board, Executive and Leadership level, offering tailored solutions to organisations operating across the clean technologies and renewable energy sector.

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Hyperion is a client centred search firm, which means we work with our clients and tailor recruitment solutions according to their needs. Our search service is so effective largely due to our passion for and knowledge of the clean technology industry, combined with our extensive global network of contacts and candidates, built over a decade in the sector.&nbsp; We consider the nature of the role, level of urgency and level of difficulty to fill before suggesting the best method to help. Essentially, we won&rsquo;t &lsquo;sell&rsquo; a solution until we have diagnosed the problem.

We spend our lives &lsquo;in&rsquo; the industry; day in and day out we are speaking to clients, contacts and candidates in the cleantech industry. We have an active role within the industry, regularly speaking at and attending key industry events, to ensure we find the very best candidates for our clients.

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