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AuthBuild is the authority operating system for UK directors, VPs, and CTOs at £120k+. We make you findable to the headhunters and decision-makers hiring at your level. The next role finds you, not the other way round.
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"First recruiter call in 8 months came within 3 weeks of joining. The Gap Score told me exactly what signal I was missing."
"Completely different to LinkedIn Premium. AuthBuild tells you what to do. Within 6 weeks two search firms reached out unsolicited."
"I stopped applying and started publishing. Had 3 warm intro calls in 5 weeks. The Role Archetype diagnostic changed how I think about positioning."
"The Role Archetype diagnostic was the moment I understood why I kept being passed over. It's positioning intelligence, not another CV checker."
Why I built AuthBuild
"I spent 15 years as a CTO and Head of AI Transformation. Every senior role I've seen filled in that time came through a relationship, not a job board. Online applications account for less than 20% of Director+ appointments — yet that's where most professionals spend 80% of their effort. AuthBuild inverts that ratio."
Steve Butler
Founder · Ex-Head of Technology & AI Transformation, Correla/Xoserve (National Grid) · FRSA · MBCS
A lifecycle tool, not a job-search product
Gap Score and Role Archetype reveals exactly why recruiters aren't finding you and what to change first.
You've landed. Authority building continues with your new title and platform. The content habit is formed.
Authority Score becomes a professional KPI. You're the person who gets called — not the one who applies.
Next level: board seat, NED, advisory, fractional CTO. The Empty Door Strategy runs again at a higher archetype target.
Free tools — no account required
At least 70% of senior appointments are never posted (TRIA Recruitment, 2026). By the time a listing appears, two of three shortlisted candidates already had a conversation with the hiring manager. The board is theatre.
For Director-plus roles, "more applications" is a losing strategy. Visibility, not volume, is what triggers inbound — and inbound is where the offers live.
The CV templates, the cover-letter scripts, the LinkedIn tips — none of it was built for someone running a function. You need a different game.
Not a course. Not a CV-rewrite service. A working platform that runs in the background while you keep doing your job.
The platform learns your point of view from a 20-minute conversation, then drafts weekly LinkedIn posts in your tone. You approve, edit or reject. Average time per post: under 4 minutes.
Build a private list of decision-makers in your sector. Track every touch — comment, share, intro request — across LinkedIn and email. Cadence prompts when a relationship needs warming.
The engine surfaces hidden senior roles by tracking org-chart movement, funding events, and second-degree network signals. Decode any JD with one click; draft tailored cover notes in your voice.
Most senior leaders know they should post more. Almost none have the time, and "AI-generated" content sounds like nobody. AuthBuild solves both — it captures your point of view in a conversation, then drafts in that voice every week.
The senior market runs on relationships, not listings. The CRM gives you the system every recruiter has but most candidates don't — a structured way to build, warm and convert relationships with the people who actually hire.
At least 70% of senior appointments are never posted (TRIA Recruitment, 2026) — roles are filled before the listing exists. The engine reads the signals that precede them — leadership reshuffles, funding rounds, exec departures — and surfaces opportunities in your sector before anyone else sees them.
Average outcomes across UK trial users completing the 90-day onboarding programme.
"Authority Builder has taken all the guesswork out of it for me. People are reaching out to me about contracts now, instead of me blindly applying for roles."
"The idea generator alone is a real time-saver. It drafts in my voice — I make small edits and post. It's changed my engagement materially."
"I was a sporadic poster. Three weeks of weekly posts and recruiters started arriving. The CRM keeps every relationship alive without me thinking about it."
"The Empty Door tool told me exactly which axis was costing me. Six weeks later I had three offers I didn't apply for."