Zen Educate
EdTech
SalesManager
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“Sales Manager at Zen Educate. Skills: Sales leadership, Team development, Revenue targets, Sales process optimization, Pipeline management, Forecasting, Performance coaching. Deliver on ambitious growth and revenue targets across your team.. Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Account Executives and sales talent.”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver on ambitious growth and revenue targets across your team.; Increase efficiency, shorten sales cycles, and accelerate customer value.; Ensure sales convert into long-term customer usage and retention.; Help refine our go-to-market strategy as we continue expanding into new regions and customer segments.
Industry & Context.
Requires onsite attendance five days per week during term time.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven track record of delivering against targets in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, Experience leading and developing successful B2B or SaaS sales teams, Commercial instincts with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution, Experience managing complex, relationship-led sales cycles alongside faster transactional sales, A highly organised leader who can effectively manage pipelines, forecasting, and performance metrics, Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, Someone who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys building processes in scaling environments, No ego — confident bringing ideas to the table while remaining collaborative and open-minded, A genuine motivation to build something meaningful that positively impacts schools and teachers
Nice to Have
You don’t need to have worked in education before — we’ll teach you that., Passion for coaching and upskilling both experienced sellers and emerging talent, You want to combine serious commercial impact with a meaningful mission., You like selling products that make a tangible difference to people’s lives., You thrive in fast-paced, scaling environments where things are always improving.
What You'll Do.
Deliver on ambitious growth and revenue targets across your team.
and develop a high-performing team of Account Executives and sales talent.
Improve sales processes to increase efficiency
and accelerate customer value.
Drive accountability through pipeline management
and performance coaching.
Collaborate with Customer Success
and Operations teams to ensure sales convert into long-term customer usage and retention.
Support the team on strategic opportunities
and multi-school partnerships.
Help refine our go-to-market strategy as we continue expanding into new regions and customer segments.
Inform product development by sharing feedback and insights from schools and school groups.
performance-driven culture focused on continuous learning and improvement.
Align team priorities with company goals as they evolve throughout the academic year.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Customer Success, Product, Marketing, and Operations teams to ensure sales convert into long-term customer usage and retention.
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Full Job Description
## Description Role: Sales Manager Location: London, on-site Salary: £70,000 - 80,000k OTE (uncapped commission) *If your salary expectations do not meet our banding, please do still apply - salary banding is based on transferable skills, tenure, industry experience, and interview performance 🌍 What we’re building (and why it matters) Here’s the problem: UK schools spend over £2 billion a year on temporary staff — and £600 million of that goes straight to recruitment agencies. That’s money that could be paying teachers more or funding new classroom resources. At Zen Educate, we’re fixing that. We’ve built an online platform that connects schools directly with fully vetted teachers and support staff — cutting out agencies and saving schools money - and a game-changing suite of software tools that revolutionises their processes. Since launching in 2017, we’ve already saved schools over £30 million that’s gone straight back into classrooms. We recently raised $37 million in Series B funding (the biggest EdTech round in Europe last year!) and we’re scaling fast in the UK and US. 🚀 We’re now looking for a Sales Manager to help take our commercial engine to the next level. You’ll play a critical leadership role, responsible for helping grow and retain long-term school partnerships while building a high-performing sales culture that can scale with the business. 💼 What this role looks like day-to-day Deliver on ambitious growth and revenue targets across your team. Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Account Executives and sales talent. Improve sales processes to increase efficiency, shorten sales cycles, and accelerate customer value. Drive accountability through strong pipeline management, forecasting, and performance coaching. Collaborate with Customer Success, Product, Marketing, and Operations teams to ensure sales convert into long-term customer usage and retention. Support the team on strategic opportunities, complex negotiations, and multi
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