Hybrid Head of Sales

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About the role

  • Head of Sales overseeing sales strategy and performance in native's commercial operations. Leading growth managers to enhance engagement in a managed marketplace for students and advertisers.

Responsibilities

  • Own overall sales performance across Growth and Enterprise segments
  • Translate commercial goals into clear sales strategy, targets, and execution plans
  • Ensure the category-led model delivers focus, expertise, and improved win rates
  • Own and evolve native’s category-based sales structure
  • Ensure clear category ownership across Growth and Enterprise teams
  • Prevent silos by enabling insight-sharing and collaboration across categories
  • Directly manage and develop a team of Growth Sales Managers, Brand Labs and Enterprise executives
  • Set clear expectations across targets, behaviours, and ways of working
  • Run regular, high-quality one-to-ones and performance reviews
  • Coach individuals to improve sales quality, productivity, and confidence
  • Address underperformance early with clear feedback and support
  • Own pipeline health, forecasting accuracy, and CRM discipline
  • Use data to identify risks and unblock performance issues
  • Hold leaders accountable for numbers, not narratives
  • Work closely with Growth Account Management, Campaign Management, Marketing, and Product and Sales Operations
  • Improve handovers, lifecycle ownership, and customer experience across the funnel
  • Act as the voice of Sales in commercial planning and operational decision-making

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading a high-performing sales organisation
  • Experience in media, advertising, or B2B services is essential
  • Track record of scaling revenue through structure, process, and people
  • Experience operating within category-led or verticalised sales models
  • Strong commercial judgement and leadership presence
  • Comfortable operating in fast-scaling environments

Benefits

  • Pension contributions of 5%
  • 25 days off (excluding bank holidays)
  • Day off on your birthday
  • Share Options for all
  • Work from home set-up budget
  • Season Ticket Loan Scheme
  • Paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave

Job title

Head of Sales

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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