Senior Account Executive driving GCSE and new business growth at Up Learn. Leading sales strategies and customer acquisition in a hybrid EdTech environment.
Responsibilities
Take predominant ownership of GCSE sales activity, shaping and executing the GCSE go-to-market strategy alongside the Head of Sales
Act as a senior role model within the sales team, demonstrating excellence in deal execution, qualification, and pipeline management
Provide informal mentoring and selective line management support to junior team members
Work closely with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and Data to ensure cross-functional alignment and GCSE readiness
Lead new customer acquisition for GCSE, managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles
Absorb and convert incremental new business demand that cannot be sustainably managed by the existing team
Ensure GCSE opportunities receive sufficient time, depth, and strategic focus to maximise conversion
Help refine value propositions, sales materials, and objection handling for a newer, more competitive product category
Own and close MAT-level opportunities, including both inbound and self-generated leads
Navigate centralised procurement, governance requirements, and longer decision cycles
Build strong relationships with senior school and trust leaders, acting as a trusted commercial partner
Be able to additionally manage sales at A Level, protecting and growing existing revenue streams
Identify and execute GCSE upsell opportunities within existing partner schools
Balance new business and existing business priorities to maintain revenue predictability
Improve qualification depth and pipeline signal across new business opportunities
Maintain accurate forecasting and CRM hygiene to support revenue planning
Protect team-wide performance by improving time-per-deal and reducing capacity strain
Requirements
Essential:
5+ years’ experience in B2B sales, with a strong track record in complex or consultative sales environments
Proven success closing new business with long or multi-stakeholder sales cycles
Experience selling into schools, MATs, or similarly governed public-sector environments
Strong commercial judgement and ability to prioritise effectively in high-volume pipelines
Comfortable operating as both a senior individual contributor and a people leader
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Data-driven approach to pipeline management, forecasting, and performance
Experience using CRM systems (HubSpot preferred)
Bonus / nice to have:
Experience selling EdTech or SaaS products
Prior involvement in launching or scaling a new product or market
Understanding of the UK secondary education landscape, particularly GCSEs
Experience mentoring or line-managing sales team members
Benefits
We provide a great set of benefits that all focus on helping Up Learn team members lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
Working at Up Learn gives you:
🤸♂️ Awesome colleagues! We’ve put together a cracking team, and now you’re part of it you’ll shape the future of it
💚 Meaningful, fulfilling and engaging work that has an immediate positive impact on tens of thousands of students and the potential to impact millions of students
🧠 The opportunity to build the future of education and accelerate humanity’s ability to learn
💪 Tons of opportunities to learn and develop a wide range of skills
🏠 Up Learn supports a hybrid working environment with a minimum of two days in the office per week (one team day and one company day) and the rest is up to you!
Key benefits:
💰 A competitive salary + bonus package
📈 Meaningful stake in the company’s growth and success (equity share options)
🌴 ~35 days of paid holiday per year made up of: 26 days of bookable holiday, plus bank holidays, plus unlimited ‘extra days’ (i.e. if you need a few more days, no problem)
🐤 Significantly enhanced parental leave
🦷 Level 6 (highest level) dental insurance
☕ Paid-for coffee breaks (a great chance to get to know the team)
🏃 Monthly & quarterly paid-for socials and quality time with your work colleagues as well as an in-office shower room to make sporting activities easier to join
⭐ A spacious and bright private office in Old Street, with delicious coffee, a selection of teas and unlimited snacks and drinks
🚲 Cycle-to-Work: we are registered so you can buy a bike and accessories tax-free
📖 Unlimited budget for any work-related books you need
👨👩👧 Family access to Up Learn: your family and close relatives get unlimited access to any Up Learn course for free!
Our core values:
🫶 CARE: Put people and mission first. Celebrate success together.
✅ OWN: Take responsibility. Step up. Transparently own outcomes.
💡 LEARN: Live for learning. Seek feedback. Turn challenges into opportunities.
🚀 ACT: Prioritise progress. Challenge what’s possible. Move the needle.
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