Central Region Sales Leader | Remote-Based

AQA Recruiting; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 73,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

AQA is seeking a Regional Sales Manager for the Central Region with responsibility for leading a team and driving sales growth across Midlands, East Anglia & M4 Corridor. The role is home-based with regular travel to schools, colleges and offices across the region.

You'll shape the regional structure, contribute to commercial strategy and collaborate with educational stakeholders to support curriculum changes and qualifications services.

Qualifications

• Experience leading, coaching and developing sales or customer-facing teams.
• Consultative approach to customer engagement and relationship management.
• Experience using insight, data and performance measures to drive results.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Ability to balance customer needs with commercial objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a regional team of Account Managers.
• Create a high-performing culture aligned to values and expectations.
• Drive regional sales performance and customer retention.
• Support performance management, capability development and succession planning across the team.
• Build and maintain relationships with schools, colleges, trusts and other education stakeholders.
• Use sales, market and customer insight to inform decision-making and improve performance.
• Work closely with Key Account Management colleagues to support strategic customer relationships.
• Act as a customer escalation point where required.
• Contribute to commercial leadership initiatives, projects and campaigns.

Skills

Sales leadership

Coaching

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Tools

Clear Review

Job description

AQA is seeking a Regional Sales Manager for the Central Region with responsibility for leading a team and driving sales growth across Midlands, East Anglia & M4 Corridor. The role is home-based with regular travel to schools, colleges and offices across the region.

You'll shape the regional structure, contribute to commercial strategy and collaborate with educational stakeholders to support curriculum changes and qualifications services.