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VP of Sales
Location: London (Oval), United Kingdom Type: Full-time. Office-based.
đ Iâm Oren, Co-founder of Zen Educate
Weâre looking for a VP of Sales to join our leadership team as part of our next chapter of growth in the UK.
If you love turning chaos into clarity and are deeply passionate about solving real-world problems, then keep reading.
About Zen Educate
Why we exist
Education is the cornerstone of a thriving society. Schools do their utmost to provide children with positive experiences, but having the right staff is essential to fulfilling that promise. Thatâs where we come in.
Whether itâs a Year 1 teacher greeting her class with a âGood morning,â or a Teaching Assistant supporting a pupil during break times, Zen helps schools find the right educators faster without breaking the bank.
Schools in the UK and US spend over ÂŁ12bn a year on agency staff, and over ÂŁ3.6bn of that goes straight to recruitment agencies. Zen is an all-in-one digital platform transforming how schools find, vet, and manage temporary educators.
School leaders can now search, book, and manage staff in real time, while gaining full visibility and control over their spend and compliance.
With our mission, "We Care More," we aim to improve the standard of education and deliver more smiles to childrenâs faces every day.
The Opportunity
We need someone to expedite our school awareness and adoption to the next level. Thatâs where you come in.
What We Are Looking For
Weâve built strong foundations:
- Leading supplier in temporary educator recruitment
- Fastest growing company in the UK
- High-performing sales team seeking exceptional leadership
- Differentiated product with a proven impact on the lives of educators, pupils, and the education system
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Weâre now seeking a proven sales leader who is as passionate about building systems and leading teams as they are about closing deals.
This role involves:
- Aligned to strategy and process, just as much as running sales meetings.
- Inspiring teams to reach their highest potential.
- Setting a high bar through coaching, mentoring, and set of standards.
Key Traits
Look for a candidate who: â Systems thinker â Expert at reducing ambiguity and providing clarity. â Impact-driven â Gets excited by the opportunity to substantially change the education system. â Big-picture visionary â Not just incremental growth, but unrecognisable growth in 3 years, with you in the driverâs seat. â Process and structure-loving â Focused on meticulous planning, thorough buildouts, and consistent execution rather than relying on individual efforts. â Team granter â Skilled in uniting teams around ideas and objectives. â Problem-solver â Sees simple solutions to complex issues. â Strategic competitor â Always looking ahead and outmaneuvering the competition.
First 6-12 Month Key Priorities
- Redefine customer segmentation and go-to-market strategy during a period of industry transformation.
- Test and iterate new product acquisition channels.
- Double the size of outbound sales and transform it into a high-calibre sales and development function (SDR team).
- Develop sales playbooks for multiple new products, targeting multi-academy trusts (MATs).
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Who Youâll Work With
Weâre a team of over 400+ professionals, growing across the UK, US, and Canada. With solid funding and rapid growth, we have tremendous unit economics.
Culture: Passionate missionaries, not mercenaries. find someone who shares our genuineness about making education better.
What You Might Like or Dislike
Features within our organization provide a good foundation for understanding whether this role suits you:
â Systems over individual heroics â Effective players are essential, but a great system trumps the best performer without one. Our product has product-market-fit, and we seek leaders capable of refining the system for wider adoption.
â First principles reasoning â We believe every scenario has unique conditions. â Experience guides decisions, but endless curiosity and root cause analysis drive effective leadership.
â Slope & passion over barrier traction â High-trajectory individuals often outpace those who offer early success but slow growth. â Leaders here often invest in upskillingâfrom-non-traditional-backgrounds, realizing it pays significant dividends.
Key note: If youâre a seasoned sales leader, even without prior experience in education, and youâre curious and eager to learn, applying is encouraged!
Excited? Letâs Collaborate!
If youâve reached this far and feel driven, go ahead and apply. Donât worry if now isnât the right timing or if you find this role uncertain in scopeâreach out anyway. Weâre eager to connect with those who whole-heartedly believe in our mission.
Letâs build something meaningful together. đ
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