Sales Director - Public Sector (England & Wales)
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Sales Director - Public Sector (England & Wales)
As the Sales Director, Public Sector (England & Wales), you will lead and inspire a high-performing team responsible for driving growth across Central Government, Local Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. You will be accountable for delivering revenue objectives, developing strategic customer relationships, and building a sustainable pipeline across the region.
Working closely with the EMEA North Leadership Team, you will define and execute the regional sales strategy, engage with senior customer stakeholders, and leverage a broad partner ecosystem to help public sector organisations modernise and transform their technology environments.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a proven sales leader who combines strong people leadership with a passion for developing talent, driving sales excellence, and delivering customer outcomes in a complex enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Account Executives, fostering a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous development.
- Develop and execute a regional go-to-market strategy to accelerate revenue growth and market share across the UK Public Sector.
- Drive forecast accuracy, pipeline health, and execution discipline through the effective use of sales methodologies and operating rhythms.
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with customers, strategic partners, and key industry stakeholders.
- Coach teams on large, complex opportunities and support strategic deal progression through all stages of the sales cycle.
- Collaborate closely with Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing, Professional Services, and Channel teams to deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
- Recruit, retain, and develop top talent while creating clear succession and development plans.
Experience & Qualifications
- Significant experience leading enterprise technology sales teams within the UK Public Sector market.
- Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing sales organisations that consistently exceed revenue targets.
- Strong understanding of public sector procurement routes, frameworks, and buying cycles.
- Experience selling complex enterprise technology solutions, including cloud, infrastructure, software, cybersecurity, data, or digital transformation solutions.
- Proven ability to develop and execute strategic account and territory plans.
- Experience working within a partner-led ecosystem, including systems integrators, resellers, and technology alliance partners.
- Strong coaching capability with experience implementing structured sales methodologies such as MEDDPIC, MEDDICC, Challenger, or similar frameworks.
- Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently achieves or exceeds regional revenue and growth objectives.
- Builds a highly engaged and high-performing sales team.
- Establishes trusted executive relationships within key public sector organisations.
- Creates a predictable, healthy pipeline and accurate forecast.
- Develops future sales leaders through coaching and succession planning.
Work Arrangement Remote: This position is primarily remote. There is no specific in-office requirement; however, there may be circumstances where you may be required to come into a local office for a specific purpose, and/or to travel to other locations based on business needs.
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