Sales Director
Domestic & General
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Wimbledon • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Define and execute the UK sales strategy to deliver growth, customer value and regulatory excellence
- Lead internal and outsourced sales operations, ensuring consistent performance and conduct
- Own UK sales targets, including revenue, conversion, margin and customer value
- Provide oversight of outsourced partners across performance, risk, quality and contractual outcomes
- Partner with Marketing on demand generation, pricing and proposition strategy
- Ensure full compliance with FCA requirements, SMCR responsibilities and internal policies
- Lead performance management, KPIs, MI and strategic interventions
- Oversee workforce planning to ensure capacity aligns with sales demand
- Drive colleague capability, engagement and incentives while managing conduct risk
- Lead pricing analysis and commercial optimisation
- Monitor market and competitor trends to identify risks and opportunities
- Contribute to wider UK Operations strategy and transformation
Requirements
- Expertise in regulated sales operations (financial services, insurance or similar)
- Strong knowledge of FCA conduct rules and SMCR governance
- Experience leading large, multi-channel sales teams across internal and outsourced models
- Advanced commercial and data-driven decision-making skills
- Proven track record delivering significant sales performance at scale
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Annual discretionary bonus depending on performance
- Generous pension scheme - contributions matched up to 7.5%
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with option to buy or sell up to 5 days
- Free D&G protection plan and employee discounts to family and friends
- Health cash plan for essential healthcare costs
- Life assurance - cover of 4x basic salary
- Dedicated online benefit portal for financial wellbeing and support services
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales strategyperformance managementKPI analysispricing analysiscommercial optimisationdata-driven decision-makingregulatory compliancerisk managementcustomer value analysisworkforce planning
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationengagementconduct risk managementstrategic thinkingperformance oversightcommunicationcapability developmentproblem-solvingmarket analysis