Advanced Specialist – Sales, MFL & Humanities

Pearson VUE

Advanced Specialist in Sales for MFL & Humanities developing relationships in secondary education. Driving revenue growth and customer acquisition with schools and Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Driving a growth strategy with subject leaders within Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts.
Leading on: Subject specific revenue growth, Customer acquisition, Multi-functional collaboration to support customers in acquisition and retention.
Generating profitable sales through new business growth, driving sales effectiveness and efficiency.
Exceeding annual revenue goals by building and maintaining a pipeline of opportunities across qualifications and learning services that follow clearly defined strategies for accounts.
Taking accountability for driving year on year growth of qualifications and learning services revenue within a broad product portfolio across your region(s).
Demonstrating foresight and flexibility to adapt strategy to maximise opportunity and minimise risk.
Creating, maintaining and managing relationships with future customers at key stakeholder level.
Managing the complex nature of secondary schools and their stakeholders.
Delivering depth of product expertise in the 11-19 education market; providing expertise to various stakeholders.
Articulating the value of what you are selling in ways that are relevant to the customer, overcome competition and engage key stakeholders.
Delivering powerful sales presentations, communicate effectively and with gravitas to relevant stakeholders and decision makers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

The ability to leverage communication in order to change attitudes or behaviour by using written or spoken words to convey information to gain specific advantage, impact or outcome.
Demonstrate collaborative attitude and behaviour consistent with team and organisational values as the matrix account structure will deliver the complete customer experience.
Strong selling skills with a particular focus on managing senior level relationships in secondary schools/trusts and driving revenue growth.
Strong product knowledge across resources and qualifications in the secondary market
Objection handing, negotiation and presentation skills
Demonstrate, share and inform best practice.
Provide key market insight to other areas of the business and to inform regional activity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility in the way we work
A term time working pattern
A generous sales incentive plan
A generous pension scheme, where we match and double your contributions, up to 16% depending on your age
Maternity, paternity, and family care leave, alongside flexible working policies
Share purchase options
Healthcare and dental plans, as well as an employee wellbeing assistance programme to support you and your family
A cycle to work scheme, gym membership concessions (at selected locations), and a range of retail and leisure discounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

sales effectivenesscustomer acquisitionrevenue growthobjection handlingnegotiationpresentation skillsproduct knowledgepipeline managementstakeholder engagementmarket insight

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationrelationship managementadaptabilityaccountabilityteamworkstrategic thinkingcustomer focusinfluencegravitas