Sales Executive

The healthcare industry is facing a crisis: there simply aren’t enough skilled professionals to meet the growing demand. At FuturU, we believe that by making healthcare education free and accessible to all, we can help solve this problem and raise the standard of care everywhere.

That’s why we aim to be the world's leading learning platform for healthcare workers and a pioneer in learning technology. We’re creating a learning platform that’s modern, joined up, efficient, reliable and most of all, effective. One that’s accessible to everyone and provides exceptional learning experiences and support.

Incubated in Newcross Healthcare, FuturU is stepping out on its own. We are a disruptive ed-tech start-up and our ambition is to revolutionise existing educational approaches and leverage technology to deliver high-quality healthcare education while significantly reducing costs. We are ambitious and growth focused, but we are also responsible and growing at a rate that is sustainable. 

In addition to providing education and training to tens of thousands of healthcare professionals on demand, for free, we are a regulated Awarding Organisation and Apprenticeship End-Point Assessment (EPA) Organisation approved by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver EPA to apprentices for a growing number of apprenticeship standards in England, predominantly in the health and social care. We are also a Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Approved Centre delivering Scottish Vocational Qualifications to healthcare workers in Scotland. 

As our first Sales Executive, you will play a crucial role in growing the business through identifying new business opportunities as well as upselling to the existing client base. 

This is an exciting opportunity to pioneer a new sales role within our team, with the potential for significant growth and the chance to shape the future of our sales efforts.

You will be responsible for bringing new clients on board and securing a strong sales pipeline, working collaboratively with the Marketing team to create and deliver compelling sales campaigns and proactive social selling.  The ideal candidate should be a confident driven self-starter who can manage themselves to meet and exceed performance targets. 

• Conduct thorough market research to identify potential customers, market trends, and competitive landscape within the higher education sector.

• Generate high-quality leads through various channels, including email campaigns, referrals, networking, and attending industry conferences or events.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior key decision-makers.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering and marketing to align sales efforts with company initiatives.

• Identify opportunities for creative and mutually beneficial collaboration with both education sector and non-education sector partners

• You have a proven track record of successful 360 sales experience from prospecting to closing. 

• You are an excellent communicator and can effectively adapt based on differing audiences.

• You can negotiate well and have a strong record of closing deals, managing contracts and consistently meeting sales targets 

• Self-motivated and driven to succeed, with a passion for driving educational innovation.

• Preferable to have knowledge of the education and apprenticeships industry, including key players, challenges, and trends.

• Some words that we feel describe this role; Customer-focused, Resilient, Enthusiastic

• Can work effectively on multiple tasks and priorities 

• Motivated to grow and thrive in a dynamic start-up environment

We are a remote team so you can work at a place that suits you. We operate across different timezones so flexibility is built in. We focus on outcomes rather than presenteeism and aim for work/life harmony rather than balance. Kids, cats and dogs often show up on our Google Meet calls and we are fans of walking meetings when you don’t need to be at a screen. Of course we’ll supply you all the IT kit of your choosing. We offer a culture that’s supportive and encourages authenticity with inclusion at the heart of our decision making. 

Most importantly, we are united in the mission to provide universal access to free healthcare education and we are unapologetically bold in our aims to transform the sector. 

If you're looking for a career where you can make a real impact, work alongside passionate teammates, and help define the culture and ways of working at an early-stage startup, then FuturU might be the perfect fit for you. Join us on our mission to transform healthcare education and improve healthcare outcomes for all.

Please note we are unable to sponsor visas for this position so are only able to accept applications from those who are based within the UK.

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