Chief Executive Officer, UK Education Strategy in York

This is a senior executive appointment for a leader who can provide strategic direction, operational leadership, and business accountability for a defined UK education division. The role is designed for an experienced executive who can align long-term strategy with day-to-day execution, strengthen organisational performance, and lead cross-functional teams through growth and operational scale.

The Business Problem You’ll Help Solve: As the UK education business grows, it requires clear executive leadership to align strategy, planning, operations, and performance across functions. This role exists to ensure the division has the leadership structure, decision-making discipline, and execution capability needed to scale effectively while maintaining quality and commercial focus.

Why Your Background Matters: Your background may be especially relevant if you have led a business unit, division, education group, or multi-site operation with accountability across strategy, operations, performance, and cross-functional leadership. This role will suit executives who can translate organisational priorities into measurable outcomes and lead teams through complexity, growth, and change.

What You’ll Be Trusted To Do:

• Set and lead the strategic direction of the UK education division in alignment with wider organisational priorities.
• Hold executive accountability for divisional planning, operating performance, and execution of key initiatives.
• Lead senior cross-functional collaboration across planning, finance, recruiting, sales operations, and technical or product stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain an effective operating rhythm including business reviews, planning cycles, decision forums, and performance metrics.
• Oversee the execution of growth and operational improvement initiatives across the UK division.
• Provide executive leadership to senior managers and functional leaders, ensuring alignment, accountability, and pace of delivery.
• Translate business performance data into executive decisions, resource priorities, and action plans.
• Represent the UK division with senior internal stakeholders and, where relevant, governance or board-level stakeholders.

Who Benefits From Your Work: Your leadership supports the UK education division, its leadership team, cross-functional partners, and the wider organisation by creating stronger alignment between strategy, execution, and business performance.

What Success Looks Like:

• The UK division operates with clear executive accountability and decision-making discipline.
• Strategic priorities are translated into structured plans and measurable outcomes.
• Business reviews, planning, and performance management processes are effective and repeatable.
• Cross-functional teams are aligned around delivery priorities and growth objectives.
• The division improves operational consistency, scalability, and business performance over time.

What We’re Looking For:

• Significant senior leadership experience in education, EdTech, strategy, operations, or a related business environment.
• Experience leading complex organisations, business units, or divisions with cross-functional accountability.
• Strong commercial judgement and ability to connect strategic priorities to operational performance.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders, boards, trustees, or equivalent senior governance structures.
• Ability to analyse business performance, identify strategic priorities, and drive action through teams.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organisational judgement in fast-moving environments.

Experience That Would Be Especially Valuable: Relevant backgrounds may include:

• Divisional leadership in education or EdTech.
• Managing director or general management roles.
• Executive strategy and operations leadership.
• Multi-site education operations.
• Consulting-backed transformation in education or services environments.
• Equivalent experience will also be considered where candidates can demonstrate executive leadership scope and measurable business impact.

What Makes This Opportunity Attractive:

• Executive-level ownership of a defined UK education division.
• High-impact role combining strategy, operations, and growth execution.
• Opportunity to shape organisational structure, rhythm, and performance at scale.
• Broad visibility across leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Remote UK model with meaningful strategic scope.

How to Apply: Apply through the employer’s designated application process. Sensitive identity, right-to-work, or payroll information should only be requested at the appropriate stage and where legally required.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Applications are welcomed from qualified candidates with relevant skills, passion and experience. Selection decisions should be based on role requirements, capability, and experience.