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Zen Educate is a fast-growing UK edtech company building a digital platform that helps schools find, vet, and manage temporary educators. The platform gives school leaders real-time control over hiring, booking, and compliance—addressing a £2bn annual spend on agency staffing across UK schools.
You will join as Regional Director for the South West (Exeter/Truro), leading a high-performing team and driving the next phase of commercial growth. This is a people leadership role focused on building systems, coaching managers and individual contributors, and scaling regional operations.
In your first 6–12 months, you will:
- Take over an established, successful team from a leader progressing within the company
- Become expert in customer pain points and how the platform solves them
- Identify and execute the biggest growth opportunities within each team
- Develop playbooks and operating procedures that balance customer experience with operational efficiency
- Align strategy and process with central functions while rolling out regional initiatives
The company is 500+ people, well-funded, and operating across the UK, US, and Canada with strong unit economics. The culture emphasizes mission-driven impact over mercenary growth, first-principles reasoning over best-practice replication, and building systems rather than relying on individual heroics.
You will work closely with co-founder Oren and a passionate leadership team committed to improving education outcomes.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven track record as a leader who coaches both managers and individual contributors to excellence
- Demonstrated ability to set high bars, build systems, and hit growth targets simultaneously
- Comfort aligning strategy and process with central supporting functions
- Passion for real-world impact on education systems
- Process-led, hyper-structured approach to planning and execution
- Ability to think big (3-year transformation mindset) rather than incrementally
- Skill in finding simple answers to complex problems and out-maneuvering competition
- Experience managing and developing teams at scale
