Home-based with UK-wide travel
Permanent role with staff and budgetary responsibilities
Salary £105-115k dependant upon experience and proven track-record.
Director-Level Opportunity: Regional Engagement & Growth
A leading UK professional body is seeking a senior strategic leader to shape and elevate its regional presence across the country. This is a rare opportunity to join an established membership‑driven organisation at a pivotal moment of transformation, taking ownership of regional engagement, key account development and market growth.
About the Role
The successful candidate will lead a multi‑disciplinary team responsible for strengthening relationships with major training partners, expanding market share, and enhancing the experience of members and students across the UK. Working as part of the senior leadership group, you will ensure that regional activity is aligned with the organisation’s wider strategy and that local insights meaningfully influence national priorities.
Key areas of focus include:
- Leading high‑performing business development and key account teams to deliver ambitious growth targets.
- Developing a coordinated national approach to managing major training partners and strategic accounts.
- Strengthening regional member engagement through local networks, events, and community‑building initiatives.
- Ensuring regional insights feed into policy development and organisational decision‑making.
- Collaborating with colleagues across learning, technology, service delivery and international teams to ensure a consistent, high‑quality experience for members and students.
- Overseeing relationships with independent regional societies and volunteer networks.
Candidate Profile
We are looking for a commercially minded, relationship‑driven leader with a strong track record in B2B business development, account management or partnership growth—ideally within professional services, education, training, or a membership‑based environment.
You will bring:
- Extensive experience leading business development or client relationship teams across multiple regions.
- Proven success in driving market share growth and delivering exceptional client satisfaction.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- Experience working with member communities, students, or professional networks.
- A collaborative leadership style and the ability to inspire high‑performing teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to represent the organisation externally.
- A good understanding of the UK professional services or finance landscape.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.
This role is moving quickly, if you are interested please apply today.
Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 working days after the deadline, please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.
Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies
