Director of Commercial Sales

Helm Recruit LimitedPeterboroughreedpublished 10/12/2026
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About the company

Some sales leadership roles are about maintaining performance.

This isn't one of them.

If you're motivated by growth, leadership, accountability, and commercial results, we'd love to hear from you.

Your tasks

We're looking for a commercially driven Sales Director to take ownership of a high-growth revenue operation with multiple income streams, established audiences, and huge untapped potential.

You'll inherit talented teams, strong market positioning, and a business that's ambitious about its next phase of growth. Your challenge is simple: build, lead, scale, and deliver.

What you'll be responsible for

  • Leading and developing high-performing sales teams
  • Driving revenue growth across multiple channels
  • Improving conversion, productivity, and sales performance
  • Building a culture of accountability, coaching, and winning
  • Identifying and unlocking new commercial opportunities
  • Using data, insight, and forecasting to drive decisions
  • Partnering with senior stakeholders to shape commercial

Requirements

You've already led sizeable sales teams and delivered impressive revenue growth.

You know how to build high-performance cultures, develop future leaders, and create environments where people consistently exceed targets.

You combine commercial instinct with operational discipline. You're as comfortable coaching on the sales floor as you are presenting growth plans in the boardroom.

You'll likely bring experience from

  • High-ticket B2C sales
  • Education, training, events, coaching, memberships, or similar

sectors

  • Fast-paced, entrepreneurial businesses
  • Founder-led or high-growth organisations

What we offer

Why this role?

  • Genuine influence at senior leadership level
  • Large-scale commercial responsibility
  • Established brand and customer base
  • Strong earning potential linked to performance
  • Opportunity to shape the future growth of the business

This role is for a builder, not a caretaker.

Other

Commercial Sales Director Peterborough | Six-Figure Package + Significant Performance Upside