Tes
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • London, UK Job Description Posted Friday 14 March 2025 at 05:00 Title: Head of Partnerships Manager Department: Tes Institute Sales Location: London/Sheffield (Hybrid, 3 days a week in office, 2 days from home) Full time, permanent Salary: £70,000 + 50% OTE Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools' needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: Tes Institute is Tes's accredited teacher training and development organisation. As a Partnership Sales Manager, you will lead B2B and B2B2C business development across our Initial Teacher Training and CPD products. This is a sales-focused leadership role where you'll manage commercial relationships with schools, membership bodies, teacher training providers and more, both in the UK and internationally. You will be responsible for achieving revenue targets, managing a small team, and forging strong internal and external partnerships to drive business growth. This role requires international travel and cross-functional collaboration with Tes marketing, product and operations teams. Key Responsibilities: Lead partnership development with schools, HEIs, and educational institutions Close deals with international partners through strong negotiation Build and manage a pipeline of sales opportunities, tracked via CRM Meet quarterly and annual revenue targets Represent Tes Institute at events and deliver tailored client presentations Conduct market research to identify new territories and strategies Develop and execute international business development plans Collaborate on global marketing campaigns Ensure compliance with relevant education sector standards Manage and grow a high-performing sales team What will you need to succeed? Experience: Proven sales experience in international and education sectors Record of revenue growth via strategy development and execution Ability to negotiate and manage large-scale commercial partnerships Background in managing and developing a successful sales team Experience in CPD or teacher training is advantageous Knowledge: Global education trends and the K-12 system Market research, sales strategy and partnership models Sales processes and international compliance Cultural awareness and adaptability Skills: Strategic thinking and commercial insight High-level communication and presentation skills Strong negotiation and relationship-building capabilities Technical proficiency in CRM and Microsoft Office Willingness to travel internationally What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State-of-the-art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has supported the education sector for over a century and today focuses on providing digital solutions that support wellbeing, development, safeguarding, timetabling, and behaviour management. We serve 13 million teachers and 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. From recruitment and teacher training to CPD and safeguarding tools, Tes is a trusted partner across the global education landscape. We are a 600+ strong team based across 10 offices worldwide, including London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai. Tes is proud to foster a people-centric, agile culture with extensive learning and development opportunities, as well as inclusive values and a shared goal to enable great teaching worldwide. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability. We welcome applicants to get in touch with any specific access or support needs. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,
Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • London, UK Job Description Posted Friday 14 March 2025 at 05:00 Title: Head of Partnerships Manager Department: Tes Institute Sales Location: London/Sheffield (Hybrid, 3 days a week in office, 2 days from home) Full time, permanent Salary: £70,000 + 50% OTE Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools' needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: Tes Institute is Tes's accredited teacher training and development organisation. As a Partnership Sales Manager, you will lead B2B and B2B2C business development across our Initial Teacher Training and CPD products. This is a sales-focused leadership role where you'll manage commercial relationships with schools, membership bodies, teacher training providers and more, both in the UK and internationally. You will be responsible for achieving revenue targets, managing a small team, and forging strong internal and external partnerships to drive business growth. This role requires international travel and cross-functional collaboration with Tes marketing, product and operations teams. Key Responsibilities: Lead partnership development with schools, HEIs, and educational institutions Close deals with international partners through strong negotiation Build and manage a pipeline of sales opportunities, tracked via CRM Meet quarterly and annual revenue targets Represent Tes Institute at events and deliver tailored client presentations Conduct market research to identify new territories and strategies Develop and execute international business development plans Collaborate on global marketing campaigns Ensure compliance with relevant education sector standards Manage and grow a high-performing sales team What will you need to succeed? Experience: Proven sales experience in international and education sectors Record of revenue growth via strategy development and execution Ability to negotiate and manage large-scale commercial partnerships Background in managing and developing a successful sales team Experience in CPD or teacher training is advantageous Knowledge: Global education trends and the K-12 system Market research, sales strategy and partnership models Sales processes and international compliance Cultural awareness and adaptability Skills: Strategic thinking and commercial insight High-level communication and presentation skills Strong negotiation and relationship-building capabilities Technical proficiency in CRM and Microsoft Office Willingness to travel internationally What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State-of-the-art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has supported the education sector for over a century and today focuses on providing digital solutions that support wellbeing, development, safeguarding, timetabling, and behaviour management. We serve 13 million teachers and 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. From recruitment and teacher training to CPD and safeguarding tools, Tes is a trusted partner across the global education landscape. We are a 600+ strong team based across 10 offices worldwide, including London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai. Tes is proud to foster a people-centric, agile culture with extensive learning and development opportunities, as well as inclusive values and a shared goal to enable great teaching worldwide. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability. We welcome applicants to get in touch with any specific access or support needs. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,
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Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • Job Description Posted Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 05:00 Title: Software Engineer Department: Technology Location: Sheffield or London Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office Contact Type: Full time, permanent Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: The Triage function has been created to address a worsening problem at Tes - managing the ever-increasing non-roadmap work, addressing longstanding issues that threaten revenue, and taking responsibility for our aging systems so that other engineering teams can focus on our roadmap priorities. More than just a sideline squad, though, we offer engineers exposure to Tes' entire product and technology stack and an environment where real change is made quickly and directly for our customers. You will be working in a team that actively encourages openness and respect for one another. You will work alongside your team using transparent processes to inspect, adapt and continuously learn and improve. Due to the success of this new engineering function the Triage team is looking to expand so we can continue to deliver the value that our business needs over an even greater product family. Key Responsibilities: Work within a Scrum Team to deliver agreed functionality for Tes staff and customers Be open and willing to change product and technology stack dependent on sprint focus, including languages and environments outside your comfort zone Develop the ability to discuss tickets with non-technical stakeholders and ascertain true requirements Actively participate in scrum events and workshops, including sprint planning and retrospectives What You Need to Succeed Experience Building and maintaining applications at a commercial level in one of the following languages: JavaScript Java PHP C# or another C derivative Interacting with, and managing data in, both relational and non-relational data stores Writing automated integration and unit tests for large or complex applications Knowledge A good understanding of the foundations of software development, language constructs and common design patterns An awareness of how an agile software development team works and the software lifecycle that accompanies that An appreciation for good documentation and an understanding of how to write it Exposure to, or understanding of, the working practices for academic institutions would be beneficial Skills Desire to solve problems in unfamiliar software environments for a range of products Willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages as and when the team requires Strong debugging and investigatory skills for both software and human issues Experience working with QA engineers on a wide variety of products and services Desire to build and maintain relationships with non-technical stakeholders Qualifications Bachelor's Degree or other equivalent, preferably in Software Engineering or a related field, or other industry standard comparable qualifications What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State of the art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme EAP (Employee assistance programme) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has been supporting the education sector for over a century, growing and changing alongside the evolution of education. Today, Tes is focused on providing digital solutions to support school leaders and teachers with wellbeing, continuous professional development, safeguarding, SEND provision, flexibility through timetabling, and pupil behaviour management. Our Vision is to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by creating intelligent online products and services to make the greatest difference in education. Tes has over 13m teachers in its online community and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. Tes helps schools find the teachers they need via a range of recruitment solutions; brings new teachers into the profession through initial teacher training; provides teachers with continuous professional development and world class safeguarding training. It also offers a range of expert tools for the classroom from timetabling, SEND provision, and behaviour management solutions to dynamic staff surveying and wellbeing tools. Tes brings educators together online so they can share expertise and teaching resources and it provides them with vital information, research and analysis about education via its fully digital Tes Magazine. Tes is a global company employing over 600 people and operating across 10 offices, including in London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Dubai. We are proud of our people centric culture where everyone is driven to achieve the same goal. We are an agile organization striving for continuous improvement. We invest in our people with extensive learning and development opportunities and support our colleagues with various mentoring and career enhancement programmes. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support required. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,
Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • Job Description Posted Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 05:00 Title: Software Engineer Department: Technology Location: Sheffield or London Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office Contact Type: Full time, permanent Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: The Triage function has been created to address a worsening problem at Tes - managing the ever-increasing non-roadmap work, addressing longstanding issues that threaten revenue, and taking responsibility for our aging systems so that other engineering teams can focus on our roadmap priorities. More than just a sideline squad, though, we offer engineers exposure to Tes' entire product and technology stack and an environment where real change is made quickly and directly for our customers. You will be working in a team that actively encourages openness and respect for one another. You will work alongside your team using transparent processes to inspect, adapt and continuously learn and improve. Due to the success of this new engineering function the Triage team is looking to expand so we can continue to deliver the value that our business needs over an even greater product family. Key Responsibilities: Work within a Scrum Team to deliver agreed functionality for Tes staff and customers Be open and willing to change product and technology stack dependent on sprint focus, including languages and environments outside your comfort zone Develop the ability to discuss tickets with non-technical stakeholders and ascertain true requirements Actively participate in scrum events and workshops, including sprint planning and retrospectives What You Need to Succeed Experience Building and maintaining applications at a commercial level in one of the following languages: JavaScript Java PHP C# or another C derivative Interacting with, and managing data in, both relational and non-relational data stores Writing automated integration and unit tests for large or complex applications Knowledge A good understanding of the foundations of software development, language constructs and common design patterns An awareness of how an agile software development team works and the software lifecycle that accompanies that An appreciation for good documentation and an understanding of how to write it Exposure to, or understanding of, the working practices for academic institutions would be beneficial Skills Desire to solve problems in unfamiliar software environments for a range of products Willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages as and when the team requires Strong debugging and investigatory skills for both software and human issues Experience working with QA engineers on a wide variety of products and services Desire to build and maintain relationships with non-technical stakeholders Qualifications Bachelor's Degree or other equivalent, preferably in Software Engineering or a related field, or other industry standard comparable qualifications What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State of the art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme EAP (Employee assistance programme) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has been supporting the education sector for over a century, growing and changing alongside the evolution of education. Today, Tes is focused on providing digital solutions to support school leaders and teachers with wellbeing, continuous professional development, safeguarding, SEND provision, flexibility through timetabling, and pupil behaviour management. Our Vision is to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by creating intelligent online products and services to make the greatest difference in education. Tes has over 13m teachers in its online community and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. Tes helps schools find the teachers they need via a range of recruitment solutions; brings new teachers into the profession through initial teacher training; provides teachers with continuous professional development and world class safeguarding training. It also offers a range of expert tools for the classroom from timetabling, SEND provision, and behaviour management solutions to dynamic staff surveying and wellbeing tools. Tes brings educators together online so they can share expertise and teaching resources and it provides them with vital information, research and analysis about education via its fully digital Tes Magazine. Tes is a global company employing over 600 people and operating across 10 offices, including in London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Dubai. We are proud of our people centric culture where everyone is driven to achieve the same goal. We are an agile organization striving for continuous improvement. We invest in our people with extensive learning and development opportunities and support our colleagues with various mentoring and career enhancement programmes. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support required. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,
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Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • Job Description Posted Thursday 12 June 2025 at 05:00 Title: Senior Product Manager Department: Product Location: Sheffield or London Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office Contact Type: Full time, permanent Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Product Manager to lead one or more of our core SaaS products or product lines. In this role, you'll take full accountability for your product's performance, direction, and long-term success-not just through feature development, but through any initiative that delivers measurable value to customers and the business. You'll be expected to lead structured discovery, define high-impact opportunities, and align cross-functional stakeholders. Just as critically, you'll be responsible for closing the loop on value realisation-ensuring initiatives deliver intended outcomes, and adjusting course based on results and insights. You'll thrive here if you combine a strong strategic mindset with the ability to execute in agile, iterative ways. Our product team and wider business are undergoing significant transformation, and this role is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the company and make a real impact in the EdTech market. Key Responsibilities: Own the vision, customer value proposition, roadmap, and performance of your product(s), with clear accountability for outcomes. Drive structured discovery to identify and validate the most impactful opportunities. Be data- and outcome-driven in defining and prioritising initiatives-not just features, but also pricing strategies, onboarding improvements, messaging, or operational enhancements. Coordinate and lead cross-functional initiatives involving teams across product, marketing, commercial, operations, and customer success. Drive fast learning cycles and value realisation through agile iteration and continuous feedback loops. Monitor performance and close the loop: track outcomes, learn from what works and what doesn't, and refine your approach accordingly. Communicate vision, priorities, and progress clearly to a wide range of stakeholders. Mentor other product managers and help shape a high-performing, outcome-driven product organisation. What You Need to Succeed Experience 5+ years in product management, ideally within a complex or multi-product SaaS environment. Proven experience leading strategic initiatives that span multiple functions and genuinely impacting the business trajectory. Knowledge Deep understanding of SaaS business models, performance metrics, and product-market dynamics. Strong command of product discovery methods, agile delivery, and continuous iteration. Familiarity with pricing strategy, onboarding design, and go-to-market coordination. Skills Strategic thinker with the ability to execute at pace. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong analytical mindset; confident using data to support decisions and measure success. Agile, resilient, and growth-minded-thrives in environments of change and transformation. Qualifications Highly Desirable: Certified Product Owner or Certified Product Manager accreditation. Desirable: Any qualifications/accreditations in SAFe or other similar scaled agile framework. Desirable: Has completed training courses in User Centred Design Desirable: Any qualifications/training in Product Analytics and Business Intelligence tools. What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State of the art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme EAP (Employee assistance programme) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has been supporting the education sector for over a century, growing and changing alongside the evolution of education. Today, Tes is focused on providing digital solutions to support school leaders and teachers with wellbeing, continuous professional development, safeguarding, SEND provision, flexibility through timetabling, and pupil behaviour management. Our Vision is to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by creating intelligent online products and services to make the greatest difference in education. Tes has over 13m teachers in its online community and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. Tes helps schools find the teachers they need via a range of recruitment solutions; brings new teachers into the profession through initial teacher training; provides teachers with continuous professional development and world class safeguarding training. It also offers a range of expert tools for the classroom from timetabling, SEND provision, and behaviour management solutions to dynamic staff surveying and wellbeing tools. Tes brings educators together online so they can share expertise and teaching resources and it provides them with vital information, research and analysis about education via its fully digital Tes Magazine. Tes is a global company employing over 600 people and operating across 10 offices, including in London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Dubai. We are proud of our people centric culture where everyone is driven to achieve the same goal. We are an agile organization striving for continuous improvement. We invest in our people with extensive learning and development opportunities and support our colleagues with various mentoring and career enhancement programmes. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support required. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,
Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK • Job Description Posted Thursday 12 June 2025 at 05:00 Title: Senior Product Manager Department: Product Location: Sheffield or London Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office Contact Type: Full time, permanent Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum Tes is an international provider of software-enabled services passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Role overview: We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Product Manager to lead one or more of our core SaaS products or product lines. In this role, you'll take full accountability for your product's performance, direction, and long-term success-not just through feature development, but through any initiative that delivers measurable value to customers and the business. You'll be expected to lead structured discovery, define high-impact opportunities, and align cross-functional stakeholders. Just as critically, you'll be responsible for closing the loop on value realisation-ensuring initiatives deliver intended outcomes, and adjusting course based on results and insights. You'll thrive here if you combine a strong strategic mindset with the ability to execute in agile, iterative ways. Our product team and wider business are undergoing significant transformation, and this role is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the company and make a real impact in the EdTech market. Key Responsibilities: Own the vision, customer value proposition, roadmap, and performance of your product(s), with clear accountability for outcomes. Drive structured discovery to identify and validate the most impactful opportunities. Be data- and outcome-driven in defining and prioritising initiatives-not just features, but also pricing strategies, onboarding improvements, messaging, or operational enhancements. Coordinate and lead cross-functional initiatives involving teams across product, marketing, commercial, operations, and customer success. Drive fast learning cycles and value realisation through agile iteration and continuous feedback loops. Monitor performance and close the loop: track outcomes, learn from what works and what doesn't, and refine your approach accordingly. Communicate vision, priorities, and progress clearly to a wide range of stakeholders. Mentor other product managers and help shape a high-performing, outcome-driven product organisation. What You Need to Succeed Experience 5+ years in product management, ideally within a complex or multi-product SaaS environment. Proven experience leading strategic initiatives that span multiple functions and genuinely impacting the business trajectory. Knowledge Deep understanding of SaaS business models, performance metrics, and product-market dynamics. Strong command of product discovery methods, agile delivery, and continuous iteration. Familiarity with pricing strategy, onboarding design, and go-to-market coordination. Skills Strategic thinker with the ability to execute at pace. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong analytical mindset; confident using data to support decisions and measure success. Agile, resilient, and growth-minded-thrives in environments of change and transformation. Qualifications Highly Desirable: Certified Product Owner or Certified Product Manager accreditation. Desirable: Any qualifications/accreditations in SAFe or other similar scaled agile framework. Desirable: Has completed training courses in User Centred Design Desirable: Any qualifications/training in Product Analytics and Business Intelligence tools. What do you get in return? 25 days annual leave rising to 30 State of the art city centre offices Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World Discounted city centre parking Free eye care cover Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme EAP (Employee assistance programme) Monthly Tes Socials Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu Who are Tes? Tes has been supporting the education sector for over a century, growing and changing alongside the evolution of education. Today, Tes is focused on providing digital solutions to support school leaders and teachers with wellbeing, continuous professional development, safeguarding, SEND provision, flexibility through timetabling, and pupil behaviour management. Our Vision is to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by creating intelligent online products and services to make the greatest difference in education. Tes has over 13m teachers in its online community and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries. Tes helps schools find the teachers they need via a range of recruitment solutions; brings new teachers into the profession through initial teacher training; provides teachers with continuous professional development and world class safeguarding training. It also offers a range of expert tools for the classroom from timetabling, SEND provision, and behaviour management solutions to dynamic staff surveying and wellbeing tools. Tes brings educators together online so they can share expertise and teaching resources and it provides them with vital information, research and analysis about education via its fully digital Tes Magazine. Tes is a global company employing over 600 people and operating across 10 offices, including in London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Dubai. We are proud of our people centric culture where everyone is driven to achieve the same goal. We are an agile organization striving for continuous improvement. We invest in our people with extensive learning and development opportunities and support our colleagues with various mentoring and career enhancement programmes. Tes Global will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support required. Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK,