Regional Director - Manchester Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 + Car allowance of £6,300p.a.

Location: Field based Contract Type: Full-time, permanent The Regional Director for Manchester is a senior strategic leadership position responsible for building BCS's presence, relationships and pipeline across a defined geography.

Strategic Partnership Management

Develop and implement regional engagement strategies aligned to BCS’s commercial and organisational priorities. Retain executive sponsorship of strategic relationships following contract award, maintaining senior continuity throughout delivery. Refer significant partnership programme opportunities into the Strategic Partnerships, Policy and Programmes pipeline where appropriate.

Collaborate cross-functionally to align regional engagement activity with BCS product, commercial, marketing and service delivery teams. Current Business and Opportunity Development Identify and develop new opportunities relating to organisational membership, apprenticeships, professional registration, enterprise learning and sector partnerships. Lead outreach and engagement strategies that align with BCS’s commercial goals and regional priorities.

Own the regional opportunity pipeline, ensuring rigorous qualification, active progression and regular strategic reporting to the Executive Director. Negotiate and facilitate early-stage partnership and commercial discussions across the region. Represent BCS at external meetings, forums, conferences, roundtables and stakeholder events at the most senior levels.

Market

Intelligence & Strategic Insight Develop deep intelligence across regional trends, policy shifts, competitor positioning and emerging opportunities,



translating insight into strategic recommendations for BCS leadership. Draw on policy context, sector intelligence and market insight provided by the Strategic Partnerships, Policy and Programmes division to inform and strengthen regional engagement activity. Proactively identify strategic risks and opportunities within the regional landscape, making evidence-based recommendations.

Maintain authoritative knowledge of the digital skills, workforce development, professional standards and sector policy landscape. Drive commercial growth through relationship-led opportunity development, building a regional pipeline that feeds into the central delivery and commercial functions. Deliver against agreed strategic performance indicators covering relationship establishment, regional influence, pipeline origination and commercial contribution.

Work closely with the BCS teams during the transition from contract award to live delivery, ensuring relationship context and strategic continuity are preserved. A maintained and active portfolio of executive-level relationships, logged and tracked in Salesforce.

Regional

Pipeline A live and qualified pipeline of commercial opportunities, updated regularly and reported monthly to the Executive Director. Significant partnership and programme opportunities referred into the Strategic Partnerships, Policy and Programmes pipeline with full relationship context and regional intelligence.

Market Intelligence Reports

Regular briefings to the Executive Director on regional trends, opportunities and competitive landscape.

Quarterly Performance Reports

Clear reporting against KPIs covering engagement activity, pipeline development and commercial contribution. #

📌 Branch Supervisor (Permanent Full Time) (Field)
🏢 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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