Head of Growth

Silicon North is building the connective infrastructure for the Northern technology economy.

We're looking for a Head of Growth to help us turn that ambition into commercial scale.

This is a senior commercial role for someone who understands how relationships turn into business. You'll work directly with the founders to grow Silicon North's Partner base, develop larger strategic relationships and find new commercial opportunities across the North and beyond.

This isn't a conventional sales management job.

Silicon North sits across technology, business, events, media and economic development. Our customers and partners range from technology companies and professional services firms to major employers, universities, investors and the public sector.

The opportunity is often bigger than selling a package. It might begin with a partnership and become a regional programme, a campaign or a much larger strategic relationship.

What you'll do

You'll take responsibility for commercial growth across Silicon North.

That means identifying organisations we should be working with, getting us into the right conversations and moving those conversations towards commercial relationships.

You'll develop and sell Partner packages, sponsorships, events and strategic programmes.

You'll work existing relationships as well as creating new ones, and you'll help build a pipeline that gives us greater visibility over future revenue.

You'll also help build and manage a network of Associates across the North and Midlands: credible, connected people who can introduce Silicon North into their own networks and create opportunities in return for a share of the business they generate.

As Silicon North grows, you'll help us understand what's selling, where the strongest demand sits and where new commercial products should be developed.

Who we're looking for

You'll already have a strong network within technology and business.

You'll be comfortable talking to founders and owner-managers, but equally capable of sitting down with a corporate board member, council chief executive or senior public-sector leader.

You need to be commercially sharp without behaving like a salesperson.

Silicon North is built around relationships. Reputation matters. How you bring somebody into a conversation matters. We would rather miss a sale than damage a relationship.

You'll need enough independence to create opportunities yourself and enough judgement to recognise when bringing somebody else into the room will get a better result.

Most importantly, you'll need to understand what we're building and be able to make other people see why they should be part of it.

The role

This is a senior role with considerable freedom to shape how Silicon North grows.

We care more about commercial results than where you sit or how you organise your diary.

The package will reflect the nature of the role, with meaningful upside attached to the growth you create.

We're looking for somebody who wants to help build this, not simply work for it.