Head of New Business

The Opportunity

We are recruiting a New Business Sales Manager to build and lead a new high-performing new business function across Telecoms and IT MSP services. we provide.

This role is about driving growth, not maintaining accounts. You will take ownership of new logo acquisition, shape a scalable sales engine, and lead both field sales members and telemarketing management. The focus is new badge clients with 20+ employees, where structured selling, credibility, and consistency matter.

With over 17 years of trading, ISO accreditations (9001, 14001, 27001), and a broad portfolio across IT MSP, Cyber, VoIP, Connectivity and Mobile, you will have a solid platform to sell from.

What we need is a leader who can turn that into predictable new business performance.

This is a role cover the UK and ideally located close to our Midlands / Peterborough offices. This is not essential but would be a bonus.

What You Will Do

New Business Leadership

• Own and deliver the new business revenue target

• Drive recurring revenue & upfront profit growth

• Build a repeatable sales motion

• Lead from the front on key opportunities and complex deals

• Set clear standards around activity, pipeline, and conversion

• Coach and develop the field sales team to improve close rates

Telemarketing & Pipeline Generation

• Take responsibility for telemarketing strategy and output

• Line manage the Telemarketing Manager

• Set expectations on data usage, call quality, and meeting conversion

• Ensure consistent flow of qualified meetings into the field team

• Align telemarketing messaging tightly with the sales proposition

Sales Process & Performance

• Define and enforce a structured sales process from first contact to close

• Maintain accurate pipeline forecasting and reporting

• Challenge weak opportunities early and protect time on high-value deals

• Drive a culture of accountability, pace, and ownership

Culture & Client Experience

• Build a winning sales culture that clients trust and respect

• Ensure sales behaviours reflect long-term MSP relationships, not short-term wins

• Focus on quality clients with scale potential, not volume for the sake of it

• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure expectations are set correctly

Commercial Discipline

• Maintain margin awareness across all deals

• Push back on poor pricing and misaligned proposals

• Support commercial decisions with data and experience

What We Are Looking For:

  • Proven success driving sales revenue within Telecoms or Managed IT Service space.
  • Strong understanding of IT MSP, Cyber Security, VoIP, Connectivity, and Mobile solutions.
  • Proven track record growing recurring margin and upfront profit in the B2B ICT space.
  • Strong experience with hardware leasing sales
  • Strong commercial insight with confidence in pricing and margin defence.
  • A coach who can get the best of their people
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously under tight deadlines.
  • Highly organised, proactive, and results driven.

Benefits:

  • Competitive basic salary & OTE
  • Mobile phone and laptop
  • Additional holiday linked to length of service
  • Private Health Cover
  • Death in service cover
  • Pension with employer contribution
  • On-site parking
  • Company events and incentives
  • Enhanced leave benefits for key life events, reflecting our commitment to employee wellbeing.

Job Details

Company
Rydal Group
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted