Chief Commercial Officer

Location: City

Job Title: Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Department: Group Commercial

Location: Group-wide / All Unibridge Group Colleges and Institutions

Reporting To: Group Chief Executive Officer

Salary: 100,000 to 135,000 per annum

Line Management Responsibility

The Chief Commercial Officer will provide strategic and operational leadership to the Group's commercial functions, including direct or functional leadership of senior colleagues responsible for Marketing, Admissions, Student Recruitment, Business Development, Commercial Partnerships and Market Intelligence across the Group's colleges and institutions.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Unibridge Group Ltd is the holding company of a growing group of education institutions in the United Kingdom.

The Group includes UK Management College Ltd, a private higher education provider focused on widening participation and delivering partner-validated and franchised degree programmes across campuses in Greater Manchester, the East Midlands and the North-East, together with other colleges and education businesses within the Group.

Each institution operates within its own governance and regulatory framework, with its own leadership and Board responsibilities. The Unibridge Group provides strategic direction, capital allocation and shared commercial leadership across its institutions while supporting the individual identity, mission and development of each organisation.

The Group is committed to measured, sustainable and capacity-led growth. Each institution is expected to be commercially sustainable while maintaining a strong focus on educational quality, regulatory compliance and positive student outcomes.

The Group believes that commercial success should support its educational mission and long-term sustainability. Growth must therefore be evidence-based, deliberate and aligned with institutional capacity. Revenue and recruitment objectives must never take precedence over educational quality, regulatory compliance or the student experience.

Purpose of the Role

The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) is the Group's most senior commercial executive and is responsible for leading the commercial strategy, revenue growth and market development of The Unibridge Group and its colleges and institutions.

The post holder will provide strategic leadership across market intelligence, brand and marketing, student recruitment, admissions, business development, commercial partnerships, pricing, fee-share arrangements and the development of new and diversified income streams.

A key responsibility of the role will be to develop and maintain robust commercial models that support strategic decision-making across the Group. This will include market sizing, demand forecasting, student recruitment and pipeline modelling, pricing analysis, unit economics, income diversification and scenario planning.

The CCO will ensure that commercial growth is measured, evidence-based and aligned with institutional capacity, educational quality, regulatory requirements and student outcomes. The role will work closely with the Group CEO, CFO, Group Board, shareholders and senior leadership teams across the Group.

Commercial success must support the Group's educational mission and long-term sustainability. Revenue or recruitment targets must never take precedence over educational quality, regulatory compliance or the student experience.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Strategy and Leadership

• Develop, lead and deliver the Group's commercial strategy in alignment with the strategic objectives of The Unibridge Group and each individual institution.
• Ensure each college and institution has a clear, evidence-based and sustainable strategy for revenue growth.
• Act as the principal commercial adviser to the Group CEO, shareholders, Group Board and institutional Boards.
• Provide clear and evidence-based advice on market opportunities, commercial risks, growth strategies and investment decisions.
• Establish and maintain Group-wide commercial policies, pricing governance, approval processes and business case standards.
• Ensure commercial activity is aligned with institutional capacity, quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and sponsor…