Commercial Director
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Why Join Tops Day Nurseries?
At Tops Day Nurseries, we’ve been shaping futures since 1990. As the UK’s largest employee-owned childcare group, we know that valuing people is the key to success. When you join us, you become more than an employee you become a co-owner with a voice, opportunities to grow, and a share in our success.
With over 30 nurseries across the South of England, we provide outstanding early years education and childcare for babies, toddlers, and preschool children. With opportunities for Apprenticeship, Nursery practitioners, Nursery Managers & Casual staff, we are always looking for passionate individuals to join us.
We’re proud to be recognised as a World’s Happiest Workplace 2025 and one of the Top 10 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK (2024).
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Commercial Director to lead and accelerate revenue growth across our organisation. This is a pivotal executive role, responsible for shaping and delivering our revenue strategy across sales, marketing, customer acquisition, partnerships, product, and talent development.
The Commercial Director will play a key role in strengthening long-term, sustainable growth for the business, helping to expand our impact in the early years sector. Reporting directly to the CEO and operating as a core member of the executive leadership team, the Commercial Director will have significant influence over the company’s commercial direction and financial performance.
The Commercial Director will develop and execute a comprehensive revenue strategy aligned with the organisation’s goals, ensuring all revenue-generating activity is cohesive and high-performing. They will lead, inspire, and develop commercial and talent teams, oversee workforce planning and recruitment, and strengthen the organisation’s employer brand. The Commercial Director will drive operational excellence through forecasting, budgeting, performance management, and sales operations, while identifying opportunities for innovation, market expansion, and new revenue streams. As a member of the executive leadership team, the Commercial Director will contribute to company-wide strategy, manage revenue-related risks, champion a customer-first and collaborative culture, and provide clear, insightful reporting to the CEO and Board, ensuring long-term growth and a meaningful impact on the children, families, and communities we serve.
About You
- Proven senior commercial leadership experience (Commercial Director, VP Revenue, or equivalent)
- Demonstrable success in driving sustainable revenue growth
- Strong leadership experience across sales, marketing, and commercial teams
- Strategic, data-driven, and commercially astute
- Comfortable operating at executive and board level
- Values-led, collaborative, and aligned with the principles of employee ownership.
- Knowledge of Government framework around Early Years.
- Previous experience in Education (Advantages)
Location: Southbourne, Dorset & hybrid
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Permanent / Full-time
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