Job Title: Specialist, Sales HE Selling - MENAT- UAE

Job Description: As a Specialist, Sales HE Selling - MENAT- UAE, you will present product solutions to prospective clients, consult on technology needs for online learning environments, and drive revenue by negotiating and closing new business opportunities. You will build and maintain strong relationships with educators and decision‑makers, deliver tailored product presentations, and collaborate with internal teams to align offerings with market needs. Additionally, you will contribute to strategic bids, provide accurate sales forecasting, and operate effectively in a fast‑paced, matrixed environment while gathering market insights to support continuous growth.

ABOUT US

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always reexamining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

Under Pearson organization, the Growth markets are an exciting, dynamic group of international markets including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Hispano-America and the Middle East regions. Pearson’s Growth markets contain 55% of the world’s population and 60% of the world’s youth population. The middle class in these countries is rapidly expanding and education is a critical part of this transition.

JOB PURPOSE

The Specialist, Sales HE Selling - MENAT- UAE is responsible for developing strategic partnerships with the client base by leveraging Pearson content, assets and partnerships. This person is responsible for maximizing market share and growth in the region as well as establishing large institutional agreements.

The incumbent must be aggressive and active in competitive accounts, as well knowledgeable regarding competition and industry trends. Responsible for proposing and closing engagements that will achieve total revenue growth, profit, and customer satisfaction plans.

Key Responsibilities:

· Presenting solutions capabilities to prospective clients

· Consulting with clients regarding technology and other support issues as it pertains to online learning environment

· Selling and implementing new business models

· Developing and maintaining relationships with existing customers and prospective clients via on-site meetings, telephone calls and emails.

· Superior customer relationship management skills. Demonstrate the ability to build relationships with end users and decision makers.

· Acting as a liaison between the company and its existing and potential markets

· Proven experience negotiating and closing large transactions and/or contracts and achieving a significant growth towards a sales goal. Meeting, giving presentations and information to decision-makers in educational institutions.

· Able to conduct appropriate product presentations tailor-made to teachers’ needs.

· Feeding back to marketing & editorial colleague’s details of market needs to ensure our product is best suited to our customers

· Manage sales for given accounts, understand targets and track sales. Provide accurate sales forecasting.

Key Challenges and Responsibilities: 

· Working in a fast paced and dynamic organization, the ability to change and flex to new ways of working as required. 

· Ability to work in a matrix organization and have the ability to galvanise relationships internally and externally to obtain the best outcomes. 

· Contributing to complex bids with ministry and large educational institutions.

· Strong strategic planning and organization skills (implement and coordinate)

Competencies

Essential:

· Highly motivated and independent worker

· Influencing and negotiating skills

· Effective communication and presentation skills

· Strong organisational, administrative and planning skills

· Target and performance driven

· Self-starter with initiative and commercial awareness

· Commitment and flexibility

· Willingness to travel across the territory

· Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively

· Proficiency in digital and multi-media products

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential:

· Bachelor’s Degree required

· Significant online learning and/or strong consulting experience across a variety industries

Previous Experience

Essential:

· Minimum 3 + years’ experience in a B2B corporate environment, solution selling.

· Consultative sales experience

· Highly proficient in MS Office and using CRM systems

· Desirable:

· Has experience in education industry

· Has experience in publishing industry

IT Literacy

Essential:

· Windows , MS Office, Sales force

· Desirable:

· Promethean Smart Board · Learning management systems. Online home and testing systems · Open and Closed Source LMS

Languages

Essential: Fluency in written and spoken English and Russian

Desirable: Fluency in written and spoken Arabic

Personal Style and Behavior · 

Enthusiastic and self-motivated. The ability to work independently, and to plan and prioritise your own workload. Good interpersonal skills, to build relationships with Pearson staff, customers, distributors and teachers/principals.