Regional Publishing and Key Account Propositions Director

• Salary:

Competitive
- Location:

Cambridge, Madrid
- Country:

Spain, UK
- Business Unit:

English
- Vacancy Type:

Permanent
- Closing Date:

4 January 2026

Emma Barrett

Salary: Competitive

Location: Cambridge, UK or Madrid, Spain

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – 35 hours per week

Are you passionate about expanding access to high-quality learning and assessment? Join us as our Regional Publishing and Key Account Propositions Director, where you will lead the development of tailored propositions for emerging markets and key customers—delivering on our Affordable and Accessible ambitions and shaping the future of English language learning.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As part of the Propositions senior leadership team, you will lead strategic initiatives that support market expansion and customer growth. You will oversee the development of new and adapted learning materials and assessments, ensuring they meet the needs of diverse learners and deliver measurable impact.

You will significantly contribute to the business's growth strategy, ensuring that English offerings meet the unique needs of new markets and segments, thereby expanding our reach, enhancing our competitive edge and delivering on our significant commercial ambitions over the next five years.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead strategic growth
  
  Develop and deliver regional publishing and key account strategy and business plans aligned with our Affordable and Accessible strategy, ensuring commercial success and long-term impact.
• Expand into new markets
  
  Identify emerging opportunities and lead proposition development tailored to local needs, working closely with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Collaborate for success
  
  Partner with Commercial, Technology, and Core Portfolio teams to deliver integrated solutions that meet customer expectations and drive innovation.
• Use insights to inform strategy
  
  Commission and apply market research, competitor analysis, and impact studies to guide decision-making and validate proposition effectiveness.
• Manage product lifecycles
  
  Oversee the full lifecycle of propositions, ensuring sustained growth, timely evolution, and effective retirement of products.

About you

You are a strategic and commercially minded leader with a deep understanding of educational publishing or EdTech. You thrive in dynamic environments and are motivated by the opportunity to make a global impact.

You are someone who can lead with vision, build strong partnerships, and deliver results in complex international contexts. You will be confident navigating ambiguity and driving innovation.

You will bring:

• Proven experience in senior leadership within educational publishing or EdTech, especially in emerging markets.
• Strong strategic planning and business development skills.
• Expertise in product lifecycle management and proposition design.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• A passion for accessibility, affordability, and inclusive education.

We welcome applications from candidates who are able to work from either our Cambridge office or our Madrid office.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 4th January 2026. First round interviews are scheduled to take place either week commencing 12th or 19th January 2026. Second round interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 26th January 2026.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.