Sales Manager, Payments

About Phorest

Phorest Salon Software is a global SaaS company powering over 11,000 hair, beauty, spa and aesthetics businesses across the world, with offices in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Finland, Australia and the US. We have ambitious goals: to reach one million salons globally and build a billion-dollar business. Payments are central to achieving that vision, and we're looking for a leader who can take PhorestPay in the UKI region to the next level.

The Opportunity

We're looking for an ambitious and commercially driven leader to shape the next chapter of PhorestPay's growth across the UK and Ireland. As Phorest continues to expand globally, our payments business is at the heart of how we deliver seamless experiences for salons and clinics. This is a rare opportunity to build, scale, and lead a high-impact payments function in one of our most strategic markets - empowering thousands of salon owners to grow their businesses with confidence.

You'll bring deep payments expertise and the leadership to inspire a world-class sales team, all while helping shape the future of fintech in the beauty industry. If you're passionate about innovation, leadership, and making a measurable difference, this is your opportunity to do exactly that.

What You'll Do

• Shape and execute the PhorestPay growth strategy for the UK and Ireland in partnership with senior leadership, aligning with our broader growth and product objectives.
• Inspire, coach, and scale a high-performing payments sales team, setting clear goals, fostering accountability, and driving exceptional results.
• Design and deliver effective go-to-market plans for PhorestPay in UKI, ensuring strong collaboration and alignment across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product.
• Be the subject matter expert on payments, bringing deep knowledge to inform decisions and influence strategic direction.
• Champion innovation and stay ahead of market trends and competitor offerings to ensure PhorestPay remains a leading solution for salons.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders (Product, Marketing, Customer Success) and external partners to ensure operational and commercial excellence.
• Own performance metrics and reporting, providing insight-driven updates on team KPIs, adoption rates, revenue performance, and growth opportunities.
• Identify and remove blockers to ensure the team can reach their goals, from process improvements to addressing customer challenges.
• Hire, develop, and retain top talent within the team, ensuring every team member is supported and motivated to achieve their full potential.
• Represent PhorestPay externally, showcasing our vision for the future of salon payments to partners and clients

Who You Are

• A proven sales leader with 3+ years of direct people management experience in a past-faced environment
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Payments/Fintech Sales or Operations.
• Ability to inspire and motivate a team, articulating a clear vision for the future and driving engagement by leading by example
• Deep understanding of the payments landscape, including merchant services, acquiring, card processing, and integrated payments.
• You combine strategic thinking with a hands-on approach, balancing long-term vision with day-to-day execution and problem-solving
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with critical teams like Engineering, Finance, and Product to prioritise technical payment fixes and influence the roadmap
• Passionate about the hair, beauty, and aesthetics industry and excited by the opportunity to help these businesses grow through innovative payment solutions
• Highly data-driven, and use insights to shape strategy, forecast accurately, and continually drive performance.
• You communicate with clarity and confidence, collaborating effectively with colleagues and presenting comfortably to senior stakeholders.
• Energetic, proactive, and driven by results, bringing both leadership and executional excellence to every challenge

Benefits

Your wellbeing is important to us - we provide private healthcare, 2 Wellness Days, an employee assistance program and a free online GP service.

As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide competitive Compensation, an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection.

  We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets.

We support the women who work in Phorest by offering 2 weeks leave for Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause.

We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits.

We grow our own timber We provide a great learning environment and extensive development opportunities. We run development programs and provide access to many online resources including LinkedIn learning.

Moving house? Phorest employees get 3 moving days.

Phorest is an equal opportunity employer.
 For this position, flexi-time and working from home is possible. We are also open to remote work. Get in touch to ask for more information or to chat about your future with Phorest

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.