Growth Manager / Sales Lead

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Growth Manager / Sales Lead - Research Cultural Heritage Explorer within History Cultural Heritage Explorer is an AI-enabled discovery platform currently focused on early printed books, prints and related visual/textual cultural heritage materials, with the potential to expand into wider cultural heritage collections and markets. The Growth Manager / Sales Lead will support the project's commercial validation, partner engagement and market development activity. Reporting to Professor Sandy Wilkinson, the postholder will help build awareness among research, higher education, library and cultural heritage organisations, while exploring commercial viability in adjacent sectors including the creative industries, AI training/evaluation datasets, EdTech, publishing and AR/VR tourism. The role will support trial-partner engagement, identify and qualify sales leads and additional trial partners, maintain a contact pipeline/CRM, prepare outreach and demo materials, and gather feedback on adoption, procurement and licensing issues. A final handover report will summarise outreach, partner feedback, market opportunities, risks and recommended next steps. Salary: 47,600 to 49,690 per annum Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 01/07/2026Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned. Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

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