Commercial Development Director

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all four nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

Marie Curie is hiring an exciting new role - Commercial Development Director - to develop a UK-wide Caring Services commercial strategy and plan initiatives that brings this strategy to life to achieve commercial revenue targets and increase patient reach and impact.

About the Role

Reporting to the COO this role is key to developing, executing and monitoring a commercially successful Caring Services offering. Working closely with regional leaders this role will identify, create and drive commercially viable opportunities to develop Caring Services.

The Commercial Development Director role is responsible for:

• Undertaking a contract audit to understand the current landscape, identify improvements, simplifications and opportunities to increase geographical reach
• Developing and implementing a UK-wide commercial strategy including pricing, contract models, identifying partnership opportunities and negotiations
• Creating and deploying performance measurements and targets that drive and inform continuous improvement and innovation
• Collaborating with Place leaders and Finance Business Partners to develop the budget and monitor financial performance of the commercial strategy
• Working closely with the UK service re-design program, Closing the Gap, creating a route-to-market strategy and supporting Place leaders with deployment

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a proven leader with a deep understanding of healthcare economics, regulatory landscapes and industry dynamics, with a strong ability to identify, structure and set-up high-value partnerships.

You will need to demonstrate:

• Experience developing, validating and implementing a commercial strategy to drive financial performance and impact
• Experience creating and monitoring commercial performance measurements and communicating these to a variety of stakeholders
• Able to collaborate with stakeholders to support and influence their commercial understanding and increase performance literacy within the organisation
• Experience developing route-to-market strategies for new services or products
• A project management approach to driving commercial change through an organisation

Benefits you'll LOVE:

• Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Industry-leading training programmes
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
• Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
• Access to Blue Light Card membership Subsidised Eye Care