Commercial Director
Wise Monkey Recruitment ltd
Hybrid / London with UK travel
Competitive Salary + Benefits
Full-Time | Permanent
Our client is a growing, influential national membership organisation representing a significant sector of the UK economy. Their members collectively contribute billions to the UK economy, employ a substantial proportion of the private sector workforce, and play a vital role in long-term economic growth and sustainability.
As the organisation continues to expand its national influence, they are seeking an ambitious and commercially focused Commercial Director to lead growth across membership, partnerships, sponsorship and stakeholder engagement.
This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to work directly with senior business leaders, shape commercial strategy, and contribute to an organisation with genuine national impact.
If you are energised by relationship-led business development, strategic growth, and building meaningful partnerships - this could be the opportunity for you.
The Role
This is a commercially driven leadership role responsible for growing membership, developing strategic partnerships, increasing stakeholder engagement and creating sustainable revenue opportunities.
Working closely with senior leadership, you will help shape and deliver ambitious growth plans while enhancing the overall stakeholder experience.
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and requires someone comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Driving membership acquisition and retention strategies
- Developing and managing corporate partnerships and sponsorships
- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and external partners
- Identifying and launching new commercial opportunities, products and services
- Supporting high-profile national events and engagement initiatives
- Enhancing stakeholder journeys through CRM systems, data and technology
- Collaborating across teams to improve engagement, experience and revenue growth
- Supporting wider organisational growth and influence initiatives
We are looking for a dynamic commercial leader with a strong track record in relationship-led business development. You may come from a membership organisation, professional body, recruitment, consultancy, events, training, media, partnerships or stakeholder engagement background.
You will bring:
- Proven success in business development, commercial partnerships or membership growth
- Strong experience engaging with Board-level and C-suite stakeholders
- Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills
- Commercial awareness with the ability to identify growth opportunities
- A proactive, entrepreneurial and solutions-focused mindset
- Experience working within agile, fast-paced organisations
- Strong CRM and stakeholder management capability
- Confidence leading initiatives from strategy through to delivery
- The ability to balance commercial outcomes with long-term relationship building
This is a rare opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at an exciting stage of growth and development. You’ll play a key role in shaping future strategy, driving national engagement, and building relationships with influential senior leaders across the UK.
In return, you’ll benefit from:
- A highly autonomous and visible role
- The opportunity to shape strategic growth initiatives
- Exposure to influential business leaders and decision-makers
- A collaborative and purpose-driven environment
- Genuine scope to make a measurable impact
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