Head of Commercial in Thurnscoe
Posted by Cherry Professional
£70,000 – £90,000 a year
Thurnscoe · Permanent · Remote working
Location: Yorkshire / UK Hybrid (Predominantly Remote)
Salary: up to £90,000 + Bonus + Benefits
OTE: £115,000 - £140,000+
Lead the Commercial Growth of a New Embedded Finance Venture An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially driven leader to join a fast-growing and innovative business as Head of Commercial.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will take ownership of the commercial launch, growth and scaling of an exciting embedded finance proposition, playing a pivotal role in transforming a high-potential product into a standalone, revenue-generating business unit.
This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor of a new venture, shaping strategy, securing key partnerships and building the commercial function from the ground up.
The Opportunity As Head of Commercial, you will be responsible for driving revenue growth, establishing strategic partnerships and creating the commercial framework required to support long-term success.
This is a highly visible position with significant autonomy and influence. You'll work closely with senior leadership while taking ownership of commercial decision-making and execution.
For the right individual, this role offers a genuine opportunity to build and lead the future commercial function as the business scales.
Key Responsibilities Commercial Leadership
- Own the commercial performance and growth of the embedded finance proposition.
- Develop and execute the commercial strategy.
- Create scalable routes to market.
- Deliver agreed revenue, origination and growth targets.
- Identify, secure and manage key strategic partnerships.
- Negotiate commercial agreements and frameworks.
- Build relationships across lenders, brokers, introducers, distributors and ecosystem partners.
- Act as an external ambassador for the business.
- Develop pricing strategies and commercial structures.
- Drive customer acquisition initiatives.
- Identify new market opportunities and routes to growth.
- Monitor market trends and competitive developments.
- Establish commercial processes, governance and reporting.
- Build forecasting, pipeline management and KPI frameworks.
- Develop scalable infrastructure capable of supporting rapid growth.
- Implement metrics to measure commercial effectiveness and performance.
You will likely bring:
- Significant commercial leadership experience.
- A proven track record of launching, scaling or commercialising new propositions.
- Strong partnership development and revenue generation experience.
- Experience within Financial Services, FinTech, Lending, Mortgages, Embedded Finance or PropTech.
- Experience operating within high-growth, entrepreneurial or scale-up environments.
- Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong commercial acumen combined with a hands-on approach.
- Entrepreneurial and opportunity-focused.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and change.
- Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
- Commercially creative and solutions-driven.
- Confident working autonomously and making decisions.
- Naturally collaborative and relationship-oriented.
- Base Salary: up to £90,000
- Annual Bonus: Up to 25%
- Private Healthcare
- Hybrid Working
- Significant career progression opportunity
- Potential to build and lead the future commercial function
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