Commercial and Growth Leader – HealthTech, Ref: 077

Role Type

Commercial and Growth Leader / Sales / Business Development / Go-to-Market / Partnership Leader or Director – healthtech, AI, SaaS

Skills / Experience

Sales Strategy, Business Case Development, Sales Assets Development, Outbound Campaigns, Public Sector Procurement, Contract Negotiation, Process Redesign, Cost Optimisation, Stakeholder Management, Project Planning, Supplier Management

Availability

From August 2026

Contract Preference

Contract – full time or part time Fractional

Salary / Rate Expectation

£500 per day (negotiable)

Profile

Senior commercial and growth leader specialising in fractional business development for health-tech, AI, SaaS and regulated digital platforms. Brings a rare combination of strategic market development, partnership building, enterprise sales leadership and NHS system knowledge. Known for building scalable growth engines – designing go-to-market strategies, partnership ecosystems, market-entry models and enterprise positioning that create sustainable revenue. Equally credible with founders, boards, product teams and investors as with NHS executives, clinicians and system leaders. Commercially driven, analytically rigorous and delivery focused.

Key Achievements

  • Enterprise Pipeline Growth – generated £5m+ qualified enterprise pipeline for AI and digital platforms across EMEA.
  • Market Entry Strategy – directed strategic market-entry programs, capturing 3 new sectors and increasing revenue streams.
  • Contract Value Growth – increased average contract value by 20% through enterprise repositioning.
  • AI Revenue – secured over £5m additional income from clinical AI deployments in NHS.
  • Ecosystem Partnerships – built ecosystem partnerships generating over £200k in commercial value

 

Skills

  • Global Business Development
  • Platform and Advisory Commercialisation
  • Partnership Development
  • Complex Stakeholder Selling
  • Thought Leadership
  • Value-based Selling
  • Cross-sector Collaboration

 

System Proficiency

  • Salesforce
  • Hubspot
  • Clay
  • Epic
  • EMIS
  • Stripe
  • Oracle
  • PowerBI
  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Workspace

Experience

 

July ’25 – Feb ’26  Commercial Director

  • Led development and execution of UK digital growth strategy for AI-enabled health tech compliance SaaS platform.
  • Designed segmented market-entry and growth model across multiple regulated sectors.
  • Led the commercial launch of a new digital platform (Dec 2025).
  • Integrated advisory, platform, and assurance services into a unified commercial offering.
  • Established performance frameworks for pipeline, revenue, and adoption tracking.
  • Built ecosystem partnerships to unlock new revenue streams.
  • Represented the organisation at industry events and sector engagement

 

Jan ’25 – July ’25  Sales and Partnerships Director

  • Led strategic sales, marketing, CSM, and partnerships for a UK healthcare cybersecurity start-up.
  • Penetrated 10 new healthcare market segments through ABM-led campaigns.
  • Secured three strategic partnerships to accelerate platform adoption.
  • Increased annual contract value by 20% through enterprise positioning.
  • Built scalable growth and partnership infrastructure.

 

July ’24 – Jan ’25  Senior Healthcare Executive (EMEA)

  • Defined regional digital growth strategy for an AI-powered CX platform, aligned to global digital offerings and enterprise market priorities.
  • Led enterprise digital transformation sales across healthcare and insurance markets.
  • Generated £5m+ in qualified digital pipeline across UK, Germany and UAE.
  • Increased regional market penetration by 15% through targeted digital GTM initiatives, events and enterprise engagement.

 

April ’21 – July ’24  Director of Partnerships

  • Established digital commercialisation strategy for a clinical AI platform, embedding advisory, platform and services models.
  • Developed and commercialised the organisation’s first scalable digital use case, enabling enterprise adoption.
  • Built ecosystem partnerships generating £200k+ in digital and commercial value.
  • Led enterprise digital work-winning activity and platform adoption across large organisations (NHS Trusts).
  • Represented the organisation as a thought leader in digital AI platforms through conferences, panels and industry forums

March ’21 – July ’24  Head of Digital Innovation (AI Centre) NHS (same as below)

  • Led large-scale AI and digital innovation programmes in frontline care
  • Secured over £5 million revenue through clinical AI deployment
  • Led procurements and supplier management for £16.5 million contracts.

 

Sept ’19 – Feb ’21  EHR Benefits Lead – NHS

  • Created persuasive business cases that justified £800 million in investment for a new electronic healthcare record (EHR) system across South East London.
  • Negotiated unprecedented cost reduction targets of £19 million per year with stakeholders to support the EHR business case.

 

Jan ’16 – Aug ’19  Transformation Lead – London Children’s Hospital

  • Led a £2.5 million per year cross-organisational clinical innovation program, delivering and evaluating new mind and body early intervention services for children.
  • Grew a diverse high-performing team of 20 members, including clinicians, data scientists, and researchers.
  • Implemented the successful implementation and adoption of new digital tools and services, leading to improved patient outcomes.

 

May ’15 – Jan ’16 – Policy and Strategy Advisory – NHSE

Jan ’07 – May ’15 – various roles for Civil Service, Banks

 

 

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