HealthTech Commercial Leader – Strategy & Growth, Ref: 104

Role Type

Sales Director | Commercial Lead | Strategy Development

Skills / Experience

Digital Healthcare Strategy | ROI & Value-Based Selling | Go-to-Market Strategy & Execution | SaaS Sales & Platform Deployment

Availability

Immediately Available

Contract Preference

Permanent or Fractional

Salary / Rate Expectation

Negotiable

Profile

 

A commercially astute senior leader with a proven track record of exceeding financial targets and delivering strategic growth across the healthcare and digital health sectors. This candidate brings deep expertise in NHS engagement, AI-driven healthcare solutions, and digital transformation. Known for building high-performing teams, securing major contracts, and aligning commercial strategies with operational execution.

 

From 2014 to 2025, the candidate consistently exceeded financial plans across multiple roles:

  • Consultancy Services (2014–2019): Delivered over £8.06m in revenue, consistently exceeding annual targets by 3–12%.
  • Conversational AI (2019–2021): Secured NHS contracts totalling over £1.5m, including £349k from a single Trust.
  • Patient Engagement & Automation (2021–2022): Overachieved in Year 1 across Northern ICSs and Trusts.
  • Remote Monitoring & Virtual Wards (2022–2023): Delivered strategic growth across UK&I health and social care providers.
  • Clinical Decision Support AI (2023–2025): Secured contracts worth £2m (£1.05m from Providers, £950k from an ICB), with 3,000 share options offered.

 

This candidate has demonstrated success in SaaS, MedTech, and consultancy environments, with consistent overachievement against targets and budgets, and a strong focus on ROI and value for the NHS and public sector.

 

Key Skills

  • NHS Innovation & HealthTech Assessment
  • Business Development & Strategic Partnerships
  • Go-to-Market Strategy & Execution
  • ROI & Value-Based Selling
  • SaaS Sales & Platform Deployment
  • Procurement Excellence & Bidding Strategy
  • Digital Healthcare Strategy
  • Precision Medicine & Risk Stratification AI
  • Clinical Decision Support (CDS) AI
  • Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
  • Conversational AI & Ambient Voice Technology
  • Intelligent Automation (IA) & RPA

Experience

Senior Healthcare AI Director (Oct 2023 – Present) – HealthTech AI

  • Led Go-to-Market strategy for AI solutions in clinical decision support, precision medicine, and risk stratification.
  • Secured contracts worth £2m+ with NHS Providers and ICBs.
  • Developed ROI-aligned sales methodologies based on NHS finance frameworks.

 

UKI Strategic Development Director (Aug 2022 – Oct 2023) – MedTech & Remote Monitoring

  • Spearheaded market development for virtual wards and RPM solutions.
  • Delivered transformation strategies for health and social care providers.
  • Curated business cases aligned with NHS value frameworks.

 

Director, Healthcare (Sep 2021 – Aug 2022) – Patient Engagement & Automation

  • Implemented sales strategy for intelligent automation and patient engagement platforms.
  • Enabled NHS procurement through value-for-money and ROI tools.
  • Achieved platform adoption across Northern ICSs and Trusts.

 

Director, Provider AI (Sep 2019 – Jul 2021) – Conversational AI

  • Delivered end-to-end Go-to-Market strategy for ambient voice tech.
  • Authored NHS briefing paper on reducing clinician stress with AI.
  • Exceeded 165% of sales plan; earned multiple performance awards.

 

Business Development & Partnerships Director (Mar 2014 – Aug 2019) – NHS Innovation Consultancy

  • Led innovation and IP services across NHS and HEI ecosystems.
  • Delivered consistent budget surpluses; developed cloud-based innovation platform.
  • Created multi-year procurement excellence programme for NHS teams.

 

Digital Healthcare & IT Sales Consultant (2007 – 2014) – Various HealthTech Sectors

  • Delivered new business across HR SaaS, GRC, SCM, ECM, BPO, and EPR solutions.
  • Secured contracts and built pipelines across NHS Providers.
  • Developed differentiated bids and commercial strategies.

 

For further information on this candidate please use reference number: 104

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