Commercial Director, Our Future Health
£93.5-110k
Office located in Holborn, London
Health research programme
Open for applications
Health research programme
201-500 employees
Open for applications
£93.5-110k
Office located in Holborn, London
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.
Role
Who you are
- You will have proven sales leadership experience in a high-growth environment, ideally within life sciences, healthcare, or data-driven organisations
- Ability to build a structured, scalable approach to monetising Our Future Health’s data, ensuring a long-term revenue pipeline
- Experience negotiating and closing high-value commercial agreements, particularly in data licensing, research collaborations, or strategic partnerships
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements in the UK and internationally, including GDPR, data ethics, and industry-specific regulations
- Ability to work collaboratively with marketing, product, and legal teams to ensure the commercial function is aligned with organisational priorities
- Ability to engage and influence senior leaders, C-suite executives, and policymakers in both commercial and government sectors
- Proven ability to build, manage, and scale a sales function, hiring and developing high-performing teams
- Strong analytical skills, with experience using CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot) to track sales performance and refine strategy
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience), preferably in business, life sciences, healthcare, or a related field
What the job involves
- You’ll have the autonomy to build a scalable, sustainable revenue model from the ground up, working cross-functionally with product, marketing, and compliance teams while ensuring every partnership reflects the integrity and ambition of our mission
- Developing and executing a commercial sales strategy that aligns with Our Future Health’s mission and goals
- Leading negotiations and securing partnerships with key customer groups
- Establishing and managing a robust sales pipeline, ensuring consistent revenue growth
- Collaborating with internal teams, including product, legal, and compliance, to structure deals that maximise value while adhering to regulatory guidelines
- Representing Our Future Health at industry events, conferences, and key stakeholder meetings to promote the organisation’s data value proposition
- Managing and developing a sales team as the function scales, ensuring high performance and alignment with business objectives
- Responsible for revenue forecasting, setting sales targets, and tracking pipeline performance, working closely with finance and executive leadership to align revenue expectations with business goals
- Provide key commercial insights to the product and data teams, shaping the road map based on market demand and customer feedback. Your input will be critical in defining data access models, pricing strategies, and new product offerings
- Demonstrate support of organisational compliance requirements, including policies, procedures, and controls. This should include ensuring that all colleagues and those completing work on behalf of Our Future Health (e.g., contractors) understand and fulfil their responsibilities that support compliance
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Millions of people spend too much of their life with poor health, with medical professionals only able to treat diseases when symptoms start to present. But what if later-life diseases could be prevented earlier through a better understanding of public health? Our Future Health is a ground-breaking new study, aiming to collect a blood sample and a short questionnaire from 5 million members of the British public.
One of the two major strands of genomic study in the UK (the other is the Newborn Genomes Program which will be running in parallel), Our Future Health is set to become the largest health research program in the world. With funding from government and the private sector (with particular interest from pharmaceutical investors) it will cement Britain's reputation as a world leader in genomics, and is expected to lead to major advances in the fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other causes of poor health.
Aside from looking for volunteers for the study, Our Future Health is also seeking engineering talent to help build the infrastructure that will gather, analyse and protect the research data. It will be exciting to see how this charity develops and what discoveries emerge from its data in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
131% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
- We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
- Training support to help you achieve your potential.
- All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Raghib Ali
(CEO, CMO & Chief Investigator)Also a Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, and a Research Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.
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