Commercial Assist Director - R & D, Collab & Sales
The RDCS maintains identifying and nurturing new opportunities and is responsible for the commercialisation of projects, including negotiating with collaborators, partners and customers and overseeing and driving the Commercial strategy and delivery of agreements. This will include leading on a range of relationships and key strategic alliances with senior internal and external stakeholders to shape commercialisation engagement and strategies and ensure delivery of commercial activity for NHSBT. RDCS also drives Commercial innovation, including leading Commercial strategy and Commercial contract negotiations securing R&D, collaboration and sales opportunities for NHSBT. This role is critical to our commercial success, taking responsibility for the vision, strategy, and commercial delivery on behalf of NHSBT.
You will be a vital part of a supportive team, in an organisation that values innovation, teamwork, and professional growth. Your work will not only contribute to our mission of saving and improving lives but also offer a rewarding career path with the potential for development and recognition in a fast-paced and meaningful setting.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will play a leading role enabling NHSBT by maximising research and development (R&D), collaborations, and other activities, including to enable and deliver revenue and sales opportunities that benefit patients, donors, and the NHS. Your responsibilities will include:
* Responsible for commercial strategy regarding, and leading contractual negotiations with, NHSBT's customers and collaborators.
* Being responsible for the delivery of the most highly complex and cross-functionally supported commercialisation activity in NHSBT.
* Leading on a range of relationships and key strategic alliances with senior internal and external stakeholders to shape commercial strategies and ensure delivery of commercial activity across NHSBT.
* Manage complexity, applying judgement and making decisions whilst collaborating effectively with levels within the Commercial Function and across NHSBT.
* Providing strong thought leadership and strategic thinking, collaborate effectively, embrace volatility, and work successfully within a broad and complex organisational structure.
* Managing a variety of complex workstreams, often needing to shift between multiple areas.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.
Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 26th February 2025.
Assessment and Development Centre (ADC) will be held 12th March - subject to confirmation. For more information regarding ADC, please see the attached document.
Candidates successful at ADC are expected to be held week commencing 24th March 2024 subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact Lola Odumosu, Executive Assistant at lola.odumosu@nhsbt.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Master's degree level (e.g. WorldCC) or equivalent demonstrable experience plus evidence of continued professional development.
* Higher than average, demonstrable knowledge of IT skills is required. An up to date understanding of technology and how this can be proactively developed, in order to enhance the deployment and automation of commercial processes.
* Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
Experience
* Significant commercial management experience within a large, multi-disciplined organisation(s).
* Significant experience operating at a strategic level in a senior leadership role, working with multiple stakeholders, developing, and fostering effective partnership approaches, acquired through training and practical experience.
* Proven commercial skills and experience of delivery across the full commercial lifecycle including knowledge and understanding of commercial policies and their practical application as well as the ability to implement the latest commercial methodologies.
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of commercial strategies, intellectual property, and process models and the capability to deploy these effectively across the organisation. The intellectual capacity and capability to seek out better practice and external developments and apply to NHSBT.
* Expert knowledge, understanding and experience of applying / implementing commercial initiatives including development of customer relationships, Key Performance Indicators, Liability, Contracts, and current better practice in this area.
* Expert experience, knowledge and understanding of contract law, terms and conditions, UK legislation, Freedom of Information Act and common law in relation to all aspects of commercial transactions.
* Expert knowledge and experience of operational and strategic commercial management in a large organisation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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