Head of Commercial Excellence

Evolve Selection
Leeds
Evolve are partnering with a global healthcare organisation to recruit a Head of Commercial Excellence to lead transformation of its UK & Ireland commercial strategy. This senior role will drive efficiency, profitability, and commercial best practice. Working with senior leaders, you will identify performance opportunities, deliver improvement initiatives, and embed a culture of commercial excellence that accelerates growth and sharper decision-making.

This is a full-time role based in the North West of the UK, with hybrid working requiring three days per week in the client’s head office, enabling close collaboration and strong engagement with senior stakeholders.

Why Apply?

Excellent Salary & Benefits - A competitive starting salary depending on experience, plus exceptional bonus, family healthcare, pension, and more!

Job Stability – Thrive in one of the industry’s most resilient and future-proof organisations.

Closer Collaboration - Work closely with senior leaders, and key decision-makers.

Ideal Requirements for the Head of Commercial Excellence

* Bring a strong Commercial Excellence background in pharma, life sciences, or MedTech, with proven experience delivering high-impact Sales and Commercial Transformation initiatives that shape performance and growth.

* Lead complex, cross-functional programmes in global matrix environments, building alignment across stakeholders and driving delivery from strategy through to execution.

* Turn data into commercial advantage by leveraging CRM, sales, market, and financial insights (e.g. Salesforce/Veeva, Power BI, ERP tools) to produce clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders.

* Influence and inspire across all levels with a confident commercial mindset, combining strong analytical thinking, clear communication, and the ability to drive meaningful change in fast-paced, high-pressure settings.

Role Responsibilities for the Head of Commercial Excellence

* Shape and embed world-class commercial excellence across the UK & Ireland, partnering with Regional and Global teams to localise go-to-market strategy, elevate customer engagement, and build a strong Sales Force Effectiveness culture.

* Turn data into action by designing KPI frameworks and dashboards that simplify complexity, highlight opportunities, and enable faster, smarter decision-making.

* Lead Sales Force Effectiveness transformation—driving segmentation, territory design, sales force sizing, and incentive strategy with sales leadership to unlock growth and productivity.

* Strengthen commercial execution by boosting CRM adoption, data quality, and user engagement, while delivering training and driving continuous improvement across the organisation.

Recruitment Process

2/3 stage interview process

Interview with a hiring manager who is a passionate and experienced leader, values your ideas, mentors your growth, and is committed to helping you succeed in this role.

Excited to learn more? Click apply or reach out to the Pharmaceutical recruitment team for full details!

Evolve is a leading recruitment and outsourcing organisation, operating within the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Medical Device and Life Science sectors.

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic
Posted 2026-04-17

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