Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

GlassRatner Executive Search; Toronto; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare services company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, to drive impactful growth strategies and reshape their market engagement. This role requires strong leadership experience in B2B and B2C sales, along with a proven track record of success in the healthcare industry. The ideal candidate will be results-oriented, adaptive, and capable of building strategic relationships. A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a related field is required.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in senior leadership roles in fast-paced industries.
• Proven success in account management and client retention.
• Expertise in managing complex RFPs.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development strategies and market positioning.
• Drive growth strategies and reshape sales and marketing functions.
• Build a formal sales and business development function.

Skills

B2B sales experience

B2C sales experience

Business development

Client retention

Cross-functional leadership

Modern marketing strategies

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field

Job description

Overview

Are you a world-class Sales and Marketing leader who is passionate about healthcare and looking for a role where you can be impactful and make a difference? Do you enjoy developing and leading business development strategies, market positioning, branding, and building a high performing team? If you have an agile mindset, and you thrive in a role where you can be entrepreneurial and transform a business, please read on.

With its head office in Toronto, our client is a fast-growing health services company which provides its services across Canada. They have grown rapidly, and are proud of what they’ve accomplished, however they know they need more structure, a sharper strategy, and next-level leadership in sales and marketing to achieve their long-term goals. With this in mind, they have created a Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing role. This opportunity is ideal for someone who thrives in high-energy, fast-paced environments and understands what it takes to scale a business while building a strong and sustainable foundation.

Reporting to the CEO, you will be part of the Executive team in Canada and will be responsible for leading from the front by driving high-impact growth strategies, reshaping their sales and marketing functions, and helping a dedicated, hard-working team reach new heights. The SVP will define how the business engages with the market, enhances relationships, and positions them as an innovative leader in healthcare services. This is an opportunity to bring vision, discipline, and innovation to a talented team that is ready to evolve—and hungry for what’s next.

This sales and marketing leader will design and execute a long-term sales and marketing strategy, build a formal sales and business development function, a customer centric marketing engine and work cross-functionally with senior leaders to align go-to-market strategies and enable and accelerate cross-functional execution. This executive will be working at a strategic, high level, but will also need to be hands-on and one of the team when required.

In order to be considered for this role, you will possess the following:

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field is required; preference given to experience or higher education
• Solid experience in senior leadership roles in B2B and B2C sales, marketing and business development with an illustrated background in delivering growth in complex and fast-paced industries
• Proven track record of success in account management and client retention, with the ability to build long-term, strategic relationships across multiple customer segments, particularly in the B2B space within healthcare, insurance or similar industries
• Deep experience managing and responding to complex RFPs, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams to craft compelling, competitive, and compliant proposals
• Experience building and scaling commercial functions within both startup (high growth) and larger companies ideal
• Expertise in modern marketing strategies (digital, CRM, analytics) and enterprise sales leadership
• Experience within a healthcare or health tech environment strongly preferred
• Results oriented individual who can work in an unstructured, entrepreneurial environment and is nimble, adaptable, resilient, resourceful, curious as well as a collaborative team player

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a purpose-driven company at a key inflection point. If you’re a builder, a motivator, and a strategist who is looking for extensive responsibility where you will have the opportunity to make a difference, this is the role for you.

Please apply immediately and in confidence to be considered for this role.