Commercial Development and Relationships Director

The Drinkaware Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 105,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading alcohol charity in London is looking for a Commercial Development and Relationships Director to spearhead stakeholder and media engagement. The role requires a strong background in senior stakeholder management, strategic communications, and data analysis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team aiming to reduce alcohol harm by influencing public perceptions and behaviours. The successful applicant will help shape impactful communications strategies. Applications close on January 9th, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior, commercially-focused stakeholder management roles.
• Background in strategic communications.
• Ability to work with data and view situations from multiple angles.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts around stakeholder and media engagement.
• Frame work using strategic communications to various stakeholders.
• Collaborate across a complex landscape to drive behaviour change campaigns.

Skills

Senior stakeholder management

Strategic communications

Data-driven decision making

Partnership management

Job description

£105,000 - £110,000 per annum on a full-time, permanent basis.

This role is based at 35 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SE, and requires at least two in-office days per week.

Occasional travel may be required.

As a society, our relationship with alcohol has shifted over the last 20 years. Many things have improved, particularly the number of young people choosing to moderate, the significant increase in the uptake of low alcohol and alcohol-free products, and a reduction in binge drinking.

However, some trends are moving in the wrong direction, including the recent rise in alcohol specific deaths. As a society, community, and as families, we need to be able to talk more confidently, openly, and honestly about alcohol and the part it plays in our lives. Making that more possible is our task.

Drinkaware is the UK’s leading alcohol charity. Our mission is to use our expertise to give government, industry, communities and individuals the knowledge and support to make informed decisions about alcohol and how to reduce the harms it can cause.

We’re a unique charity, with bold ambitions to reduce alcohol harm in partnership with those around us. We’ve also been through substantial change over the last two years and have brought together a strong team of skilled senior leaders to help deliver ongoing transformation.

Our new Commercial Development and Relationships Director will play a vital role in leading our efforts around stakeholder and media engagement alongside external affairs. Our work begins with research, evidence and impact so we are looking for people who can work with data and are able to view things from different angles. You will bring a background in senior, commercially-focused stakeholder management roles, with experience of strategic communications to frame our work to a range of influential interested parties.

This is a great time to join Drinkaware, as we work more dynamically and collaboratively across a complicated landscape, harnessing the power of partnerships, of behaviour change campaigns, and of high‑quality research and insight that helps more people drink below the low‑risk drinking guidelines.

If you want to be part of this, and believe you have what it takes, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

The closing date for applications is Friday 9th January 2026.