Senior Commercial Manager

ZipRecruiter; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail and financial services organization is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to spearhead a new insurance product rollout. This hybrid role involves driving growth and delivering results across sales and customer engagement while collaborating with internal teams and managing key partnerships.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Private Healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

Colleague discount scheme

Enhanced family leave

Learning & development opportunities

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong commercial or product management experience in any insurance discipline.
• Experience setting commercial budgets and delivering against sales and P&L targets.

Responsibilities

• Own the business plan and drive initiatives to achieve ambitious growth targets.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to shape marketing strategy, pricing, and proposition design.
• Maintain strong partner relationships, ensuring delivery of contractual commitments.

Skills

Commercial Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Results-Driven Mindset

Job description

Job Description

Senior Commercial Manager (Insurance)

Hybrid role - UK

Our client, a well-known retail and financial services organisation, is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to lead the rollout of a major new insurance product. This is a high-impact opportunity for a commercially minded individual from any insurance background to shape the direction of a new offering, drive growth, and deliver strong results across sales, retention, and customer engagement.

Sitting within the Partnership Development team, this role will be pivotal to delivering the client’s long-term growth ambitions in the protection space. The successful candidate will oversee the end-to-end delivery of the new project, working closely with internal teams (marketing, pricing, finance) and managing day-to-day relationships with a key insurance partner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the business plan and drive initiatives to achieve ambitious growth targets
• Collaborate cross-functionally to shape marketing strategy, pricing, and proposition design
• Develop and execute sales and retention initiatives including offers, campaigns and trade drivers
• Maintain strong partner relationships, ensuring delivery of contractual commitments and effective governance
• Oversee compliance activities including fair value assessments, product reviews and customer outcome monitoring
• Support the development of compelling, customer-first propositions

What They’re Looking For:

• Strong commercial or product management experience in any insurance discipline (e.g. Life, Motor, Home, Pet, Travel)
• A background in launching or running, involved in product-led projects or initiatives
• Experience setting commercial budgets and delivering against sales and P&L targets
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and build trusted external partnerships
• A proactive, results-driven mindset with strong communication and stakeholder skills
• Understanding of compliance frameworks and regulatory responsibilities within insurance

What’s on Offer:

• Generous holiday allowance – minimum of 7.2 weeks, with option to buy more
• Private Healthcare and 365-day virtual GP access for you and your family
• Annual bonus scheme linked to performance
• Colleague discount scheme – 10% year-round, rising to 15% on payday
• Enhanced family leave including 8 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Award-winning learning & development opportunities
• Pension scheme and share plan participation

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced insurance professional looking to lead a high-profile project in a fast-paced, customer-focused business. This is a Hybrid role with the expectation of working from home but with the ability to travel to one of our clients offices in Edinburgh and the North East when required. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and enjoy working in a collaborative, values-led environment – get in touch to find out more or apply today.