Chief Commercial Officer

South London and Maudsley has exciting plans to further expand and develop a range of commercial activities, whilst ensuring these are rooted in the core values of the organisation and its primary mission to deliver outstanding mental health care.
As the CCO, you will play a key role in helping to shape the future of our organisation, leveraging the assets of the Trust for the benefits of our patients, carers, their families, communities and our staff. Your leadership will be compassionate, inclusive, and focused on improving people's lives and mental health through commercially sustainable ventures and enterprises, locally, nationally and overseas
With your energy, insights, and commitment to innovation, you will be a positive catalyst for change. Alongside our Board of Directors and the Executive Leadership Team, we will work towards our goal of delivering outstanding mental health care, as outlined in our five-year Trust strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives., The Chief Commercial Officer will be accountable to the Chief Executive and will provide leadership to the Trust's range of commercial activities. The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the development, delivery and expansion of the Trust's Commercial, International and Education strategies, with the aim of improving people's lives and mental health through commercially sustainable ventures and enterprises, locally, nationally and overseas.
The post holder will be expected to lead the Commercial Directorate in helping to build on the Trust's strengths; its national and international reputation for delivery, development and research of mental health services. This will require expanding the depth and scope of the current commercial developments where there is potential for growth, increased income generation, and innovation, whilst acting as a recruitment and retention aid for the whole organisation.
The post holder will be expected to have a background in commercial activities and an understanding of the history and culture of the organisation, in order to leverage the assets of the Trust for the benefits of our patients, carers, their families, communities and our staff., The Chief Commercial Officer will oversee an exciting and dynamic portfolio, including leadership of:
+ Maudsley Enterprise, responsible for developing and delivering home grown commercial initiatives, including Maudsley Learning and Maudsley Private Care.
+ Business development functions, including developing nascent marketing, sales and bid/tender writing teams.
+ Innovation initiatives, including engagement with the worlds of non-research funding and investment.
+ Protection of the intellectual property of the Trust in any form that takes.
+ International venture liaison and development, including the delivery of existing projects (Maudsley Health, UAE), and the identification and development of new opportunities overseas.
+ The development and implementation of a Strategic Estates strategy for the Trust, with the aim of maximising financial sustainability and clinical effectiveness.
+ The development and implementation of a Joint Commercial Strategy with our key academic partners to maximise innovation and the impact and spread of research and related activities.
+ Coordinating, developing and implementing the Trust's Education Strategy, in partnership with the People and OD Directorate and other professional education leads.
The post holder will be a non-voting member of the Trust Board and be expected to play a significant role in the corporate affairs of the organisation as an Executive Director. They will work in line with the NHS leadership competency framework for board members to ensure delivery of high-quality clinical and corporate services.
Further information, including the person specification, is available in the Candidate Brief.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working., SLaM is world renowned for its pioneering work in mental health. We are the first port of call for helping shape mental health research and innovation around world. We provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, and we continue to strive to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing - locally, nationally and globally.
We serve a local population of 1.3 million people in south London, as well as providing specialist services across the UK and beyond. Internationally, Maudsley Health is our collaboration with MACANI Medical Centre in Abu Dhabi, to bring the highest quality mental health services to the Middle East.
Our unique scope is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training. We deliver this through close collaboration with our academic partners and neighbouring health providers, including King's Health Partners and the Institute or Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
Our strategy Aiming High, Changing Lives focuses on key ambitions where we believe we can have the greatest impact on improving people's lives. Running through all our ambitions is our deep commitment to anti-racism, underpinned by an organisational commitment to be a leader in anti-racism within mental health care by 2026.
The post holder will provide overarching leadership for the running and development of the Commercial Directorate, ensuring it supports the Trust's vision and operates in line with the organisational values.