Head of New Relationships

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Head of New Relationships to join our Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement (MFE) directorate. This role will play a key role, leading the transformation of our New Relationships Team so that it is insight led and understands the needs of our supporters. In partnership with Heads across Relationship Management and under the guidance of the Department Director, you will lead and transform a team of supporter acquisition, new business and sector experts. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a high-value pipeline of prospects, driving the acquisition of new relationships, and long-term partnerships that deliver transformational impact for CRUK. What will I be doing?

• Develop and deliver the multi-year Relationship Management & Sponsorship acquisition strategy, setting the vision and ambition that will ensure CRUK secures transformational long term strategic partners, individuals and groups who come together to Beat Cancer and create impact across CRUK.
• Embed and optimize the use of Salesforce CRM and data insight tools to drive high level of growth.
• Collaborate with the Relationship Management, MFE & CRUK Leadership Teams to identify priority audiences & sectors, trends, areas and new mid to high value strategic prospects to secure new & support the renewal of partnerships
• Work to maximise the impact and engagement of the Corporate Board & their networks
• Be fully accountable for the team's performance and delivery of financial and non-financial targets
• Lead your management and extended team teams through a significant cultural and capability shift towards a genuinely audience-centric approach, Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  Extensive experience of new business or sales environments, with a sound understanding of moving customers or supporters through a pipeline to bring in new income and growth.
• Extensive experience of creating propositions
• Relevant knowledge of the external market and experience working within commercial and/or community environments.
• Strong understanding and appreciation for the value of brand and how to position that to perspective partners/ individuals
• Significant experience of creating and leading fast paced large, high performing, multi-disciplined teams, working across a range of projects for prospective new relationships, with a track record of delivering results.
• Significant experience of developing strategies and delivery through implementation plans.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills with a strong ability to build networks and foster relationship internally and externally
• A willingness and ability to travel across the UK
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. By been committed to Cancer Research UK's vision you will help to bring about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.