Chief Commercial Officer - Michael Page UK - London

Founded in 2011, this challenger business has achieved significant growth and success. With an impressive leadership team already in place and significant investment backing, they now need an experienced and capable COO to help them achieve their aggressive growth plans to become a Global leader in their field.

With a unique vision to provide unparalleled trading conditions, advanced education and state-of-the-art trading tools they are well set to continue their proven success in providing customers and partners an industry leading service and range of products, tailored to suit every market they operate in.

They are passionate about what they do and are in a strong position to deliver against expectations and this represents an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to work for a successful, ambitious and entrepreneurial organisation.

Job Description
The Chief Commercial officer will be responsible for the strategy and management of both the Sales and Marketing departments. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

Leadership: Deliver strategic leadership for defining the commercial path to growth and profitability of the company and the establishment of an effective growth process and infrastructure. Develop collaborative working relationships within the organisation in pursuit of the of the company’s overall business goals.

Marketing: As a marketing driven business, you will lead the development of the Company’s marketing strategy with an emphasis on achieving market penetration and revenue growth with particular focus on cost-effective customer acquisition and market demand generation.

Sales: Develop and implement the Company’s sales strategy across key market segments to ensure that the Company identifies and optimises a clear path to aggressive growth. Assess, build and manage an array of necessary channels capable of delivering on the Company’s growth objectives. Control of the achievement of KPI’s and business growth. Responsible for the full cycle of sales and business development from a planning, execution, management and control perspective.

Business Development: Develop a strategy and provide leadership for enterprise-wide business development opportunities. Originate and manage business development opportunities that are consistent with the Company’s strategy for revenue growth. Business trips to support global operations.

The Successful Applicant
The Chief Commercial Officer should:

• Have a proven track record of delivering growth in a senior commercial role gained within the B2C Financial Services sector, experience of FX trading is an advantage but not essential.
  


• Have a thorough understanding of growing existing and new markets through innovative Marketing, and Sales strategies
  


• Be a capable leader of people, able to build and develop Best in class teams
  


• Have experience in developing and executing successful go to market commercial strategies.
  


• Have the ability to think creatively and develop non-traditional solutions to complex business challenges
  


• Possess outstanding influencing and relationship skills
  


• Demonstrate strong negotiation and analytical skills
  

What’s on Offer

• A flexible salary up to £150,000 based on experience.
  


• Significant bonus and long term incentives
  


• Role based in London or Cyprus (relocation available if appropriate)