Planning and Commercial Development Lead

Package Description

Alongside a competitive salary of £55-£65,000, you will also receive:

* Discretionary on-target bonus of 10%. Up to a max 20% based on performance

* 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)

* 25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays (option to buy/sell 5 days)

* Private Medical Cover

* Healthcare cash plan

* 6x salary death in service

* Paid volunteering day

* A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with an NHS-registered, private GP

* Employee Assistance Programme

* A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers

Job Introduction

The Planning and Commercial Development Lead plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our growth ambitions across all our markets. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Business Development, Marketing, Underwriting, and Finance, you will develop, implement, and track commercial plans that drive sustainable growth, improve member experience, and increase market share.

You will provide support for Transformation projects as required, as working across the planning team to enable the team to support Transformation effectively.

This is a high impact role, central to building long term commercial capability and ensuring all our markets are well positioned for future success.

Main Responsibilities

* Develop a deep understanding of regional markets and member needs to identify and prioritise key segments, aligning them to overall corporate strategy

* Translate corporate objectives into clear, actionable commercial priorities for each market and segment

* Lead the planning cycle by identifying required resources, priorities, and business commitment to deliver commercial plans

* Combine market analysis, forward looking projections, and member insights to create robust, data driven market and segment plans

* Use financial and performance metrics to ensure Divisional and departmental resources are aligned with expected commercial returns

* Monitor progress against targets and KPIs, managing budgets and producing monthly performance reports against agreed plans

* Support transformation projects with requirements identified through the planning cycle.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have:

* A proven ability to work cross functionally within a matrix environment, influencing and collaborating with senior stakeholders

* Experience of supporting change programmes, or contributing to organisitional change

* Strong communication skills, with confidence presenting complex information to peers and senior leaders

* Experience translating data and insight into effective commercial plans and propositions

* Excellent negotiation and influencing skills

* The ability to apply commercial thinking and structured problem solving to complex challenges

* Experience within a sales and/or marking team is desirable.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match 100% of the technical requirements. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and strive to create a work environment which ensures everyone can be heard.

Application closing date - 11/04/2026

About The Company

The Medical Protection Society Ltd (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 members around the world.

We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning member’s subscriptions are either invested into bettering the organisation, colleagues and products, or kept safe should members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit members and the wider healthcare professions.

To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want colleagues to feel empowered to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and be determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring members best interests are at the core.

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