Chief commercial officer

About the role

Chief commercial officer Hybrid role based in London with occasional travel to Bath, Dublin or Edinburgh as needed About us Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform, on a mission to help more people invest, and invest well. We’re building the infrastructure behind the next generation of investing. Our technology already powers some of the UK’s most ambitious fintechs, banks, financial advisers and wealth firms, with close to a million investors relying on Seccl-powered platforms. And we’re now expanding into Europe. We’ve got a proven product, strong momentum and big ambitions for what comes next: helping more household-name brands launch and scale investment propositions, entering new markets and replacing outdated investment infrastructure with technology that’s faster, simpler and built for scale. We’re proud to be part of Octopus, one of the UK’s most successful privately held investment and technology groups. That gives us the backing and long-term perspective to build something substantial, while keeping the pace and energy of a high-growth business. Seccl and Octopus are both B Corp certified and share a belief that profit and purpose should go hand in hand. If you want to help shape the future of investing in the UK and across Europe, you’ll be in good company. Check out the Seccl website to see what we’re building and read more about our mission to shape the future of investments. The role Seccl is entering a pivotal stage of growth. Almost one million investors rely on our technology, we power investment propositions for brands including Monzo, Tide and MoneySuperMarket, and our expansion into Europe is underway. We’ve proved our model can scale. Now we want to accelerate, winning bigger customers, deepening our existing partnerships and opening up new markets. We believe Seccl can become the defining investment infrastructure business of its generation, and our chief commercial officer will play a central role in getting us there. You’ll join our executive leadership team and lead sales, account management, customer success and marketing. You’ll set our commercial strategy, build the organisation for our next stage of growth and stay close to the customers, opportunities and partnerships that matter most. You’ll also help shape Seccl’s wider direction, working closely with product, engineering, finance, operations, risk and compliance to make sure customer insight and commercial opportunity influence where we invest and what we build. What you’ll own Setting and delivering Seccl’s commercial strategy and growth plans Building and leading a high-performing commercial organisation across sales, account management, customer success and marketing Winning significant new customer firms and strategic partnerships Growing our existing customer relationships and creating greater long-term value for Seccl and our customers Leading our most important enterprise opportunities, negotiations and executive-level relationships Shaping our expansion into Europe, new markets and new customer segments Bringing strong customer and market insight into Seccl’s product and company strategy Owning commercial planning, forecasting, retention and expansion Building Seccl’s reputation and influence across the wealth and investment industry This role’s for you if... You’re a commercial leader who has helped a financial services business through significant growth. You can think several years ahead while still getting personally involved in the pitch, negotiation or customer conversation that matters today. You have significant senior commercial leadership experience in financial services, ideally across investment platforms, wealth management, financial advice or banking You’ve built and delivered commercial strategies that have generated significant, sustainable growth You know how to win major new customers and grow strategic relationships over the long term You’re comfortable personally leading complex

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