Senior Commercial Manager (Life Insurance)

Edinburgh (Ideally a few times a week in the office but open to candidates further afield)

£70k – £90k

We’re on the lookout for a passionate, forward-thinking Senior Commercial Manager who thrives on ownership and innovation. You’ll be the go-to expert for all things Life Insurance – from product development to P&L ownership, trading, reporting and performance. You’ll lead the commercial delivery of the product, build and manage the relationship with our underwriter partner, and drive long-term success for a brand-new proposition.

You’ll be the expert voice in a small but mighty cross-functional team across Propositions, Marketing, Finance, and Risk – most of whom don’t have Life Insurance backgrounds. That means you’ll be a motivator, a teacher, and a collaborator, bringing others along the journey while shaping the product from the ground up.

What you will bring:

• A genuine passion for insurance and a strong grasp of the protection space.
• Ideally, experience in Life Insurance, but we’d love to hear from you if your background includes Critical Illness, Income Protection, or Home Insurance.
• A commercial brain – someone confident managing P&L, setting budgets, and analysing trading performance.
• Experience working with external partners – especially underwriters – and managing contract delivery and governance.
• A natural leader who can inspire non-specialists, build bridges, and drive collaboration with warmth and confidence.
• Strategic thinking – with the ability to go from insight to action and deliver real value to customers.

This is more than just another commercial manager job. It’s your chance to launch something brand new, with the backing of a major brand, and build the role into what you want it to be.

If you’re driven, collaborative, and ready for your next big challenge – we’d love to hear from you.

Procurement Manager

Professional Services Category

Fully remote
6m DRC
Up to £650pd Outside IR35

Our client, a leading financial services firm are seeking an experienced Procurement Consultant to support them on an interim basis as they build maturity across the division. The focus of this role will be developing and implamenting a Professional Services Category Strategy with the ambition to transition this category to BAU by the end of tenure. This is a critical hire for our client and we are looking for individuals with prior experience in this space.

Though growing rapidly, this was until recently a greenfield environment and consequently there is a need to be flexible and add value to the wider team where possible whilst delivering against key deliverable.

Essentials to be Considered for the Role

• Have past experience building and implementing Professional Services Category strategies.
• Have experience in regulated, financial services environments
• An SME across Professional Services and ability to business partner with SME’s and be the sole point of contact.
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience in leading high value, complex negotiations
• Good working knowledge of contracts, with the ability to modify and negotiate the required changes in the spirit of the relationship and contract.
• Good data analytics skills with the ability to understand financial, economic, risk and contractual data
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.

Desirable Skills/Experiences:

• MCIPs OR CIPs qualification
• Exposure to technology procurement would be an advantage, but only if complemented with extensive professional services sourcing.
• Understanding of EBA Guidelines on Outsourcing

For more information, please apply below.

Procurement Manager

City of London (Hybrid)

6m DRC

Up to £600 – 700 pd.

We are supporting one of our London Market Insurance clients through some M&A activity who are looking for a Procurement Manager to support with the merger of two procurement functions following acquisition.

In this stand alone role, you will lead BAU procurement activity while also supporting the transfer/termination of contracts for our client as they seek closer partnership with their sister company.

While their will be strategic aspects to the role, a large part will be operationally focused with a need to gather purchase orders from across the business in order to understand what contracts need to be kept, novated or terminated.

Key Experiences:

• Extensive experience leading strategic sourcing with a focus on technology procurement.
• Exceptional commercial and stakeholder management skills and proven track record of building strong internal business relationships
• A proven track record of delivering Category Management within a demanding, fast paced environment
• Highly adept in managing vendor relationships
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to drive value.
• Experience working on Merger and Acquisitions projects within a procurement setting.
• A self starter and proactive attitude with an ability to operate in a largely autonomous role.
• Financial services experience.
• MCIPS or CIPs qualifications.

For more information, please apply below.

Procurement Manager

Cardiff / Reading (Hybrid)

6m DRC

Up to £650 pd.

Our client, a leading financial services firm are seeking a IT procurement manager to come and support them on an interim basis. This will be an initial 6 month contract with the possibility of extension.

In this standalone role, you would be the face of procurement to one arm of their business. It requires a highly skilled Procurement professional, able to operate autonomously, build relations across the Senior Leadership Team, and deliver on strategic sourcing across a range of categories, but with a technology focus.

Key Experience:

• Extensive experience leading technology strategic sourcing
• Commercial and stakeholder management skills and proven track record of building strong internal business relationships
• A proven track record of delivering Category Management within a demanding, fast paced environment
• Leading and managing sourcing processes
• Developing and negotiating agreements
• Experience mitigating and managing risk throughout the procurement life cycle.

For more information, please apply.

Procurement Specialist
6m DRC
Up to £400 pd.
Gloucestershire based office (Hybrid)

Our client are seeking a Sourcing Specialist to support the Category Manager on a interim basis. You will provide operational support through the end to end sourcing process of Software contracts, including:

• Identifying sourcing opportunities
• Executing negotiation strategies
• Delivering cost reduction
• Work with stakeholders across the business to ensure procurement activities align with business objectives, governance and category strategies.

Key Skills and Experiences:

• Experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management
• Experience of vendor risk management processes
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Ability to support and execute negotiations that deliver measurable value.
• Willingness to learn and grow within a category management framework.

Key Experiences:

• At least three years experience in a procurement role.
• CIPS or other relevant procurement certification (Desirable)
• Financial Services experience (Desirable)
• Experience in Software or technology procurement (Desirable)

For more information, please apply.