Vice President of Business Development
4 days ago
City of London
VP Business Development Help the NHS scale intelligent access to care. Rapid Health’s Smart Triage is transforming how millions of patients access the NHS. We’re now entering our next phase of growth - bringing Smart Triage to more systems, more partners, and more patients. We’re looking for a VP Business Development to help scale our impact across the NHS and private healthcare sectors. This is a role for a commercial leader who thrives in fast growth - someone who can challenge, influence, and inspire. You’ll be the architect of our go-to-market strategy, ensuring product, marketing, and customer success are tightly aligned to our business plan. You’ll shape propositions that customers want to buy - creating talk tracks that cut through noise, and ensuring every conversation adds value. You’ll also help build the playbook for a conveyor belt of new product launches - joining up sales and marketing so we can take innovation to market faster. You’ll work directly with the CEO, lead NHS and private sector engagement, and represent Rapid Health at the highest levels. You’ll bring credibility, energy, and clear communication - and know how to translate clinical and operational value into outcomes that matter. This isn’t a corporate BD role. It’s for someone who thrives in a flat, fast-moving environment where results matter more than hierarchy. You’ll help us build something extraordinary - not just sell it. You’ll thrive here if you: • Have led commercial growth in a health tech or NHS-facing company., • Know how to build propositions and talk tracks that win executive trust., • Operate as a true challenger seller - strategic, credible, and commercially sharp., • Understand how to align product, marketing, and customer success around shared goals., • Thrive on pace, accountability, and impact - with no layers or politics to hide behind. Purpose To lead NHS and private sector engagement, drive adoption of Smart Triage, and shape the commercial growth strategy for Rapid Health. This role is pivotal in scaling our reach and deepening relationships with healthcare organisations across the UK. Key Responsibilities • Lead national NHS and private-sector engagement across Trusts, ICSs, and national bodies, as well as with health insurers, in-sourcers, and other healthcare partners., • Develop and execute the commercial strategy and sales plans to achieve agreed business targets., • Develop and execute national engagement and sales strategies across NHS Trusts, ICSs, and national bodies, as well as private insurers and healthcare providers, • Act as a “challenger seller” - helping clients reframe problems, challenge assumptions, and align Rapid Health’s solutions to their real operational needs., • Collaborate with product, marketing, and customer success teams to ensure all functions are aligned in delivering business goals and a consistent customer experience., • Define key talk tracks, value propositions, and go-to-market narratives that resonate with NHS and healthcare decision-makers., • Support a continual pipeline (“conveyor belt”) of new product launches — joining up marketing, sales, and feedback loops for effective positioning and traction., • Build, mentor and lead a small, high-performing business development team as the organisation scales., • Represent Rapid Health externally at key forums, events, and strategic discussions., • Contribute to the wider leadership team in areas such as culture, hiring, and strategic planning., • Identify, secure, and deliver partnership, pilot, and funding opportunities. Ideal Profile • 7+ years’ experience in senior business development, growth, or commercial leadership roles within health tech or the wider healthcare sector., • Demonstrable success in scaling revenues and driving adoption in high-growth, highly regulated industries., • An understanding of NHS structures, incentives, and procurement processes would be advantageous., • Proven “challenger” sales approach - skilled at creating urgency and shaping buying criteria., • Experience developing and executing GTM strategies across product, marketing, and customer success., • Strong track record in proposition design and crafting narratives that win complex, multi-stakeholder sales., • Hands-on and execution-focused - comfortable operating without large teams or legacy systems., • Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills., • Energised by a fast-moving, flat, and purpose-driven culture where impact matters more than hierarchy.