# Head of Commercial

**Company**: Howden
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Category**: Insurance
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We’re looking for a commercially sharp, digitally minded Head of Commercial to lead growth across Tilt, our Personal Lines and SME insurance business.

This is a senior leadership role with real ownership. You’ll set and execute Tilt’s commercial strategy, shape how we trade with insurers and partners, and play a key role in scaling the business profitably.

**Responsibilities:**

- Own and deliver Tilt’s commercial strategy in line with our growth plans and product roadmap

- Identify and develop new trading opportunities, distribution models and commercial propositions

- Lead and develop the Commercial team, setting clear KPIs and accountability

- Build strong, modern trading relationships with insurers, aggregators and strategic partners

- Negotiate capacity, pricing structures and commissions to support profitable scale

- Work closely with Product, Tech, Marketing and Operations to align trading with customer journeys

- Drive data-led trading decisions, performance tracking and capacity optimisation

- Monitor market, competitor and regulatory developments and translate insight into action

- Ensure strong FCA, GDPR and internal governance compliance across all commercial activity

- Own commercial budgets, forecasts and performance reporting

- Build a high-performance, collaborative team culture aligned to Tilt’s pace and ambition

**Requirements:**

- Senior commercial leadership experience within insurance broking or underwriting

- A strong track record managing insurer relationships, capacity and distribution models

- Experience scaling products or portfolios in growth-focused environments

- Confidence operating in regulated environments without slowing innovation

- Deep understanding of UK personal lines and SME insurance markets

- Strong commercial judgement and negotiation capability

- Clear grasp of FCA expectations and risk management

- Data-driven mindset with strong financial and trading acumen

- A leadership style that suits fast-moving, product-led teams

**What you’ll get in return:**

- A career that you define

- Opportunity to help build something different

- Part of a business that values trying new things and learning quickly, moving fast while doing things properly, supporting each other through growth and change, and making insurance genuinely better for customers

## Skills

### Required
- commercial strategy
- insurance broking
- leadership
- data analysis
- FCA compliance

### Nice to have
- UK personal lines and SME insurance markets
- negotiation
- risk management

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