Commercial Strategy Manager

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Us at GoCardless</strong></h3> <p>GoCardless is a <strong>global bank payment</strong> company. Over <strong>100,000 businesses</strong>, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking. </p> <p>GoCardless processes <strong>US$130bn+</strong> of payments annually, across <strong>30+ countries</strong>; helping customers collect and send both <strong>recurring</strong> and <strong>one-off payments</strong>, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over <strong>2,500 banks</strong>, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.</p> <p>We are headquartered in the<strong> UK</strong> with offices in <strong>London</strong> and <strong>Leeds</strong>, and additional locations in <strong>Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal</strong> and the <strong>United States.</strong></p> <p>At GoCardless, we're all about <strong>supporting you</strong>! We’re committed to making our hiring process <strong>inclusive</strong> and <strong>accessible</strong>. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your <strong>Talent Partner</strong> — we’re here to help! </p> <p>And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, <strong>we encourage you to apply!</strong></p></div><h3><strong>The role</strong></h3> <p>As a <strong>Commercial Strategy Manager</strong>, you will sit in the Global Commercial Strategy team, reporting to the Global Commercial Strategy Director. You will work on special projects across the Global GTM in service of revenue growth across all of our regions. </p> <p>You will be joining GoCardless at a very exciting stage of our journey, and through a laser focus on commercial activities, you will be at the forefront of our efforts to scale our business across all of our core markets.</p> <p><strong>Specifically, responsibilities will include (but not limited to)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Running special projects - bringing clarity, structure and direction to high level themes such as moving up market, scaling pipeline internationally</li> <li>Working cross-functionally with key stakeholders across Sales, Partnerships, Customer Success, Revops, Product, Operations and Finance </li> <li>Supporting with discovery of new business opportunities, working closely with our product, risk and compliance teams to establish business cases</li> <li>Supporting quarterly planning process with Global GTM leadership </li> <li>Launching and scaling new products and features</li> <li>Leading continuous improvement initiatives across all key GTM areas in close coordination with Commercial Strategy Director</li> </ul> <p><strong>What makes this role unique</strong></p> <ul> <li>You will operate as an extension of Global GTM leadership — diagnosing gaps, shaping strategy, and ensuring execution lands across Sales, Partnerships, PMM, RevOps and Product.</li> <li>You will regularly work on initiatives that don’t neatly fall into any one function but are critical to scaling revenue.</li> <li>You will be accountable for making change happen, not just producing recommendations.</li> <li>You will alternate between high-level strategic work and hands-on delivery.</li> </ul> <h3> </h3> <h3><strong>What excites you </strong></h3> <ul> <li>You are comfortable, and thrive in an environment of change</li> <li>You have the ability to structure and solve ambiguous commercial problems</li> <li>Working across a range of different subject matter areas, from strategy definition to running our quarterly planning process to modelling the impact of bringing new products to market </li> <li>You are outcome driven and link everything you do back to impact</li> <li>You love telling stories, but also crunching numbers to surface actionable insights</li> <l ... (truncated, view full listing at source)