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Commercial director jobs · permanent, interim and fractional

Commercial director jobs are senior roles that own how a company grows its revenue: the commercial strategy, sales, key accounts, pricing and partnerships, usually reporting to the managing director or CEO. The board below lists the commercial director roles on our board, permanent roles first where the posting says full-time, with head of sales roles beside them.

We recruit permanent, interim, fractional and part-time commercial leaders. On every brief we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.

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How a brief runswhat we undertake

01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief

Shortlist3–5

3–5

Shortlist · with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 set out

£100,000

Commercial director, median advertised · six months to 22 Sep 2026

IT Jobs Watch

£90,000–£170,000

Mid-market base salary · plus variable pay

Exec Capital, 2026

£1,000–£1,500

Interim, mid-market · a day

Exec Capital

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Full-time · permanent as posted · last 3 months

Permanent Commercial director jobs

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Full-time Commercial director roles, posted by the employer as full-time and listed as the posting states them. We recruit permanent Commercial directors as well as fractional and interim. Commercial director recruitment.

Current commercial director and head of sales roles

Fractional recruiting starts with the brief, not the CV pile. Send a commercial director brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five candidates, each through five-stage vetting.

01/ the role

Commercial director jobs: the seat and what the board lists

A commercial director plans and runs the strategy that grows a company’s revenue. The IoD lists studying the market, working with the marketing director on campaigns, setting financial targets and budgets, managing key stakeholder relationships and reporting commercial performance to the senior team. In an owner-managed business the commercial director is often the most senior revenue leader; in a larger one the seat may report to a chief commercial officer.

The board below lists commercial director roles, with head of sales roles beside them, because employers advertise overlapping seats under both titles. Where a posting says full-time we list it as permanent and show those first; interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels. When there are few, the board widens to commercial and revenue leadership roles and says so.

For the seat in detail, see what a commercial director does and the commercial director job description.

02/ scope

How to get a commercial director job

1. Own a number, then several

Most commercial directors arrive from a sales director, head of sales or key account seat, with time in marketing or pricing. The IoD describes the role as one that needs years of commercial experience across disciplines, and a degree in business, marketing or finance as a usual starting point. Show the revenue and margin you were accountable for, the period, and a referee who saw it.

2. Use the professional frameworks

On the revenue side, the Institute of Sales Professionals’ Sales Capability Framework, the basis of Ofqual’s specification of sales qualifications, sets out what a sales leader is measured on. On the contracts side, CIPS qualifications run from Level 2 to the Level 6 Professional Diploma, after which you can apply for MCIPS chartered status; they are the professional route into public-sector commercial roles.

3. Know the rules the seat answers for

A commercial director sets prices and signs terms. The CMA’s guide to competition law risk warns that directors can be disqualified when their company breaks competition law, and the Bribery Act guidance explains the offence of failing to prevent bribery and the adequate-procedures defence. Expect questions on both at interview.

03/ comparison

Commercial director vs sales director vs chief commercial officer

Three seats that overlap in a growing business. Read the scope, not the title.

Sales directorCommercial directorChief commercial officer

Usually ownsThe sales team, pipeline and targetsCommercial strategy: sales, key accounts, pricing and partnerships, with marketing alongsideEvery commercial function, including marketing and pricing, at executive level

Usually reports toThe commercial director, MD or CEOThe managing director or CEOThe CEO

Published paySee sales director salary£100,000 median advertised (IT Jobs Watch)£100,000–£281,000 (Robert Walters, 2026)

04/ vetting

How we vet commercial directors

What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.

01
Qualification screen
Verify commercial director tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING
02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING
03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY
04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5

05/ vacancies

Commercial director vacancies: two jobs under one title

Commercial director vacancies cover two different jobs. In most private businesses the commercial director is a revenue leader: sales, key accounts, pricing and growth. In government and much of the public sector, "commercial" means buying and contracts. The Government Commercial Function is the cross-government network that procures goods and services for government, and its commercial directors run procurement and contract management.

Read the first lines of the job description before you apply. For the procurement-led seat, see interim procurement director jobs; for the revenue-led one, fractional commercial director jobs and fractional head of sales jobs.

Check too whether the title comes with a board appointment. Many commercial director vacancies are senior job titles only; a company director is legally responsible for running the company and its Companies House filings.

06/ permanent jobs

Permanent commercial director jobs: what the seat pays

IT Jobs Watch puts the median advertised commercial director salary at £100,000 in the six months to 22 September 2026, with the 10th percentile at £81,250, from IT-sector job ads. Exec Capital’s 2026 director salary guide gives £90,000–£170,000 base at mid-market businesses, with variable elements of 25–50% of base, and £160,000–£280,000 at larger businesses.

Variable pay matters more in this seat than in most: read the bonus or commission plan, what it is paid on and when, before you accept. Your employer must give you a written statement of employment particulars on day one, covering job title or a description of the work, pay, hours and holiday. For the full pay picture, see commercial director salary.

07/ jobs by type

Commercial director jobs by type

Fractional. A commercial director for part of the week: see fractional commercial director jobs, or hire a fractional commercial director.

Interim. We have no separate interim commercial director page. Exec Capital publishes interim commercial director day rates of £1,000–£1,500 at mid-market scale and £1,300–£2,000 at FTSE 250+ and major PE-backed firms; see the interim commercial director day rate, and interim sales director jobs for the nearest interim board.

Permanent recruitment. How a permanent search runs and what to brief: commercial director recruitment, or hire a commercial director.

Pay. Commercial director salary, with the chief commercial officer figures beside it.

The role. What a commercial director does and the commercial director job description.

08/ questions

Commercial director jobs FAQ

The questions people ask before bringing in a commercial director.

Senior roles that own a company’s commercial strategy and revenue: sales, key accounts, pricing and partnerships, usually reporting to the managing director or CEO. In the public sector the same title usually means a procurement and contracts leader.

IT Jobs Watch puts the median advertised salary at £100,000 (six months to 22 September 2026, IT-sector ads). Exec Capital’s 2026 guide gives £90,000–£170,000 base at mid-market businesses, plus variable pay of 25–50% of base. See commercial director salary.

Move up from a sales director, head of sales or key account seat, add time in marketing or pricing, and show the revenue and margin you owned with a referee who saw it. The ISP’s framework covers the revenue side and CIPS qualifications the contracts side.

In government and much of the public sector, "commercial" means buying and contract management. Those commercial director jobs are procurement leadership roles, where CIPS qualifications are the professional route. See interim procurement director jobs.

Yes, where the employer’s posting says full-time; those are listed as permanent and shown first. Interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels, and head of sales roles sit beside them.

A sales director runs the sales team, pipeline and targets. A commercial director owns the wider commercial strategy, including pricing, key accounts and partnerships, and often has the sales director reporting in. See commercial director vs sales director.

Brief us on the scope, the reporting line and whether the role is permanent, interim or fractional. We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.

It depends on how the engagement runs in practice. Where the person works through their own company, a medium or large client decides the status; for a small client outside the public sector, the worker’s own company decides (HMRC). Our IR35 guide sets out the tests.

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