Senior Innovation Project Lead (Income)

Senior Innovation Project Lead (Income)
Contract Type: Permanent  
Full time: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Hybrid between home and our London Office (approx. 1 day a month in office), we are open to applicants based anywhere in the UK
Salary: £52,400 - £58,400

Are you a commercially minded innovator who thrives on turning insight into income and impact?

Do you love leading product development from concept to pilot and scaling ideas that make a real difference? If so, this is your chance to help fund vital cancer support services through bold, audience-driven innovation at one of the UK’s most respected charities.

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer – and we’re committed to driving a revolution in cancer care for the future.

We reach millions of people every year, from our Macmillan nurses supporting people with cancer across the UK today, to our work on pioneering innovations that are revolutionising diagnosis and treatment for the future. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Innovation Project Lead to drive the development, testing and launch of new income-generating products and services. You’ll work end-to-end - from insight and ideation through to pilot and scale - ensuring our innovations are rooted in audience needs and deliver measurable results.

This role provides dedicated innovation capacity to our income-generating team, helping diversify Macmillan’s income portfolios. You’ll collaborate across the organisation and with external partners to identify opportunities, co-create solutions, and transition successful products into long-term ownership.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead innovation cycles from brief through to testing, launch and evaluation
• Plan and deliver workshops that bring together internal and external experts to shape new propositions
• Develop investment cases outlining financial and non-financial impact
• Manage pilots and support the transition of successful products to long-term teams
• Set and oversee KPIs to inform decisions on scaling, iterating or ceasing innovations
• Commission and apply customer insight and market scanning to guide development
• Manage external innovation partners and agencies across priority areas
• Build strong relationships with Legal, Technology, Information Governance and other stakeholders
• Maintain innovation risk registers and escalate key risks as needed
• Support shared learning and scaling of successful propositions across the organisation
• Champion inclusive practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the team

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience: 

• Proven experience in innovation project delivery, from concept to launch
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of income-generating product development
• Expertise in agile ways of working and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to source and apply audience insight to shape development opportunities
• Experience leading teams and managing complex stakeholder environments
• Resilience, curiosity and a flexible approach to product development
• Excellent project and budget management skills
• Experience with digital product development, impact measurement, and investment or business case creation (desirable)
• Understanding of legal, finance and risk processes in innovation contexts (desirable)
  
  

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment process

Application deadline: Thursday 13th November
Interview dates: Virtual Interviews will be held on the weeks commencing 24th November and 1st December (exact dates TBC)

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be at your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.