Interim Senior Commercial Manager
Location
Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
Contract Details
- Start Date: 23rd November 2026
- End Date: 30th June 2027
- Engagement offered on an hourly-rate basis
Role Overview
This is an opportunity for an experienced Interim Senior Commercial Manager to provide direction, pace, and continuity within a Nordic sales business during a period of transition. The role combines strategic commercial leadership, people management, and hands-on ownership of priority initiatives. You will lead an international Marketing and Product team, driving commercial performance, customer value, growth, and profitability. The assignment requires a leader who can confidently move between senior management discussions, team leadership, and direct delivery of critical cross-functional work.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead an international Marketing and Product team, establishing clear direction, priorities, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
- Provide visible leadership and maintain team engagement, delivery momentum, and operational continuity throughout the transition period.
- Drive the commercial agenda with a strong focus on customer value, sustainable growth, and profitability.
- Translate customer, market, and business insights into clear commercial decisions, priorities, and actions.
- Personally steer critical cross-functional initiatives from strategy and planning through implementation and follow-up.
- Ensure commercial priorities are understood and coordinated across relevant functions and markets.
- Act as a senior counterpart to management and stakeholders, providing clear recommendations and constructive commercial challenge.
- Manage competing priorities, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations while maintaining delivery pace.
- Monitor progress and outcomes, addressing risks or barriers that could affect delivery.
- Support continuity and effective decision-making until the future leadership structure is established.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Substantial experience in a senior commercial-management role within a complex, international business.
- Proven track record in commercial strategy, marketing, and customer-led growth.
- Strong people-leadership experience, including leading teams through organisational change or transition.
- Excellent project and programme-steering skills, supported by successful delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Ability to move effectively between executive-level discussions and hands-on execution.
- Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent stakeholder-management and influencing skills across functions, markets, and seniority levels.
- Ability to establish priorities quickly, create clarity, and maintain pace within an evolving environment.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Education and Advantageous Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Strategy, or a related field.
- Equivalent substantial senior commercial experience may be considered in place of a formal degree.
- Previous experience working across European markets is advantageous.
- Experience within energy, utilities, or another large international organisation would be beneficial.