Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships

You’ll Excel in This Role If You

• Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, shaping strategy and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Combine sharp commercial and financial judgement with strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Are naturally curious about markets and competitor activity, and quick to turn insight into action.
• Want the opportunity to build and own a corporate development capability over time.
• Can present complex commercial and strategic ideas clearly and persuasively to senior leaders.

Receive a benefits package that reflects your leadership and impact

At senior level, we recognise the scale of your leadership and the impact you have across the business. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive package designed to support you and your family, while enabling you to perform at your best and continue to grow.

• Time to recharge - 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, giving you the space to maintain balance and sustain performance.
• Supporting you on the move - £6,000 car allowance (role dependent) to support travel where required.
• Rewarding your impact - Opportunity to earn up to 10% annual bonus, aligned to business performance and your contribution.
• Healthcare for you and your family - Private medical cover for your family, offering reassurance and quick access to treatment when it matters most.
• Planning for your future - 4% matched pension contribution to help build long-term financial security.
• Enhanced peace of mind - Life assurance cover at 4x your salary to provide additional protection for your loved ones.
• Everyday savings and perks - Access to MyStaffShop, our employee rewards platform, with savings across high street and online retailers.
• Support when you need it - 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health services and confidential counselling.
• Supporting your growth as a leader - Ongoing leadership development and long-term career progression opportunities within a national organisation.
• Additional wellbeing benefits - Including eyecare support, flu jab reimbursement and lifestyle discounts.
• Making work easier - Free on-site parking available at most of our locations.

Why Dignity

Dignity exists to help every family in Britain navigate the hardest moments of life with simplicity, dignity, kindness and exceptional care. Our vision is to become the UK’s leading end-of-life company, supporting one in three families across the UK in planning for and dealing with death.

This is what makes Dignity such a compelling place to join, and why the timing matters. We are not simply improving an existing business; we are reshaping and building a modern, end-to-end platform that supports families through every stage of need: wills, funeral plans, funerals, probate, cremations, burials, and memorialisation. We are moving from transactional interactions to trusted, lifelong relationships, using data, technology, service design and brilliant people to create a simpler, more human experience at scale.

We are at a defining moment in our history. A strategic reset, stronger foundations, and new leadership have created real momentum and, with it, a genuine opportunity not just to transform Dignity but to set a new standard for the whole sector. The funeral industry has historically moved slowly. We are changing that. This is a business with the scale to matter, the ambition to lead, and the courage to challenge how things have always been done. The direction is set. The platform is being built. What we need now are the leaders to drive it forward.

For exceptional leaders, that creates a rare opportunity: the chance to build something of genuine significance, to shape the future of an industry that touches every family in Britain, and to do work that is both commercially meaningful and deeply purposeful. Very few roles offer that combination. Fewer still offer it at this scale.

We move with pace and intent. The people here care about getting it right for families, for each other, and for the long term. If you want to lead in an environment where quality of thinking is valued, where decisions get made, and where your contribution has a visible impact, this is that place.

FCA Statement

Dignity is part of a group that includes FCA-regulated activities, and some roles may be subject to relevant training, screening, conduct, and regulatory requirements. This will be confirmed as part of the recruitment process.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Our vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company, and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences. We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and to take decisive, informed, and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.

Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate, and no fees will be payable.

We reserve the right, depending on application numbers, to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.