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Sarah Luisa Smith

Commercial Strategy, GTM & Ops | Early Stage

£650/day
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sarah Luisa

I'm a fractional commercial and GTM lead specialising in early stage SaaS, MedTech and digital health companies.

I work with founders and leadership teams that need commercially grounded execution alongside strategic thinking, particularly where product, positioning and commercial traction are misaligned.

My background includes taking a CE marked MedTech product from concept to commercial launch, securing funding and overseeing product development, compliance, manufacturing, partnerships and commercial rollout.

More recently, I've supported an early stage SaaS platform across partnership development, GTM refinement and commercial strategy, alongside advising a US virtual care company with UK market entry strategy, commercial positioning and healthcare ecosystem alignment.

I combine founder level pragmatism with structured commercial thinking and work best in fast moving environments where execution matters as much as strategy.

Typical support includes:

  • Go to market strategy and execution
  • Commercial positioning and market validation
  • Partnership and channel development
  • UK market entry strategy
  • Product commercialisation
  • Investor facing commercial narratives
  • Stakeholder and pilot engagement
  • GTM refinement and growth strategy
  • Cross sector commercial research and opportunity analysis
  • Founder and leadership team support
I've worked across healthcare, digital health and SaaS environments, alongside commercial partnership and GTM work spanning automotive, trade, beauty, fitness and professional membership sectors.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Early Stage SaaS Platform
    Strategic Growth & Commercial Advisor
    TECH
    May 2026 - Today (1 month)
    London, United Kingdom
    • Expanded engagement into strategic growth advisory, investment readiness and long term commercial planning for an AI enabled SaaS platform serving independent professionals
    • Developed investor executive summary, strategic operating blueprint and phased rollout roadmap to support seed fundraising conversations and Series A positioning
    • Refined long term monetisation strategy across subscriptions, platform credits, analytics and sector infrastructure revenue layers
    • Defined UK and US rollout sequencing, adjacent vertical expansion strategy and partnership led distribution model across multiple independent service sectors
    • Produced competitive positioning and market analysis across marketplace platforms, vertical SaaS and AI workflow infrastructure providers
    • Supported development of growth projections, investor narrative and scalable rollout framework focused on proving a repeatable distribution playbook within initial verticals
    Commercial strategy Partnerships Market analysis Business development Corporate strategy
  • US HealthTech company entering the UK market
    Commercial & Market Strategy Consultant
    MEDICAL
    March 2026 - April 2026 (1 month)
    • Developed UK market entry and commercial readiness strategy for a US virtual care platform entering the UK healthcare market
    • Conducted healthcare ecosystem, operational readiness and adoption analysis across NHS, private hospital and mental health sectors
    • Identified commercially viable pilot pathways, partnership opportunities and priority customer segments aligned to UK operational pressures and workflow adoption
    • Produced strategic recommendations covering positioning, deployment sequencing, integration considerations and UK specific market barriers
    • Advised leadership discussions around phased UK expansion, operational ROI and commercially viable entry routes
    Commercial strategy Partnerships Market analysis Corporate strategy Business development
  • Early-Stage SaaS Platform
    Fractional Commercial & Partnerships
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    March 2026 - May 2026 (2 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Problem:

    An early-stage SaaS booking and payment platform required clearer commercial positioning, target customer definition and go-to-market focus to support scalable user acquisition and partnership growth. Initial outreach across multiple sectors revealed inconsistent product-market fit, particularly within larger operational businesses, creating the need to identify higher-conversion sole trader segments and more scalable partnership routes.

    Action:

    Led GTM refinement, sector analysis and partnership development across automotive, trade, beauty and wellness markets. Conducted outreach, evaluated operational fit and identified stronger alignment within sole trader segments. Refined commercial positioning, identified additional revenue pathways and progressed a strategic partnership and pilot discussion with a national industry association to support access to their member network.

    Result:

    Built a partnership pipeline reaching 700,000+ potential end users through targeted outreach across multiple sectors. Generated senior stakeholder engagement and initiated discussions with a national industry association offering access to 6,800+ direct members and a broader sector reach of 54,000+. Refined customer targeting, acquisition strategy and commercial positioning to improve market fit, partnership scalability and future investment readiness.
    Commercial strategy Partnerships Business development Corporate strategy Market analysis

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Education

  • Professional Certificate
    University of West London
    Commercial Procurement Associate

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