Director, Business Transformation, Health Sector
EY’s Health Consulting practice is experiencing significant growth and increasing demand for transformation expertise across the UK health and care landscape. We are expanding our senior leadership team with a highly experienced Director who can drive strategic growth, lead complex transformation programmes, and shape EY’s impact across Provider organisations, Integrated Care Systems, regional bodies, and national health clients.
- Productivity and operational improvement
- Financial sustainability and cost‑out transformation
- Human‑centred digital enablement
- System integration and whole‑system care redesign
- Strategic transformation across providers and ICSSs
You will play a key role in bringing the best of EY to the health sector—mobilising multidisciplinary teams and leveraging our cross‑firm capabilities, ecosystem partnerships, and technology‑enabled consulting solutions.
This is a leadership role suited to individuals with both big‑firm consulting experience and deep exposure to the UK health system, from direct operational roles or consulting.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Client Leadership
- Lead strategic relationships with Board‑level and senior executives across Providers, ICSSs, regional and national health organisations.
- Act as a trusted adviser on productivity, financial improvement, operational excellence, digital transformation, and large‑scale service redesign.
- Oversee multiple complex programmes, ensuring delivery excellence, commercial performance, risk management, and high‑impact outcomes.
Practice Leadership & Sector Growth
- Drive market strategy, proposition development, and thought leadership for the Health practice.
- Lead go‑to‑market initiatives across productivity improvement, cost optimisation, digital enablement, and system transformation.
- Act as a visible ambassador for EY’s values and quality standards within the sector.
Business Development & Revenue Growth
- Own and grow a significant revenue portfolio, with accountability for pipeline generation, conversion, and multi‑year client relationships.
- Lead development of major proposals and bids, including acting as Bid Lead for high‑value pursuits.
People Leadership & Culture
- Lead, inspire, develop and mentor high‑performing teams across the UK Health community.
- Champion diversity, inclusion, psychological safety, and wellbeing across project teams.
Required
Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience in health consulting within a professional services firm and can include senior leadership experience in UK Provider organisations / Integrated Care Systems.
- Deep understanding of the UK healthcare landscape at Provider, ICSSs, regional and national level.
- Demonstrated track record of developing new business, building pipelines, and converting major pursuits.
- Strong capability in designing and delivering transformational solution sets focused on health, productivity, financial sustainability and digital transformation.
- Experience acting as Engagement Lead, overseeing commercials, risk, delivery, and client relationships.
Desirable
- Experience with digital health, data‑driven decision making, or enabling technologies to support transformation.
Competencies
- Strategic thinker with the ability to synthesise complex challenges into coherent solutions.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to shape, package and sell transformation work.
- Inspirational leadership, with the ability to mobilise and motivate multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and storytelling skills.
- Highly collaborative and able to bring together diverse EY capabilities for client benefit.
