At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead strategic data and digital programmes, shaping opportunities and mentoring colleagues.
- Company: Join a mission-driven organisation focused on social impact and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working options, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a collaborative culture that values curiosity, empathy, and pioneering spirit.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in communities while working with diverse teams and complex challenges.
- Qualifications: Experience in programme management and stakeholder engagement is essential.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 70000 £ per year.
We are looking to recruit two roles at Associate Director level. In these roles, you will play a critical role leading major strategic portfolios & programmes, contributing to our data & digital strategy and shaping new opportunities, and coaching and mentoring colleagues.
The opportunity Data & Digital is a significant growth area for Social Finance, and we are now looking to grow our leadership team to deliver on the ambitions of our impact strategy and contribute to scaling key impact portfolios.
Across these roles, we are looking to bring on individuals with a range of skills and interest areas, including:
- Leadership of complex programmes, spanning technical, commercial, policy and operational expertise;
- Digital product management and scaling of platform delivery models;
- Leadership of strategic partnerships and business development.
The team Our UK Team comprises around 60 dedicated change‑makers, bringing together a wide range of skills and expertise to deliver better solutions to complex social problems. These roles will anchor to the Data & Digital Community of Practice within our UK Team.
Our portfolio spans Social Finance’s four key impact areas: Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Employment & Skills, and Housing & Homelessness. Across these, we focus on delivering programmes with the greatest potential for impact at scale, addressing a range of levers for systems change.
Examples of key strategic programmes include:
- Developing National Social Care Data Standards: We have partnered with central government to shape the rules, data models and market conditions that enable key information to be shared and systems to interoperate at scale across children’s and adult social care.
- Scaling a Common Data Platform to Enable Regional Children’s Services Analysis: We collaborated with local authorities to develop a secure data platform that facilitates regional analysis of children’s services data.
- Delivering Digital Innovation Support Programmes in Health & Care: We have collaborated with foundation and government partners to deliver 6 digital innovation support programmes with national / international reach.
The roles Across these roles, we are looking to bring on individuals with a range of skills and interest areas, including:
- Digital product management & scaling of platform delivery models;
- Leadership of complex programmes, spanning technical, commercial, policy and operational expertise;
- Leadership of key strategic portfolios and shaping of new opportunities.
Key Responsibilities Programme leadership and delivery:
- Lead and oversee large data & digital programmes, often spanning multiple organisations, sectors and delivery partners.
- Set priorities, sequencing, and trade‑offs across policy, delivery, data, technology and information governance.
- Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and constraints.
Stakeholder management and coalition building:
- Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across various sectors.
- Navigate complex political, commercial and organisational dynamics.
Programme team leadership and development:
- Coordinate across a multi‑disciplinary programme team, fostering effective collaboration.
- Deliver strong project management, providing clarity, structure and momentum for team members.
Practice development and business contribution:
- Contribute to the development of Social Finance’s data and digital practice.
- Support business development by identifying opportunities and developing proposals.
About you We are looking for individuals whose interests and experience align with the ambitions of our impact strategy to bring data & digital skills to delivering complex systems change.
A clear and sustained interest in data & digital transformation, with motivation to work in this space long‑term.
The following experience would be advantageous but is not required:
- Product management.
- Human‑centred design.
- Experience working in or for the public sector.
About Social Finance We are an ambitious not for profit organisation that helps to design, fund and scale better solutions to complex social problems.
Our approach is a collaborative one, where we bring the best capabilities and people from across the organisation together to solve the challenges we face.
Our values Everyone at Social Finance believes that change for communities is possible. To help us achieve it, we have three core values that guide everything we do: curiosity, empathy, and pioneering.
Working at Social Finance The fixed salary for this position is £70,000 per annum. We actively encourage applications from under‑represented and minoritised groups.
