Head of Framework Uptake in Salford

Have you been looking for the chance to take on a senior leadership role where you can shape how an existing service grows and delivers even more value across the NHS? If you enjoy driving commercial performance, strengthening relationships and helping teams work smarter, this could be a great next step for you.

This is a brand‑new role at NHS SBS, created to bring dedicated focus, insight and leadership to framework uptake. You will help us maximise the value and impact of our established framework portfolio by increasing utilisation, enhancing commercial governance and supporting colleagues and customers with expert guidance. You will work closely with teams across the organisation to improve how our frameworks are adopted and experienced by NHS and public sector partners.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits that you can flex to meet your needs, and plenty of training and development opportunities. You will travel to Salford regularly – around once per week – and work flexibly from home or other NHS SBS locations as needed.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a focused approach to increasing framework uptake and commercial impact across NHS SBS’s established framework portfolio.
• Developing the Commercial Advisor team into a confident, high‑performing group with clear commercial goals.
• Delivering a multi‑year framework uptake strategy aligned to organisational priorities.
• Strengthening commercial governance, compliance and decision‑making structures.
• Building and maintaining senior‑level relationships across NHS Trusts, ICSs, arm’s‑length bodies and wider public sector partners.
• Uncovering and progressing new business development areas, feeding qualified opportunities into the wider Procurement team.
• Creating and embedding a robust, data‑driven performance and reporting approach.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong senior commercial experience, ideally within NHS or wider public sector procurement.
• A track record of driving framework utilisation, supporting account growth and delivering commercial value.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders in complex or multi‑organisational environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading and inspiring teams through operational or cultural change.
• Good understanding of UK procurement regulations including PCR 2015, the Procurement Act 2023 and PSR.
• Commercial insight with strong problem‑solving and negotiation skills.
• Political astuteness and comfortable driving change at pace in complex environments.

It would be great if you had:

• Professional certifications such as MBA, CPSM, PRINCE2 or PMP.
• CIPS Level 5 or above.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent.

Location: Weekly visits to our Salford Office.

Security Clearance Level: DBS.

Internal Recruiter: Rachel.

Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum dependent on experience.

Benefits: Level 4: Bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

We believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance and accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting‑edge technologies and our teams’ expertise, in‑depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level. Would you like to join us on our journey? We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.