This senior post sits within the New Hospital Programme at NHS England, which is delivering over 40 new hospitals. The holder leads data, digital and technology services for the programme, overseeing solutions from design through to implementation and improvement. Working alongside Information Management and PMO colleagues, the role carries leadership of multidisciplinary teams, with at least 40% of time expected in offices for those with an office base. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for data, digital and technology services across the programme
- Drive the development and delivery of digital solutions that support programme objectives
- Oversee the full lifecycle of technology solutions, from identifying opportunities and design through to implementation, optimisation and improvement
- Ensure effective resource planning, governance, regulatory compliance and delivery of high-quality technology services
- Work closely with Information Management and PMO teams across the programme
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous learning
- Keep the programme at the forefront of emerging technologies and best practice
Qualifications
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent, or equivalent senior experience in a specialist area such as computing, scientific, mathematical, engineering or statistical
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools, such as PRINCE2 or Managing Successful Projects
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. TOGAF) or business or management training (e.g. MBA)
Experience
- Significant leadership in data, digital or technology delivery in complex organisations, including developing and implementing technology strategies
- Leading multidisciplinary teams and managing budgets
- Board-level experience leading complex change and strategy in a politically sensitive environment
- Significant senior management experience in the NHS or another public healthcare organisation
- Leading, inspiring and mentoring a team of AI professionals
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge and experience of working directly with key national health and care organisations
- Substantial IT industry experience with in-depth specialist technical knowledge, including managing specialist technical consultancy
- Knowledge of governance, regulatory requirements and digital best practice
- Strong stakeholder, external communications and media relations skills in a politically sensitive environment, producing concise communications for senior audiences
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data and assess options
- Development of large architectures for highly complex systems
Other
- Strong understanding of data privacy, security and ethical considerations in AI
Nice to have
- Knowledge of the health and care technology landscape, especially systems and services delivered by NHS England
- Deep understanding of machine learning approaches and their applications in healthcare
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and MLOps tools for deploying and managing AI models
- Proven delivery of technical architecture services in a large, complex organisation
- Proven management of relationships with large technology vendors and suppliers
- Development and management of technical governance processes across the whole organisation
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