Senior Transformation Strategy Lead

The Senior Transformation Strategy Lead will design and lead programmes that deliver a technology-enabled vision for the future of healthcare, working across the NHS to shape strategy and policy on issues ranging from mental health to dentistry reform. As technology becomes increasingly central to NHS transformation, the focus is on redesigning services around a digital-by-default approach that delivers better and more sustainable outcomes for patients. This is not a technology strategy role. Instead, it is about transforming the NHS through technology and reimagining how healthcare is delivered. The role does not require a technical specialist, but someone who is ambitious about the possibilities of change and able to bring people together around a shared vision. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong strategic thinking, leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, enabling them to influence a wide range of partners and secure commitment to change. Experience of policy development, working with government and supporting ministerial decision-making would be beneficial. The role requires someone who can work at pace in a complex environment, balancing long-term vision with practical delivery. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of the NHS. The immediate focus is supporting the redesign of pathways for people experiencing low-acuity anxiety and depression.,

• Advocate for a health system re-imagined through technology, and lead on the development of strategies and policies to bring that vision to life;
• Partner with teams across DHSC, NHSE, and the health system to co-create future state visions and to influence policy and investment decisions;
• Create an environment in which multi-disciplinary teams can incubate, test, translate, and operationalise strategies, ideas, and improvements in order to deliver both the specific goals and spirit of the 10 Year Plan;
• Be an expert in the 'art of the possible', staying up to date with technology-enabled healthcare developments in the UK and around the world, and with technology developments more generally;
• Analyse and assess problems, developing a sound understanding of strategic challenges through quantitative and qualitative analysis, and identifying the potential solutions to them as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with a deeply collaborative approach;
• Manage options development, make recommendations, and advise senior leader - potentially including the NHS Executive and Ministers; and
• Work to align transformation strategy with wider NHS and DHSC strategies and priorities.
  
  NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services. In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department. If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process. Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices. Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.