Senior Transformation Strategy Manager

The Transformation Strategy team sits in the Transformation Directorate of NHS England and works closely with NHSE and DHSC. It is an exciting time to join us, as we work with new ministers to set out our plans for the health and care system of the future.
We are responsible for developing the strategy for a digital, data and technology enabled NHS, and are working on defining our vision for the next 10 years - setting out how we will transform the health and care system to improve the health of the nation and ensure its long-term sustainability for years to come.
We work across 4 main areas:
Insight - Our biggest challenges, how we address them and the levers available to influence change
+ Strategy - Our vision for the next 10 years, and how digital, data and technology will support delivery of the 10 Year Plan
+ Engagement - Bringing teams together across organisational boundaries
+ Planning & assurance - Working with the Portfolio Office to ensure programmes are contributing to the strategic outcomes identified
We would particularly like to hear from you if:
+ You have experience of working on digital, data or tech transformation in large, complex environments
+ You are a strategy specialist with a strong understanding of the tech and data trends that will transform all of our lives over the next 5-10 years
+ You are a self-starter and hungry for the challenge of working on something that will genuinely impact the lives of everyone living in England in the years to come., + Working in a fast-paced environment to distil ministerial and exec-level asks and provide reasoned advice that is consistent with TD's priorities and objectives.
+ Working across organisational boundaries under pressure to provide high-quality, accurate and thoughtful responses
Providing thought leadership & presenting complex ideas in a simple way
+ Effective communication of our strategic priorities for health and care, and the way in which the TD portfolio of work contributes to them.
+ Be a strategic partner to programme teams to ensure the narrative is understood and being delivered.
Developing our digital, data and technology strategy
+ Contribute to the development of clearly prioritised, strategic transformational change, working across the Directorate, and aligning with NHSE, DHSC and wider strategies
+ Take a data driven approach to ensure we are grounding the strategy in insight.
Prioritisation, planning and assurance
+ Working with teams to widen focus from short term and day to day activities
+ Contributing to and owning elements of a planning cycle for strategy
+ Work with the Transformation Portfolio Office to support programme assurance
Insight generation, communication and engagement
+ Work with teams to understand how well our strategy is working, combining qual and quant inputs
+ Contribute to strong engagement across NHSE and the regions, in order that we have a feedback loop on the work that we do, As Senior Transformation Strategy Manager, the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across their functional team, within the Transformation Directorate to:
+ Works with others to create the environment for multi-disciplinary teams to incubate, test, translate and operationalise strategies, ideas, improvements and key commitments.
+ Work with multi-disciplinary teams in the definition of strategic measures of success and management of insights across portfolio areas
+ Work with teams in a matrix way; convening and providing thought leadership across policy, clinical, technical and professional (e.g., commercial) experts.
+ Applies a whole system approach within the functional area and beyond.
+ Works through options development, prioritisation, incubation and innovation activity.
+ Ensures full suite of products, services, platforms, levers, incentives, wider interventions are effectively deployed in support of shared / multiple policy objectives.
+ Works to align the portfolio to deliver against national policy and strategy commitments
+ Acts as a convening point across the Transformation Directorate and NHS England to ensure strategic objectives are communicated, clear and understood by all teams
The post holder will work across boundaries with teams in a matrix way to help define the strategic approach for the Directorate.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
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The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band., NHS England

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Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.