As a senior leader within the DDaT Directorate, the post holder will be responsible and accountable for the delivery of a portfolio of services and products that meet the needs of our users and that drive transformational change across our services.
You will lead a number of multidisciplinary Delivery Teams, creating an environment which enables the team to deliver at pace in line with Government Technology, GDS and NHSBSA standards. You will work with Heads of Service to co-create the strategic direction for your portfolio of services and products, then be accountable for developing long-term strategic plans that enable the delivery of work to achieve the objectives.
The role necessitates strong delivery experience, it is a leadership role that requires the post holder to work independently and set the strategic direction for their portfolio and for the teams they lead. The NHSBSA has a number of data related programmes of work this has created need for a Lead Delivery Manager who has experience in working within Data and Data Platforms.
What do we offer?
* 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
* Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
* Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely)
* Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
* Excellent pension (20.6% employer contribution)
* NHS Car lease scheme
* Access to a wide range of benefits and high street discounts!
Main duties of the job
Fundamental to the role is a focus on:
* Defining the strategic vision for a portfolio of national, highly complex and potentially politically sensitive DDaT services and products, working collaboratively with appropriate Heads of Service and other internal and external stakeholders including the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to do so.
* Designing, building and leading the necessary delivery structure and teams to enable the delivery of outcomes that contribute towards achieving the strategic vision for your portfolio of DDaT services and products. Ultimately, an accountability for the delivery outcomes in your portfolio.
* Interpreting, analysing and communicating sensitive, highly-complex and potentially contentious information, including negotiating elements of complex programmes.
* Creating and leading an environment which enables delivery at pace, removing blockers and challenging “the norm” to improve.
* Building effective working partnerships across senior customers and stakeholders at Head of Service Level both inside the organisation and externally.
* Facilitating a team ‘mindset’ conducive to effective multidisciplinary work, ensuring full participation and commitment from all team members and mature relationships with stakeholders.
* Enabling the team to focus on priorities as agreed by the Service Manager or Product Manager.
Working for our organisation
Here at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), what we do matters.
We manage the NHS Pension scheme, process prescription payments and much more. Our services are used by NHS organisations, contractors and the public: we take pride in being part of something so meaningful, that touches millions of lives.
Just as we design our services around the needs of our customers, we place our people at the heart of our organisation. That’s why when you join us, you’ll be empowered and given the right support to help your career grow.
As one of the UK’s Best Big Companies to work for, we’re all connected to our values: Collaborative, Adventurous, Reliable and Energetic. We care about our people, our purpose, and your progress.
We strive to offer a fantastic colleague experience, where every voice is heard, and every colleague is supported and respected. Wellbeing, diversity and inclusion is at the centre of this, so when you join us, you can connect with our Lived Experience Networks who help us to bring our authentic selves to work.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and circumstances. We are committed and proud to be a flexible employer and will endeavour to offer a working pattern that suits you wherever possible, whether that be hybrid working, flexible hours, job sharing and more.
Ready to join us on our journey to be a catalyst for better health? Apply today and see where the NHSBSA can take you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In this role, you are accountable for:
* Providing leadership of Delivery Managers working within your portfolio and multidisciplinary scrum team/s.
* Delivery of services and products in-line with the NHSBSA and DDaT’s strategy and strategic objectives. This includes governance compliance for your portfolio, ensuring the minimum document set is accessible and available for all services and products within your remit.
* Creating and maintaining motivated and self-organising teams. Escalation point for blockers and concerns from the Delivery Team, and responsible for identifying and resolving risks and issues at the delivery portfolio level.
* Creating and securing the budgets needed to run the delivery of portfolio of DDaT services and products (working with internal and external funding sponsors), and then managing multiple budgets within your portfolio to ensure remain within forecast and managing any exceptions in a controlled way.
* Tracking, reporting and ownership of progress across the accountable portfolio of services and products.
* On-going review and identification of resource requirements addressing gaps appropriately.
* Developing and maintaining a proactive partnership with senior stakeholders (internal and external) and other delivery teams.
* Active participation in Delivery Management Community, including leading and supporting the professional development of Junior Delivery Managers and Delivery Managers.
* On-going learning, personal and professional development.
* Leadership responsibility within the overall DDaT Directorate, to champion and lead the delivery of the DDaT Strategy.
* Playing your agreed part in developing the organisation as a whole.
In addition to the above accountabilities, as post holder you are expected to:
* Undertake additional duties and responsibilities in line with the purpose of your role and as agreed by your line manager.
* Demonstrate NHSBSA values and core capabilities in all aspects of your work.
* Encourage an environment where your own and colleagues’ safety and well-being is promoted.
* Contribute to a culture which values diversity and inclusion.
* Follow NHSBSA policies, procedures, and protocols as they apply to your role.
Working relationships
Responsible to: Head of Delivery and Consultancy
Responsible for: Delivery Managers working within your portfolio
Key relationships and connections:
1. Heads of Service
2. Head of Delivery, Consultancy and Product
3. Head of Capability and Operations
4. Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer
5. Lead Delivery Managers
6. Senior Managers throughout the NHSBSA
7. Service stakeholders internal and external to the business
8. Professional leads and networks
Person specification
Personal Qualities, Knowledge and Skills
* Innovation and creativity in the development of business solutions
* Ability to manage varied and complex relationships to facilitate change and improvement
* Willingness to take responsibility to take action
* The ability to handle ambiguity
* Tenacity and resilience
Experience
* Significant experience of leading delivery of DDaT services/products to achieve transformational levels of change and efficiency in a complex agile delivery environment.
* Experience of strategic service design from inception through to delivery, working with senior stakeholders to design and then subsequently create DDaT services at a strategic level.
* Successful management of business projects which have produced tangible benefits, for example, in terms of cost reduction, process improvement, product or service quality.
* Experience of working in a diverse service delivery organization.
* Significant experience of building productive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to arrive at mutually acceptable solutions to business issues.
* Breadth of experience across a number of business areas and awareness of key financial, legal and HR principles that need to be taken into account when managing extensive change.
* Delivery of national services/products in government from Discovery through to Live.
* Experience of working with suppliers and procurement frameworks including Government Digital Marketplace.
* Experience of producing Business Cases in line with HM Treasury guidance.
* Experience of scaled agile.
Qualifications
* Degree Calibre or equivalent qualification or work based experience.
* Significant relevant experience of leading digital delivery
* An appropriate recognised Agile methodology qualification
* Project Management qualification such as PRINCE 2, PMP
The NHSBSA is passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, which is a great place to work and truly reflects the diversity of our customers. We welcome applications from talented people of diverse characteristics including age, disability, gender identity and expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any marginalised group. We also welcome applications from all those in the Armed Forces Community.
At the NHSBSA we pride ourselves on being a Disability Confident Leader, Stonewall Top 100 employer and we’ve recently been awarded the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion Gold Standard benchmark.
We offer an invitation to the first stage of the selection process for people with disabilities that wish to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme, and for members of the Armed Forces Community, where all of the essential criteria in the person specification are met.
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