Deputy Director of Programmes
NHS England
National, SE1 8UG
Salary
£112,782 to £129,783
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 September 2026
15 days left
Job description
The Transforming and Connecting Care (TCC) programme is a £1Bn major national transformation programme and a key enabler of the NHS 10 Year Health Pla...
- Lead and coordinate day-to-day delivery of TCC across projects, products and workstreams on behalf of the Programme Director. Translate the approved business case and outcome-based objectives into an integrated, resourced delivery plan, maintaining control of scope, schedule, cost, quality, benefits and risk.
- Manage critical paths, dependencies, resources and change, taking corrective action and escalating issues outside delegated tolerances.
- Maintain the disciplines expected of a Government major programme:
o Robust governance;
o Integrated assurance and approvals planning;
o Readiness for Gateway reviews;
o Implementation of assurance recommendations; and
o Accurate reporting on delivery confidence and performance to NHS England, DHSC and NISTA.
- Support the SRO and Programme Director in reviewing the business case, Accounting Officer assessment, benefits case and delivery model, ensuring strategic alignment, affordability, value for money and deliverability.
- Build strong relationships across government, the NHS, partners and suppliers; create a high-performing multidisciplinary team; ensure evidence and lessons inform decisions; and promote a culture where risks and delivery challenges are identified early.
- Develop commercial strategy, lead procurement activity and manage supplier performance.
- Deputise for the Programme Director and represent TCC at senior governance, assurance and stakeholder forums as required.
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.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this across the wider health and social care.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Exceptional ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record of delivering major programmes on time and within budget, including the management of highly complex multi-stranded programmes.
- Extensive experience of leading complex, technology-enabled transformation across multiple organisations and professional disciplines.
- Experience of procurement process for complex programmes of work.
- Proven experience of delivering long-term strategic plans and being able to alter plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
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Source
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First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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