Strategic Growth Lead
Penrose Health
London, SE1 2EL
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
18 September 2026
18 days left
Job description
Penrose Health is looking for a senior, hands-on generalist to build and lead our growth function We have grown significantly over the last decade but...
- Developing Penroses growth strategy and translating it into practical priorities
- Analysing patient registrations, losses and net growth across our practices
- Identifying and testing local, digital and community-based acquisition opportunities
- Understanding why patients leave and working with operational teams to address avoidable causes
- Identifying practices where partners may be considering retirement or succession
- Building trusted relationships and progressing potential mergers or takeovers
- Developing clear criteria for which formal contract opportunities Penrose should pursue
- Shaping bid strategy, coordinating contributions and improving submission quality
- Building clear reporting, pipelines and operating rhythms
- Using AI and automation to increase the speed, quality and scale of the functions work
- Turning ideas into action and seeing projects through to a measurable outcome
The Growth Strategy Manager will help to drive Penrose Health's growth strategy, enabling the organisation identify, evaluate, and deliver opportunities that will expand our reach and meet our growth goals.
This is a unique role that combines strategy, analytics, commercial thinking, relationship management, and hands-on delivery. You will work across both organic and inorganic growth initiatives, from improving patient retention and supporting practice growth to researching acquisition opportunities, supporting merger discussions, and identifying new service opportunities.
You'll be responsible for turning ideas into action. Whether analysing patient trends, identifying opportunities within existing practices, preparing business cases, developing growth plans, or coordinating partnership discussions, you'll play a key role in shaping the future direction of the organisation.
Penrose Health is on a mission to deliver outstanding healthcare to every patient we serve.
We care for 75,000+ people across 9 sites in South East London, supported by a team of 200+ clinicians and staff. Our model is built on permanent, diverse teams, strong governance, and a clear focus on continuity, quality, and access.
We work closely with NHS partners to deliver a full range of services from routine checks to complex, long-term care backed by robust systems and a culture of continuous improvement.
We're proud to hold a CQC "Good" rating and consistently receive strong feedback from patients.
Learn more at penrosehealth.co.uk.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
- A relevant qualification in business, strategy, marketing, analytics, project management or healthcare may be useful, but should not materially influence selection unless supported by strong practical evidence.
Behaviours
Essential
- Take ownership and create momentum
- Be comfortable with ambiguity
- Work with pace without sacrificing judgement
- Be commercially curious and outcome-focused
- Remain willing to work at a detailed level
- Be persistent without being overly sales-led
- Challenge constructively
- Communicate clearly and directly
- Be low-ego and collaborative
- Know when to act independently and when to escalate
- Be comfortable testing ideas and learning from failure
- Focus on sustainable value rather than visible activity
Background
Essential
- Strategy and operations in a startup or scale-up
- Commercial or growth roles in a multi-site organisation
- Founder's associate or chief-of-staff roles with genuine delivery ownership
- Healthcare strategy, growth or business development
- Former consultants who have moved into operating roles
- Partnerships or business-development roles with analytical responsibility
- Corporate development or expansion roles
- Commercial transformation roles
- Entrepreneurial NHS or primary care roles
- Other regulated or stakeholder-heavy sectors
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
10 August 2026
Last checked
12 August 2026
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