# Head of Technical Programmes

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS England.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS England
- **Location:** Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP or Wellington House, London SE1 8UG, Leeds or London
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Programme manager
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £94356.00 to £108814.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Possible requirement to join out of hours on call rota.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T09:24:57.821Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8358301
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8358301?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

Delivery Management Provision central capabilities that support the efficient and effective delivery of the Technology environment. Drive performance, accountability, and transparency in business operations. Efficiently and effectively deliver and support business operations. Deliver technical projects within a live service environment. The post holder will provide strategic and operational leadership across complex, large‑scale technical programmes, ensuring the successful delivery, operation and continual improvement of critical digital technology services that support NHS England and the wider health and care system

The role requires deep technical expertise, strong programme and service management capability. The post holder will work closely with internal teams, senior stakeholders, and external suppliers to deliver technology programmes aligned to organisational strategy, manage risk and assurance, and ensure high‑quality, reliable digital services that enable improved outcomes for NHS England

### Main duties of the job

- Provide leadership and strategic direction for the delivery of complex technical programmes and technology services, ensuring alignment with NHS England’s technology strategy and wider organisational objectives including the 10 year health plan.
- Develop, implement and assure the directorates technical strategy, providing clarity and direction in a complex and constantly evolving digital environment.
- Lead and manage large‑scale programme structures across multiple locations, including mixed environments of insourced and outsourced teams and suppliers, ensuring effective governance and risk management.
- Provide expert technical and operational assurance into system design, infrastructure architecture and service introduction, ensuring solutions meet customer needs, budget constraints and agreed standards.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Strong programme and delivery management skills, including planning, dependency management, risk and issue management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to a wide range of audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make balanced and effective decisions in complex, high risk, or ambiguous situations.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Education to Master’s level or equivalent level of professional experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to technology, digital delivery, or programme management.

### Interpersonal Skills

**Essential**

- Strong influencing and negotiation skills, with evidence of achieving outcomes through collaboration, persuasion and constructive challenge rather than authority alone.

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive senior level knowledge and experience of working within a technical environment, with a strong understanding of technology services, infrastructure, service support and maintenance.
- Significant experience of leading and delivering large scale, complex technical or digital programmes, including responsibility for risk, quality, assurance, and benefits realisation.
- Experience of managing outsourced and insourced service models, including supplier management and performance oversight.

### Equality, diversity and inclusion

**Essential**

- A clear understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion, in line with NHS values, policies and statutory responsibilities.

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 296.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10684604)
- [guide to completing your application (docx, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1939)
- [nhse - verification of id and rtw guide (pdf, 306.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=996)
- [occupational functional requirements form (pdf, 69.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692141)

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