# Regional Director of Digital, Data & Innovation > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS England. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/regional-director-of-digital-data-and-innovation/d405c970-4d96-443f-aa37-7bef9a1a34f2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/regional-director-of-digital-data-and-innovation/d405c970-4d96-443f-aa37-7bef9a1a34f2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS England - **Town:** Leeds - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Salary:** £131,301 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-07-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T11:40:17.183Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M9990-26-0407?employerCode=M9990 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8044185?FromJobsNHS=1&ShowJobAdvert= ## Job Content ### Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen in NHS England North West for a Regional Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer. This is a pivotal leadership role within the region's new operating model and central to delivering the ambitions of the 10-Year Health Plan. This post will provide strategic direction across the region's digital, data and innovation portfolio, leading a skilled community to accelerate the shift from analogue to digital and ensuring these capabilities shape regional priorities and decision-making. The successful candidate will oversee teams responsible for developing and delivering a coherent regional strategy, translating national programmes into a clear roadmap and investment plan, and strengthening digital and data expertise across provider and commissioner boards. Working across three large integrated care systems, the directorate will collaborate with regional colleagues and national teams to drive the large-scale transformation required to support system recovery, stabilisation and long-term service modernisation. We are seeking a credible, influential leader who can build strong partnerships across the NHS, social care, local and national government, academia, industry and the VCFSE sector. The role offers the opportunity to advance digitisation across the region and unlock the societal and financial value of health and care data. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder, as a member of the regional executive team, will provide professional support to the Regional Director to deliver the objectives of NHS England. They may also lead or support initiatives set out by NHS England's national leadership, as relevant to their portfolio The Chief Digital and Data Officer will help meet the Region's core objectives through: Strategic leadership of the regional health system to support delivery of reform, overseeing planning, investment and reconfiguration of services, supporting innovation and ensuring effective regional leadership strategy and talent pipelines. Performance management and oversight of commissioners and providers, holistic oversight of performance in line with national frameworks, including understanding board and leadership capability, identifying 'early warning' systems and managing risk. Regional approach to improvement support and intervention to ensure high quality and sustainable care, developing capability, addressing underperformance and overseeing regulatory interventions as required. Understanding the political landscape. Building strong, collaborative relationships at national, regional and local levels. ### About us 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. We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies. ### Details - Date posted: 19 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Very senior manager (VSM) - Salary: £131,301 a year per annum (Starting from £131,301) - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working - Reference number: 990-NW-EC2656-E - Job locations: 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom ### Job 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. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen in NHS England North West for a Regional Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer. This is a pivotal leadership role within the region's new operating model and central to delivering the ambitions of the 10-Year Health Plan. This post will provide strategic direction across the region's digital, data and innovation portfolio, leading a skilled community to accelerate the shift from analogue to digital and ensuring these capabilities shape regional priorities and decision-making. The successful candidate will oversee teams responsible for developing and delivering a coherent regional strategy, translating national programmes into a clear roadmap and investment plan, and strengthening digital and data expertise across provider and commissioner boards. Working across three large integrated care systems, the directorate will collaborate with regional colleagues and national teams to drive the large-scale transformation required to support system recovery, stabilisation and long-term service modernisation. We are seeking a credible, influential leader who can build strong partnerships across the NHS, social care, local and national government, academia, industry and the VCFSE sector. The role offers the opportunity to advance digitisation across the region and unlock the societal and financial value of health and care data. ## Job Description The post-holder, as a member of the regional executive team, will provide professional support to the Regional Director to deliver the objectives of NHS England. They may also lead or support initiatives set out by NHS England's national leadership, as relevant to their portfolio The Chief Digital and Data Officer will help meet the Region's core objectives through: Strategic leadership of the regional health system to support delivery of reform, overseeing planning, investment and reconfiguration of services, supporting innovation and ensuring effective regional leadership strategy and talent pipelines. Performance management and oversight of commissioners and providers, holistic oversight of performance in line with national frameworks, including understanding board and leadership capability, identifying 'early warning' systems and managing risk. Regional approach to improvement support and intervention to ensure high quality and sustainable care, developing capability, addressing underperformance and overseeing regulatory interventions as required. Understanding the political landscape. Building strong, collaborative relationships at national, regional and local levels. ## 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. ## Person Specification ### Leadership **Essential** - First in class leadership skills from a breadth of disciplines, a visionary and strategic thinker - Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness and significant experience of operating at Board level in a politically sensitive environment or organisation; ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to masters level or equivalent experience ### Sector knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable technical understanding of NHS providers, commissioners and systems, the financial processes they require for success, and the regulatory/control environment, in which they operate. ### Skills and experience **Essential** - Significant experience of operating at board level and a substantial track record of delivering results in very complex high-profile environments ## Documents - [Occupational Functional Requirements.pdf (PDF, 70 KB)](document:2964156) - [Job Description & Person Specification.pdf (PDF, 721 KB)](document:2964157) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.