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Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Attributes
Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams.
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Clear understanding of and ability to deliver both hard edged operational/financial objectives whilst supporting people through change.
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Expert analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail and with the ability to handle increasing complexity and make good quality judgements and decisions on the basis of analysis.
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Demonstrable astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief "up the line".
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Ability to lead and direct programme teams and large diverse stakeholder groups, and lead the delivery of the service improvement programme and project outcomes.
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Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
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Ability to manage own work and work of others to tight deadlines
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A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.
- Education and Training
A minimum of a degree in a management related field with either a Master’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
- Education and Training
Recognised project qualification or equivalent experience e.g. PRINCE 2, PMI or MSP Experience at a senior level in a complex organisation
- Experience and Knowledge
Significant experience demonstrating in-depth professional knowledge across multiple disciplines, including transformation/change management, financial management, performance management, information systems and workforce, developed through training and experience over an extended period.
- Experience and Knowledge
A proven track record of service improvement and/or operational management with responsibility for the full range of operational and clinical services.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of implementing large scale multi-faceted service improvement and change projects within a large complex organisation, which have measurable results in achieving significant targets.
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Experience of providing high-level performance and business advice in a highly complex multi-disciplinary environment.
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Experience of developing and taking the lead in advising on long term strategic business planning for services.
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Understanding of provider health structures, chains of control and decision making. Appropriate deployment of service improvement programme and project management resources to the benefit of the trust, divisions and wider programmes.
- Experience and Knowledge
Demonstrable ability to integrate and apply specialist knowledge across disciplines to solve complex organisational problems and deliver large-scale change
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to communicate complex information effectively, via a variety of media and forums, with a wide range of people from all levels both from within and outside of the Trust
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Evidence of self-awareness and ability/desire to enhance own and others performance and behaviour
- Education and Training
Qualification in 6 sigma/lean methodologies
- Experience and Knowledge
Previous role in service improvement or operational experience above service manager level.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of working at a senior level within healthcare consultancy
Job overview
Lead transformation at scale in one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.
King’s is entering a defining period. Our new Trust Strategy 2026–2031, Transforming Care, sets out an ambitious programme of change to improve outcomes for our patients, staff and communities.
We are looking for a Senior Transformation Delivery Lead to take ownership of some of our most significant strategic initiatives — driving them from concept through to measurable, sustained impact.
This is a senior delivery role for someone who thrives on complexity, can build credibility with clinical and corporate leaders alike, and knows how to turn strategic ambition into real clinical and operational reality.
About the Role:
You will lead the end-to-end delivery of major transformation programmes aligned to Transforming Care, working across divisions, corporate functions and system partners. You’ll be a trusted advisor to Executive and Divisional leadership, translating strategic priorities into deliverable programmes of work, and holding the discipline of benefits realisation, risk management and governance throughout.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Lead the design, mobilisation and delivery of complex, trust-wide transformation programmes aligned to the five-year strategy
- Build and lead multi-disciplinary delivery teams, including clinicians, operational managers, business intelligence, digital, information technology, finance, workforce and improvement specialists
- Develop robust programme plans, benefits cases and governance frameworks, ensuring delivery is evidence-based and outcomes-focused
- Act as a senior point of accountability for programme risk, escalating and resolving issues that threaten delivery
- Build strong relationships with clinical leaders, senior operational managers, and system / ICS partners including SE London partners, One Bromley, SEL Acute Provider Collaborative and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams to secure buy-in and remove barriers to change
- Coach and develop transformation, digital transformation and improvement capability across the organisation
- Report programme progress to Trust Board-level governance groups, with clear, honest narratives on progress, risk and impact
- Champion the Kings culture of continuous improvement via the Kings Improvement Method, staff engagement and co-design with patients and communities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
About You:
You are experienced in delivering complex, multi-stakeholder change programmes in a large, complex organisation — ideally within the NHS or another complex public sector or regulated environment. You combine strong programme discipline with genuine influencing skill, and you’re comfortable holding senior stakeholders to account while bringing people with you. You are an experienced transformation leader with a track record of
Duties and Responsibilities
Are you able to demonstrate:
- Proven significant experience delivering large-scale change in complex organisations
- Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
- Track record of delivering measurable improvement outcomes
- Experience of developing and taking the lead in advising on long term strategic business planning for services.
- Understanding of provider health structures, chains of control and decision making.
- Demonstrable ability to integrate and apply specialist knowledge across disciplines to solve complex organisational problems and deliver large-scale change.
Essential criteria:
- Significant experience leading large-scale transformation or change programmes at a senior level, ideally within an acute or complex health/care setting
- Strong programme and project management expertise, with formal qualifications (e.g. MSP, Prince2, Agile) desirable
- Evidence of successfully translating strategic intent into deliverable, benefits-realising programmes of work
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence at Executive and Board level
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data and evidence to drive decision-making
- Experience of leading and developing teams through periods of significant change
- Educated to Master’s level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Senior Transformation Delivery Lead with King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Lead (legacy management group) role. The advertised salary is £88,250 - £100,355 per annum inc HCA's. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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