Director of Strategy & Business Development
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £85,000 - £95,000 |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4EW |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 4 Sept 2026 |
Summary
Executive Responsibilities Strategic Growth & Business Development Define and lead the organisation's long-term growth strategy, ensuring alignment with NHS policy, Integrated Care Board priorities, and the organisation's social mission. Translate strategic objectives into deliverable corporate and operational plans that enable sustainable organisational growth. Identify, evaluate and respond proactively to changes in the external environment, including commissioning priorities, health policy, funding opportunities and market developments. Advise and support the Chief Executive Officer and Board on strategic direction, organisational growth and investment decisions. Provide executive accountability for the development and management of a robust pipeline of business opportunities across the short, medium and long term, ensuring a balanced and sustainable portfolio. Drive innovation through the effective use of market intelligence, data and performance insights to shape new service models and future opportunities. Identify unmet health and care needs where the organisation can deliver measurable impact and social value. Assess and mitigate strategic risks associated with growth, including market concentration, contract dependency and organisational capacity. Provide regular assurance to the Board through reporting on strategic opportunities, pipeline performance, organisational growth and associated risks. Executive Stakeholder Engagement Build, maintain and strengthen strategic relationships with NHS commissioners, Integrated Care Systems, provider collaboratives, local authorities, delivery partners and other key stakeholders. Represent the organisation at executive-level forums, system partnerships and regional or national networks, positioning the organisation as a trusted and high-performing delivery partner. Influence commissioning intentions and future service design through early engagement, collaborative working and evidence-based insight. Develop and maintain the organisation's reputation as a credible strategic partner capable of delivering high-quality, innovative and sustainable healthcare services. Strategic Partnerships & Commercial Collaboration Lead the identification, development and negotiation of strategic partnerships, alliances and consortium arrangements to maximise opportunities. Oversee partnership governance, ensuring commercial arrangements that support both organisational sustainability and social purpose. Evaluate collaborative opportunities that strengthen organisational position while maintaining operational excellence and values. Develop relationships with Acute and Community Trusts to explore and deliver partnership solutions. Executive Leadership Provide strategic leadership to the Business Development and Commercial Support function, contributing to high-performing, commercially focused and values-driven teams. Foster strong collaboration across operational, clinical, finance and corporate functions to ensure organisational readiness for growth and successful mobilisation of new services. Embed a culture of accountability, service innovation and continuous improvement across the organisation. Ensure strategic priorities are clearly communicated and consistently aligned across all support functions and operational teams. Lead the organisational goal to be revolutionary, evolutionary and visionary in relation to service delivery. Organisational Impact & Reputation Champion the organisation's social value proposition by ensuring impact, outcomes and community benefit are evidenced, measured and effectively communicated. Enhance organisational profile through thought leadership, speaking engagements, publications and active participation in health and care system development. Strengthen brand recognition and influence across the NHS and wider health and social care sector. Ensure all growth activity enhances organisational reputation, supports long-term sustainability and remains true to the organisation's mission, values and commitment to improving population health. Our key behavioural expectations are: Self-awareness; living authentically Adaptability; being ready to adjust depending on the situation Openness; What you see is what you get Tenacity; you need to be able to get the tough jobs done! Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible Generosity of spirit; Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness and compassion Ability to have fun; Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next. Values:Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours that are in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA: Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy! Awesome: We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome! Humble: Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious! Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity Disability Confident Employer: As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy DBS: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence). For Driver positions you will also be required to undertake a Driver check.