IT & Software

Deputy Chief Information Officer (Digital Services)

National Health Service

St Ives · Cambridgeshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you shape the digital future of community healthcare. You will lead the Digital Services portfolio, ensuring reliable, secure and patient-centered digital solutions. As a strategic, executive-level leader, you will translate vision into delivery, strengthen partnerships and drive transformation across clinical systems, cyber security and service delivery. You will influence senior stakeholders and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration. This is a chance to impact patient care at scale by modernising digital capabilities.

Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic leadership for digital services across the organisation
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver resilient, secure digital services
  • Advise on technology, architecture, cyber security and digital service performance
  • Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies
  • Develop partnerships with suppliers, healthcare organisations and technology partners
  • Lead complex service transitions and digital change programmes
  • Support the CIO in delivering the organisation's digital vision and long-term strategy
Key requirements
  • Extensive senior leadership experience in a complex digital/tech environment
  • Proven ability to develop and deliver digital strategies for transformation
  • Experience leading large multidisciplinary teams through change
  • Strong commercial and supplier management skills
  • Ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders
  • Experience delivering innovation and transformational change
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Credibility to operate at executive level
  • Experience of cyber security and digital risk management
  • Experience of managing substantial budgets and contracts
  • Experience delivering digital services via internal and external partnerships
  • Strategic thinking
  • Inspirational leadership
  • Political awareness
  • Cyber security leadership
  • Digital services delivery
  • Programme and portfolio management

Reference: WJ-747_30750820

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