Digital & Data Procurement Lead | NHS Tech Transformation

DHU Healthcare; Compton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Wellbeing support

Flexible working

Career growth

Job summary

DHU Healthcare is seeking a Category Specialist to provide specialist commercial and procurement leadership for digital and data transformation programmes, including cloud services, EPR and clinical systems, infrastructure modernisation, interoperability, cyber security, AI-enabled technologies, digital platforms, and strategic technology partnerships.

This role is responsible for developing and delivering category strategies, sourcing activities, and supplier management arrangements that

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital and data procurement projects.
• Knowledge of NHS public procurement principles.
• Ability translate technical requirements into procurement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of digital and data category strategies aligned to organisational priorities.
• Deliver complex, high-value procurement exercises in line with public procurement principles.
• Ensure commercial arrangements support clinical safety, data security, and service continuity.
• Support major digital transformation programmes including EPR, cloud, infrastructure, interoperability, cyber security, data platforms, AI-enabled technologies, and digitally enabled clinical services.
• Provide robust commercial advice on contract structures, pricing models, and risk allocation.
• Ensure commercial arrangements align with NHS cyber security, information governance, DSPT, and data protection requirements.
• Support the Head of Procurement & Supplier Management in delivering procurement activity across non-Digital and Data categories as required.
• Translate technical and service requirements into commercially robust procurement strategies.
• Support development of procurement capability across the organisation.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Digital procurement

Sourcing activity

Supplier management

Job description

DHU Healthcare is seeking a Category Specialist to provide specialist commercial and procurement leadership for digital and data transformation programmes, including cloud services, EPR and clinical systems, infrastructure modernisation, interoperability, cyber security, AI-enabled technologies, digital platforms, and strategic technology partnerships.

This role is responsible for developing and delivering category strategies, sourcing activities, and supplier management arrangements that