Digital Platform Lead

BioTalent Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital health firm in the UK is seeking an IT Vendor Specialist to lead the design of a secure digital platform. The role involves vendor management, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards. Candidates should have a relevant degree and strong experience in vendor relations and healthcare solutions. This position offers a competitive salary and a flexible working culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible, mission-driven working culture

High-impact role in digital health initiative

Qualifications

• Strong vendor management and supplier negotiation experience.
• Digital solutions experience within healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of a secure, scalable digital platform for multimodal health data.
• Oversee vendor partnerships, system integration, and performance delivery.
• Collaborate with AI, software, and clinical teams to build innovative digital health tools.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare data standards and data protection regulations.
• Establish quality and risk frameworks, monitor KPIs, and report on platform progress.

Skills

Vendor management

Supplier negotiation

Data engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Healthcare interoperability

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in Digital Health, AI, Computer Science, Bioinformatics

Job description

BioTalent are partnering with a pioneering global research initiative uniting experts from healthcare, biotechnology, and AI who are seeking an IT Vendor Specialist. Backed by significant long-term investment, this programme is developing cutting-edge digital and AI platforms to drive precision, prevention, and personalised care.

As a Vendor IT Specialist, you’ll shape the digital and AI ecosystem powering this landmark project. You’ll provide technical leadership, align multi-stakeholder teams, and ensure the secure and scalable integration of multimodal data across global partners.

This opportunity offers you

• A high-impact role within one of Europe’s most ambitious digital health research programmes.
• The chance to define digital infrastructure and AI strategy for a globally collaborative initiative.
• Cross-functional work with world-class clinicians, AI researchers, and engineers.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible, mission-driven working culture.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of a secure, scalable digital platform for multimodal health data.
• Oversee vendor partnerships, system integration, and performance delivery.
• Collaborate with AI, software, and clinical teams to build innovative digital health tools.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7) and data protection regulations.
• Establish quality and risk frameworks, monitor KPIs, and report on platform progress.

You will bring

• BSc/MSc/PhD (or equivalent experience) inDigital Health, AI, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or similar.
• Strong vendor management and supplier negotiation experience.
• Digital solutions experience within healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong knowledge ofdata engineering, cloud infrastructure, and healthcare interoperability.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative mindset with a passion for advancing responsible, real-world AI in healthcare.