Transformation Manager

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider in Leatherhead seeks a Transformation Manager to lead initiatives that transform care delivery. You will manage transformation projects, support clinical model development, and oversee bids to bring in new revenue. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in multi-project portfolios and a post-graduate qualification related to management. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £66,653 to £77,094 annually.

Benefits

Flexible working

Excellent health and wellbeing support

Free parking

Qualifications

• Significant experience in cross-organisational multi-project portfolios.
• Proven experience in developing strategies and commercial bids.
• Experience of line management and managing budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead on overseeing bids to bring new revenue.
• Work with clinical leads to develop models of care.
• Manage multiple projects and deliver against objectives.

Skills

Planning and delivering transformation projects

Stakeholder engagement

Market analysis

Business case development

Management experience

Education

Post-graduate qualification (management or related)

IHI Improvement Advisor or Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Transformation Manager

The closing date is 07 December 2025

The Transformation Manager is responsible for supporting Service Divisions and system partners to transform care through identifying new business opportunities, supporting bids, competitive processes and internal business cases, building and forming new partnerships, improving current service provision and developing innovative approaches to service delivery.

You will be responsible for programme managing transformation projects from concept through to mobilisation working and alongside colleagues at all levels, facilitating collaboration, including senior clinicians, executive leads, teams and service users. You will support Division leads to develop new clinical models of care to drive service improvement.

Main duties of the job

Business Development

• Lead on overseeing bids and other competitive opportunities to bring new revenue into the Trust
• Identify, track and develop a pipeline of opportunities for the Trust to pursue
• Develop, with Service Divisions and partners, solutions and models to transform services and be able to present them in a way that commissioners and other stakeholders can understand
• Develop a network of stakeholders to support innovation and identify potential strategic partners to collaborate with
• Undertake market analysis to generate market insights and evidence to inform options development and analysis as well as interpreting national guidance into local plans and propositions
• Lead on selected financial and other economic and commercial evaluations, in conjunction with finance, legal and procurement teams
• Support promotional work, in conjunction with the communication and marketing team, to showcase good practice and raise the Trust's profile at a system, regional, national and international level
• Line management responsibility for mobilisation and change officers as well as ad hoc contractors for specific programmes of work
• Budgetary responsibility for specific programmes of work

Service Transformation

• Work with managers, clinicians and other stakeholders to enable a whole system and cross divisional approach to sharing, influencing and implementing new processes
• Leads on expert analysis of performance/service design to help improve and shape services
• Support Divisional leads to identify options and needs for business cases and support divisions to develop long‑term strategic plans for improvement as well as actively contribute to the Trust's Annual Planning process
• Develop models of care in conjunction with clinical leads
• Develop and formulate business cases to a high standard, consistent with public sector/NHS requirements
• Facilitate demand and capacity and related modelling and/or projection to support business cases
• Present highly complex ideas in ways that facilitate senior buy‑in
• Ability to make clear recommendations in complex scenarios, backed by credible recommendations
• To lead on the development of programme and project plans for transformation initiatives
• Facilitate workshops and meetings, across stakeholder groups (internal and external) and shape the direction of projects
• Establish and oversee effective governance arrangements, relevant to project scope and size
• Work on tight timescales and lead a portfolio of projects concurrently and contribute a sense of pace, urgency and challenge to meet objectives
• Deliver concise, structured briefings for senior stakeholders
• Manage team and wider stakeholders to deliver against agreed objectives

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post‑graduate qualification (management or related) or equivalent experience
• IHI Improvement Advisor or Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

Experience

• Significant experience of planning and delivering a cross‑organisational multi‑project portfolio involving transformation/ commercial development/ innovation/ improvement, ideally in the NHS
• Proven experience in developing strategies, commercial bids, HMT Five Case business plans, launching new service, and spreading innovation
• Delivery of end‑to‑end redesign for services/pathways, including demand/capacity, workforce, estates/digital enablers, clinical safety by design, cost/benefit modelling and option appraisal
• Evidence of using improvement science in delivery
• Experience of line management, recruitment, supervision, performance management, and managing budgets
• Demonstrable commitment to working with and involving people who use services and carers
• Demonstrable examples of building high‑performing teams and leading through others
• Proven ability to run multiple assignments simultaneously, maintaining pace, governance and clear communication under time pressure

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions 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.

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£66,653 to £77,094 a yearIncl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.