Transformation Service Group Lead (Health and Life Sciences Advisory)

WSP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm in the UK seeks a Transformation Service Group Lead to lead and design transformation programmes in the health and life sciences advisory sector. The successful candidate will enhance service quality and operational efficiency through strategic change, guide teams across various projects, and ensure alignment with health policy. This role requires strong stakeholder management and expertise in implementing digital and operational innovations. Flexible working arrangements and emphasis on work-life balance are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Gymflex benefits

Virtual GP services

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience leading health and life sciences transformations.
• Experience managing budgets, risks and governance frameworks.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder interests.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of transformation strategies for health service organizations.
• Implement change programs across various domains.
• Manage complex stakeholder networks to achieve strategic goals.

Skills

Leading complex transformation projects

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical ability

Digital transformation techniques

Budget management

Education

Experience in consultancy within health/life sciences

Job description

Transformation Service Group Lead (Health and Life Sciences Advisory)

United Kingdom

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…
As a member of the Health and Life Sciences Advisory (HLSA) senior leadership team lead, design and deliver transformation programmes in the health and life sciences sectors. The role is about improving service quality, efficiency, innovation, and outcomes through strategic change — often incorporating digital innovation, commercial strategy, policy alignment, stakeholder collaboration, and regulatory compliance.

This senior role will identify opportunities to advance the HLSA strategy and vision and provide leadership to teams delivering transformation services – digital, asset optimisation, service transformation and complex programme management. A key component of the role is to expand and develop service range, quality, efficiency and innovation across the teams, to build a comprehensive transformation advisory services to clients in health and life sciences.
This role is responsible for delivering revenue and gross margin targets across the transformation group of services ensuring resource is managed effectively and flexibly across teams.

• Lead development and execution of comprehensive transformation strategies for health and life sciences organisations, services or systems.
• Drive the implementation of change programmes across clinical, digital, research, assets and operational domains.
• Oversee conversion of strategic goals into actionable plans, business cases, roadmaps and benefits realisation metrics.
• Manage complex stakeholder networks (internal: clinicians, operational teams; external: regulators, academic, industry, patients) to ensure buy-in, co‑design, and alignment.
• Apply service design, improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six‑Sigma), digital transformation techniques and technology enablement.
• Ensure governance, risk, resource, and budget controls across transformation services group.
• Monitor performance, measure outcomes, adapt course as needed.
• Liaise with policy, regulatory, innovation bodies; ensure transformation is compliant and aligned with national / local health and life sciences policy.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and support to project teams and change agents.
• To agree and manage resource across teams adopting a best athlete approach.
• Will provide a quality assurance role across capabilities identifying any gaps in expertise to be address.
• Will be the account lead for key target clients and commissions.
• Will provide leadership and support to service delivery teams.
• With HSLA health, life sciences and International leads, support or lead on new business bids or project extensions.
• Deliver service expertise within the HLSA advisory team (~60-70% of time)

Key Relationships:
Managing Director / Operations Director

• Direct report to Head of Discipline/ Managing director
• Agree and report against Gross Margin targets
• Agree, implement and report on strategic plan
• Agree business development targets for group and resource plan
• work collaborative with peers on key opportunities and proposals ensuring resources are used more effectively

Service Leads in Transformation Group (Direct reports)

• Service Transformation Director
• Asset optimisation Director
• Digital and Transformation Director

Wider WSP

• Develop and maintain relationships across WSP in UK and International as key capability group contact in HLSA

External

• Key clients and stakeholders

• Industry partners, developers and investors

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Track record of leading large, complex transformation projects in healthcare, life sciences, or similarly regulated sectors.
• Experience ideally within a consultancy organisation leading programme for a range of health or life sciences clients.
• Experience in strategic healthcare or life sciences planning, digital health, health technology.
• Ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data; understand policy, regulatory environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing skills; ability to manage multiple stakeholder interests.
• Capability to manage budgets, resources, risk, and governance frameworks.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams; ability to drive culture change.
• Clinical, scientific, research or digital solutions experience may be beneficial.
• Embracing diversity of nationalities, cultures and perspectives. Demonstrates managerial courage. Provides “actionable” positive and constructive feedback to others in a respectful manner and encourages devolved, empowered leadership. Fosters a culture that generates long‑term learning, cooperation and development of capability. Guides, encourages and supports employees, peers and others in their development by providing feedback and encouragement so they can reach their full potential and achieve a higher level of performance.
• An understanding and appreciation for digital technologies and how they will continue to impact how WSP delivers its services and design for the built environment. An ability to translate digitalisation into new services and delivery methods advise on solutions for clients.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 76756
• Posting Date 12/08/2025, 10:31 AM

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Belonging

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote our culture of inclusivity.

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time

To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.

We also provide part‑time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.