DLN Digital Collaborative Programme Director

Job summary

The Digital Collaborative Director to provide strategic system-level leadership to establish, lead and mature the DLN Digital Collaborative across the Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire ICB Cluster, ensuring best-in-class multi-organisational digital transformation and resilient IT operations. Over 15 months, the Director will define and operationalise the Collaborative's purpose, scope, mechanisms of governance, and delivery model, enabling cluster-wide digital transformation and economies of scale. The focus of the role is to define a self-sustaining model for the DLN Digital Collaborative which delivers exponential value in return for its outlay.

As the Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICBs become a Cluster, it is imperative that multi-organisational digital collaboration opportunities are not lost and this role will play an integral part in ensuring that the Cluster delivers best in class digital solutions to staff and citizens.

Main duties of the job

• Establishing a DLN Digital Collaborative within 12 months, including governance, prioritised work plan, delivery and benefits realisation, and clear financial justification (ROI and clinical impact).
• Acting as a senior ambassador for digital transformation across DLN, ensuring local priorities inform Collaborative programmes.
• Working closely with Digital Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Programme Directors, the ICB Director of Digital Transformation, and system digital leaders to challenge thinking and exploit mutual opportunities.
• As a member of the DLN Digital Senior Leadership Team, lead major strategic programmes (e.g. AI in CHC) that fundamentally change digital delivery.
• Lead and support securing external funding for Collaborative-wide digital programmes, ensuring delivery against approved business cases.

About us

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Details

• Date posted: 02 April 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £109,057 to £127,243 a year per annum
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 15 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 166-DSFS-7901368
• Job locations: Sir John Robinson House, Sir John Robinson Way, Nottingham, NG5 6DA

Job description

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (e.g., Digital Transformation, IT Management, Systems Leadership, Business Administration) or equivalent senior-level training/experience
• Evidence of continued professional development in digital health, leadership, or organisational change

Experience - Essential

• Significant experience operating at, or close to, Board-level within a complex organisation
• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale multi-organisational digital transformation programmes
• Experience of working within or alongside NHS organisations, ICBs, ICSs, or Local Authorities
• Experience establishing new collaboratives, partnerships, or shared service arrangements
• Experience developing business cases including strategic, economic, commercial, financial, and management cases
• Experience designing and implementing Target Operating Models and governance structures
• Experience leading cultural change and workforce transformation across diverse digital and technical teams
• Proven track record in influencing senior stakeholders and system leaders in politically sensitive environments
• Experience in defining funding models or financial strategies for shared or system-wide services

Employer details

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Address: Sir John Robinson House, Sir John Robinson Way, Nottingham, NG5 6DA

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Employer contact details

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