UK Health Market Lead

Job Category: Business/Strategic Management

This Opportunity

Palladium's UKEA Partnership is seeking a UK Health Market Lead to establish, grow, and scale Palladium's presence in the UK public health market. This role is explicitly focused on market entry and portfolio build, requiring proven, first hand experience entering the UK public health domestic market, securing early wins, and building a sustainable portfolio of commissioned services with local authorities and related public sector bodies.

Location

This role will be largely remote with occasional travel around the South East of England. The postholder may be required to report to a Palladium England office as needed and must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

Reporting Lines

• The UK Health Market Lead will report into a Director, Health, with indirect reporting lines to the senior leadership team.
• This role will not have supervisory responsibilities to start but will as the domestic health practice grows.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead Palladium's market entry into the UK domestic public health sector, establishing the organisation as a credible and competitive delivery partner with local authorities and other public sector commissioners.
• Build a demonstrable portfolio of UK domestic public health work, progressing from initial wins to repeat commissions, extensions, and multi year contracts.
• Translate existing relationships and market intelligence into tangible commercial outcomes, including awarded contracts, framework placements, and strategic partnerships.
• Develop and execute a clear market entry and growth strategy, identifying priority geographies, service lines, and commissioning routes.
• Establish Palladium's reputation with commissioners as a trusted delivery partner, not solely a bidder or advisor.

Relationship Building

• Leverage existing senior level relationships with Directors of Public Health, Heads of Commissioning, ICB leaders, elected members, and provider organisations to shape demand and influence commissioning intent ahead of formal procurement.
• Actively participate in soft market testing, early engagement, and pre procurement dialogue to shape service models in Palladium's favour.

Business Development

• Personally lead end to end bid ownership, from opportunity qualification through submission, negotiation, award, and mobilisation.
• Build and maintain a robust, forward looking pipeline of UK domestic health opportunities, with clear line of sight to conversion.
• Form and lead strategic consortia and partnerships to enable market entry and scale.
• Track and report on portfolio performance, conversion rates, and growth trajectory.
• Provide strategic leadership for won/successful programmes to ensure alignment with client requirements and expectations.

Other Responsibilities

• Contribute to shaping and advancing broader health cluster strategy (UK and international).
• Provide thought leadership through technical positioning papers, public speaking engagements, and strategic partnerships.
• Collaborate with other practice areas and business units to deliver integrated development services and solutions.
• 10+ years' experience in UK health, public health, or closely related fields, with significant time operating in the domestic commissioning environment.
• Demonstrated success building a UK domestic public health portfolio from inception, including: securing first contracts or pilot commissions; growing follow on work, extensions, or additional contracts; establishing a sustainable pipeline with repeat commissioners.
• Direct experience winning and delivering contracts for UK local authorities in public health and/or prevention services.
• A verifiable track record of converting commissioner relationships into awarded contracts, not solely engagement or advisory activity.
• Deep, practical understanding of local authority public health commissioning, ICB and NHS interfaces, funding flows, procurement routes, and decision making processes.
• Proven ability to leverage digital health technologies and online platforms, with experience overseeing the development and management of technology enabled partnerships and programmes.
• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, risk management, and contract negotiation within public sector health frameworks.
• Experience leading complex bids and mobilising successful programmes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in UK health, public health, or closely related fields, with significant time operating in the domestic commissioning environment.
• Demonstrated success building a UK domestic public health portfolio from inception, securing first contracts or pilot commissions and growing follow on work.
• Direct experience winning and delivering contracts for UK local authorities in public health and/or prevention services.
• Proven track record of converting commissioner relationships into awarded contracts.
• Deep understanding of local authority public health commissioning, ICB and NHS interfaces, funding flows, procurement routes, and decision making processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in pricing, risk management, contract negotiation within public sector health frameworks.
• Experience leading complex bids and mobilising successful programmes.

Application Process

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of background.

Safeguarding

All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Recruitment Process Note

Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.