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Deputy Director - Transformation

Deputy Director - Transformation

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London, United kingdom

Full Time

25-11-2025

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Skills

Leadership Change Management

Job Specifications

The Deputy Director - Transformation will lead the development and implementation of the Trust’s Transformation programmes, with relevant SRO and MDT input, in support of key strategic priorities agreed by the Executive and Board. They will hold overall responsibility for designing, developing, and implementing transformation infrastructure and processes to support delivery and evaluation of Trust wide transformation programmes. They will regularly deputise for the Chief Strategy Officer. This will require a sophisticated ability to define and solve complex problems, planning across all areas of the programme, and the ability to influence and deliver successfully in a complex, multi-organisational and multi-professional networked model.

The role requires someone who brings experience and credibility in major transformation, programme delivery, and organisational development and design, with a personality that engages a wide group of different staff members and stakeholders in the improvement agenda.

Key Result Areas

Working with the Executive team to shape the vision for Trust wide transformation and development of associated framework, policies and processes.
Definition, development and implementation of the Trust’s strategy deployment and day to day delivery of the Trust’s transformation programmes.
Senior lead for a portfolio of major change projects where the complexity and/or cross organisational impact requires senior and experienced leadership to ensure delivery.
Deputising for the Chief Strategy Officer
Providing best practice change management, strategic portfolio management, and transformation subject matter expertise to enable the continued implementation of the Trust’s prioritised transformation programmes.
Define and build the transformation capability of the organisation, working with operational, clinical and QI colleagues as required.

The Strategy & Transformation team plays a key role in facilitating development and delivery of the Trust's strategic goals and ensuring we working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to achieve them.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Lillywhite Job title: Chief Strategy Officer Email address: kate.lillywhite@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07900 691 503

About the Company

* Provider of mental health and substance misuse services in South London. * A cross between a large local mental health trust and a teaching hospital, linked to a major international research institute * Provider of the most extensive portfolio of mental health services in the United Kingdom * A world leader in research, working in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London * The largest mental health training institution in the country. Know more