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NHS England
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NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our 7 regional teams work directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
Director of Infrastructure Services
Closed for applications on: 15-Hyd-2026 00:00
Statws y swydd wag: Closed
Closed for applications on: 15-Hyd-2026 00:00
Manylion allweddol
Lleoliad
- Gwefan
- Any NHS England or DHSC office
- Tref
- Nationally
- Cod post
- LS1 4AP
- Major / Minor Region
- Gorllewin Swydd Efrog
Math o gontract a phatrwm gwaith
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Gweithio hyblyg
Cyflog
- Cyflog
- £100,000 Per annum (Starting from £100,000)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Gradd
- (ESM1)
Arbenigedd
- Prif leoliad
- Executive Senior Managers (ESM) Technical Services
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
As part of our commitment to improving patient safety and maintaining safe and trusted services, all successful candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS), which includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. By submitting your application, you are confirming your agreement to these checks being undertaken as part of the recruitment process.
Anyone who has received a voluntary or compulsory redundancy payment from NHS England since the start of the 2026/27 financial year is not eligible to apply.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Technology pillar provides the secure, resilient and cost-effective foundations on which NHSE’s digital, data and operational services depend. It brings together the engineering, platforms and operational capabilities needed to run business-critical national and enterprise technology, support frontline services and enable wider digital transformation.
Within the pillar, Infrastructure is responsible for on-premises and cloud hosting, networks and connectivity, cloud enablement, infrastructure engineering, platform lifecycle management, vulnerability and configuration management, technology asset management, operational resilience and the transition from legacy infrastructure to modern strategic platforms.
The postholder will provide executive leadership for this portfolio, setting its strategy, service model, engineering standards and investment priorities while ensuring services are secure, reliable and financially sustainable. The role leads a large multidisciplinary team and significant supplier landscape, is accountable for major infrastructure operations and programmes, and provides assurance on performance, resilience, risk, cost and delivery.
Working across NHS England, DHSC, the wider NHS, government and industry, the post holder will shape common infrastructure approaches, enable safe adoption of cloud and modern hosting, lead during major incidents and ensure that infrastructure decisions support better outcomes for patients, clinicians and frontline staff.
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- Set the strategy and investment priorities for NHS England’s infrastructure services.
- Lead infrastructure operations, engineering, transformation and service improvement.
- Oversee hosting, cloud, networks, connectivity and the transition from legacy technology.
- Ensure services are secure, resilient, reliable, supportable and cost-effective.
- Provide assurance on performance, operational risk, cyber security, delivery and finances.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, major programmes and commercial relationships.
- Direct the response to major infrastructure incidents and drive continuous improvement.
- Advise senior leaders and collaborate across NHS England, DHSC, government and the wider NHS.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the attached Job Description.
Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:
All NHS England Technology personnel must hold SC security clearance level as a minimum.
To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years.’
Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
‘Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don’t need to have SC security clearance already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC security clearance after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.
‘For further advice please check https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-sc.
For further information on National Security Vetting please check National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK, or contact [email protected].
Gofynion yr ymgeisydd
Manyleb y person
Knowledge & Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Substantial senior leadership experience of delivering large-scale, business-critical infrastructure services across cloud, hosting, networks, connectivity and data-centre technologies.
- • Strong technical knowledge of modern infrastructure architecture, cloud platforms, automation, observability, resilience, cyber security and the management of legacy technology.
- • Demonstrable experience of developing infrastructure strategy, leading complex technical transformation and translating architecture into deliverable roadmaps and investment priorities.
- • Proven experience of managing major incidents, operational and technical risk, significant budgets, multidisciplinary engineering teams, suppliers and commercial contracts.
Skills & Capabilities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Ability to provide authoritative technical leadership, constructively challenge designs and make sound decisions on architecture, engineering standards, resilience, security and technical debt.
- • Ability to set strategic direction and translate it into prioritised, measurable and financially sustainable delivery
- • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including making effective decisions in complex, high-risk and time-critical situations.
- • Exceptional leadership, communication and influencing skills, with credibility across technical specialists, executive leaders, government, suppliers and wider NHS stakeholders.
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Educated to master’s level or able to demonstrate equivalent senior-level experience in infrastructure, technology, engineering or a related discipline.
- • Relevant professional qualification, accreditation or equivalent recognised expertise in areas such as cloud, architecture, networking, service management, cyber security or technology leadership.
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Matt Philpott
- Teitl y swydd
- Executive Director of Technology
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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