Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Transformation Manager

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Job summary

The Transformation Manager is responsible for supporting Service Divisions and system partners transform care through identifying new business opportunities, supporting bids, competitive processes and internal business cases, building and forming new partnerships, improving current service provision and developing innovative approaches to service delivery.

You will be responsible for programme managing transformation projects from concept through to mobilisation working and alongside colleagues at all levels, facilitating collaboration, including senior clinicians, executive leads, teams and service users. You will support Division leads to developing new clinical models of care to drive service improvement.

Main duties of the job

Business Development:

Lead on overseeing bids and other competitive opportunities to bring new revenue into the Trust

Identify, track and develop a pipeline of opportunities for the Trust to pursue

Develop, with Service Divisions and partners, solutions and models to transform services and be able to present them in a way that commissioners and other stakeholders can understand

Develop a network of stakeholders to support innovation and identify potential strategic partners to collaborate with

Undertake market analysis to generate market insights and evidence to inform options development and analysis as well as interpreting national guidance into local plans and propositions

Lead on selected financial and other economic and commercial evaluations, in conjunction with finance, legal and procurement teams

Support promotional work, in conjunction with the communication and marketing team, to showcase good practice and raise the Trust's profile at a system, regional, national and international level

Line management responsibility for mobilisation and change officers as well as ad hoc contractors for specific programmes of work

Budgetary responsibility for specific programmes of work

Service Transformation:

Work with managers, clinicians and other stakeholders to enable a whole system and cross divisional approach to sharing, influencing and implementing new processes

Leads on expert analysis of performance/service design to help improve and shape services

Support Divisional leads to identify options and needs for business cases and support divisions to develop long-term strategic plans for improvement as well as actively contribute to the Trust's Annual Planning process

Develop models of care in conjunction with clinical leads

Develop and formulate business cases to a high standard, consistent with public sector/NHS requirements

Facilitate demand and capacity and related modelling and or/projection to support business cases

Present highly complex ideas in ways that facilitate senior buy-in

Ability to make clear recommendations in complex scenarios, backed by credible recommendations

Programme Management:

To lead on the development of programme and project plans for transformation initiatives

Facilitate workshops and meetings, across stakeholder groups (internal and external) and shape the direction of projects

Establish and oversee effective governance arrangements, relevant to project scope and size

Work on tight timescales and lead a portfolio of projects concurrently and contribute a sense of pace, urgency and challenge to meet objectives

Deliver concise, structured briefings for senior stakeholders

Manage team and wider stakeholders to deliver against agreed objectives

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

25 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,653 to £77,094 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7476567-CORP-A

Job locations

Trust Headquarters

18 Mole Business Park, Randalls Road

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oPost-graduate qualification (management or related) or equivalent experience
oProgramme/ Project management qualification (MSP, PMP, Agile, Prince2 or equivalent)

Desirable

oCommercial/procurement qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
oIHI Improvement Advisor or Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

Experience

Essential

oSignificant experience of planning and delivering a cross-organisational multi-project portfolio involving transformation/ commercial development/ innovation/ improvement, ideally in the NHS
oProven experience in developing strategies, commercial bids, HMT Five Case business plans, launching new service, and spreading innovation
oDelivery of end-to-end redesign for services/pathways, including demand/capacity, workforce, estates/digital enablers, clinical safety by design, cost/benefit modelling and option appraisal
oEvidence of using improvement science in delivery
oExperience of line management, recruitment, supervision, performance management, and managing budgets
oDemonstrable commitment to working with and involving people who use services and carers
oDemonstrable examples of building high-performing teams and leading through others
oProven ability to run multiple assignments simultaneously, maintaining pace, governance and clear communication under time pressure

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oPost-graduate qualification (management or related) or equivalent experience
oProgramme/ Project management qualification (MSP, PMP, Agile, Prince2 or equivalent)

Desirable

oCommercial/procurement qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
oIHI Improvement Advisor or Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

Experience

Essential

oSignificant experience of planning and delivering a cross-organisational multi-project portfolio involving transformation/ commercial development/ innovation/ improvement, ideally in the NHS
oProven experience in developing strategies, commercial bids, HMT Five Case business plans, launching new service, and spreading innovation
oDelivery of end-to-end redesign for services/pathways, including demand/capacity, workforce, estates/digital enablers, clinical safety by design, cost/benefit modelling and option appraisal
oEvidence of using improvement science in delivery
oExperience of line management, recruitment, supervision, performance management, and managing budgets
oDemonstrable commitment to working with and involving people who use services and carers
oDemonstrable examples of building high-performing teams and leading through others
oProven ability to run multiple assignments simultaneously, maintaining pace, governance and clear communication under time pressure

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.