UK Domestic Market Entry Health Lead

About Palladium

Palladium is a globalcompany working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives andlivelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutionsand market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the naturalworld. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented,motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and genderidentities.

Palladium is part ofGISI’s Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the world’s mostcomplex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providingconstruction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity

Palladium’s UKEA Partnership isseeking a UK Domestic Health Lead to establish, grow, and scalePalladium’s presence in the UK domestic public health market.

This role is explicitly focusedon public sector market entry and portfolio build . The successful candidate must bringproven, first-hand experience entering the UK public health domestic market ,securing early wins, and building a sustainable portfolio of commissionedservices with local authorities and related public sector bodies.

This position is not advisory ordevelopmental in nature. It requires a candidate who has already done thiswork —someone who has personally led market entry, converted relationshipsinto contracts, and grown a pipeline into a credible, repeatable portfolio.

The postholder will be accountablefor originating, shaping, winning, and growing Palladium’s UK domestichealth portfolio , initially focused on local authorities in the South East,with scope to expand nationally.

Location

The position will be based in one of Palladium's England offices. Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

This role will be largely remote as travel is required around South East, England, but there must be an ability to report to an office location as needed.

Reporting Lines

• The UK Domestic Health 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

Market Entry & Portfolio Development

• 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

• Build and maintain a robust, forward‑looking pipeline of UK domestic health opportunities, primarily with local authorities, with expected expansion to central government ministerial departments, with clear line of sight to conversion
• Conducting research and analysis to understand client requirements.
• Engaging with like‑minded companies to form partnerships for strategic pursuits.
• Lead proposal development, including technical writing and commercial proposals, ensuring all documentation meets compliance requirements
• Monitor bid performance and pivot strategy based on lessons learned
• Mentor and guide junior staff in business development with UK domestic clients
• Ensure alignment of business development efforts with Palladium’s global strategy and regional growth priorities

Programme Delivery

• Provide strategic leadership for won/successful programmes to ensure alignment with client requirements and expectations

Other

• 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
• Lead quality assurance initiatives to identify and implement opportunities for improvement across the health portfolio
• Collaborating with other practice areas and business units to deliver integrated development services and solutions
• 10+ years' experience in UK health, publichealth, or related fields,withsignificant time operating in the domestic commissioning environment
• Demonstratedsuccess building a UK domestic public health portfolio from inception, including:
• Securing first contracts or pilotcommissions
• Growing follow-on work, extensions, oradditional contracts
• Establishing a sustainable pipeline withrepeat commissioners
• Directexperience winning and delivering contracts for UK local authorities in public healthand/or prevention services
• Averifiable track record of converting commissioner relationships intoawarded contracts, not solely engagement or advisory activity
• Deep,practical understanding of:
• Local authority public healthcommissioning
• ICB and NHS interfaces
• Funding flows, procurement routes, anddecision‑making processes
• Proven ability to leveragedigital health technologies and online platforms, with experienceoverseeing the development and management of technology-enabledpartnerships and programmes (e.g., healthy lifestyle initiatives deliveredvirtually)
• Strongcommercial acumen, including pricing, risk management, and contractnegotiation within public sector health frameworks
• Experienceleading complex bids and mobilising successful programmes

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion intoeverything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society andactively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and goodpractice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in ourworkforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fairtreatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. Theseinclude: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, genderidentity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability,nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due todisability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email ourteam at and we will be intouch to discuss.

Safeguarding

We defineSafeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect ourpeople, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committedto ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladiumare treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject toan enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and arigorous due diligence process.

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