Deputy Director of BI, Performance & Population Health Management
Job summary
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking leader to join our senior team as Deputy Director of BI Performance and Population Health Management.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the Trust's continued journey to strengthen business intelligence, performance oversight, and population health insight across our services and partnerships.
Reporting to the Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, the postholder will provide strategic leadership for the Trust's data science, BI/Performance, and data engineering functions. You will lead the development of high-quality insight, analytics, and reporting that support operational delivery, strategic decision-making, and improved outcomes for the populations we serve.
The role is central to shaping how data and intelligence are used across the Trust, from supporting Integrated Performance Report (IPR) development and performance management, to strengthening oversight framework arrangements and enabling effective assurance.
You will also lead the Trust's approach to population health management and neighbourhood intelligence, working closely with clinical, operational, and system partners to identify need, reduce inequalities, and support more proactive, joined-up models of care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a credible and collaborative senior leader with significant experience in:
Strategic business intelligence and performance leadership
Population health management and analytical insight
Leading multidisciplinary data, BI, and engineering teams
Developing robust reporting, governance, and assurance frameworks
Working across organisational and system boundaries
Translating complex data into actionable intelligence for senior leaders
This is an opportunity to make a real impact in a Trust with strong ambitions, an innovative culture, and a clear commitment to improving health outcomes for local communities.
If you are passionate about using insight, performance, and population health intelligence to drive meaningful change, we would welcome your application.
About us
At Mersey Care we strive to continually build on our values and beliefs that will allow all our workforce to develop their potential and bring their whole self into the organisation. In order to strengthen our inclusivity and diversity, we recognise the need to ensure we become more representative of the communities we serve. This is recognised in the NHS England EDI Workforce Improvement Plan 2023 and NHS Workplace Race Equality Standard that in senior NHS Leadership positions, there is an underrepresentation of Black and Asian Minority colleagues (BME). As an organisation we are committed to our Perfect Care Goal on Anti-racism and so are employing positive action where we know there is underrepresentation and for this position therefore, we encourage applications from people who are from BME communities. The Equality Act (2010) permits Mersey Care as a defined public authority, to take steps to address inequity and underrepresentation as positive action, and this includes our approach for this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding this job, please refer to the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- CIMA or CCAB qualified accountant or PhD in Health Economics.
- Evidence of Leadership and Management Development
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
Experience
- Senior leadership level experience in a senior Strategic Development, Finance or Planning role in a complex environment
- Significant management and /or professional experience in an NHS or other similar environment, managing multiple priorities and competing demands to successfully meet challenging targets and planned objectives.
- Excellent management and leadership skills with a proven capacity to engage and motivate staff having managed a large business unit.
- Significant professional experience in policy / national guidance analysis and evaluation
- Evidence of working across a range of organisations to achieve significant change
- Experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and clinical teams and staff
- Proven ability to analyse, interpret, present and clearly communicate complex briefings to colleagues at all levels in an organisation through production of concise and insightful briefing notes and papers
- A track record of achievement in the development & implementation of strategy and policy in a large and complex organisation.
- Evidence of devising, developing and delivering business plans.
- Experience in leading the development of business cases and strategic projects to time and budget.
- Experience of Financial accountability at a senior level in managing budgets and resources.
- Experience of working in a senior Strategic Development or Planning role within the healthcare sector
- Evidence of actively participating in service improvement and efficiency
Knowledge
- An in depth and comprehensive understanding of the NHS, including the political agenda and broader strategic and policy context for delivery of health services.
- Expert knowledge on Population health analytics and data flows within the NHS
- Ability to understand and interpret NHS planning policies, procedures and working practices in all areas of the business and any issues which may influence the development of longer-term strategies.
- In depth understanding of the social care system and how the wider healthcare market operates.
Skills
- Self-motivated and resourceful.
- Ability to work and respond within challenging timeframes, adopting a flexible and positive approach to ensure outcomes are effectively delivered.
- Evidence of resilience in a range of complex and demanding situations
- Evidence of the aptitude to develop effective internal and external collaborative relationships.
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills and ability to apply these skills at all levels of the organisation, and with relevant external bodies, to shape future policy and processes.
- Demonstrably comfortable with ambiguity
- Evidence of holding strong public service values
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
V7 building
Liverpool
L34 1PJ
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/