Associate Director of Commercial & Social Value

Position: Associate Director of Commercial & Social Value
The Opportunity:

Digital Health and Care Wales vision is to provide world leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives, and transforming health and care for everyone in Wales. It is a multi-award-winning organisation, and was twice voted the UK's Best Place to Work in IT.

We are now helping DHCW to find an Associate Director of Commercial & Social Value to support senior leadership on commercial, procurement, and social value activity, ensuring value-for-money, sustainability, and long-term outcomes. You will advise executive leadership on strategy, performance and risk, while embedding social value and environmental responsibility across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development and delivery of commercial and social value strategy aligned to national public sector priorities.
Provide professional leadership to commercial and social value teams, including capability development and succession planning.
Oversee high-value procurement and supplier performance, managing risk, compliance, and assurance.
Embed sustainability, decarbonisation, and value-based decision-making into policies, procurement, and investment decisions.
Establish governance, performance monitoring, and reporting frameworks to drive continuous improvement.
Lead financial planning, savings programmes, and value-for-money assessments within commercial portfolios.
Represent the organisation externally, influencing policy, sharing best practice, and supporting system-wide collaboration.
Communicate complex commercial and sustainability issues clearly to executive leaders and boards.

Essential Experience and Skills

Senior leadership experience in procurement across the Public Sector.
Proven delivery of large-scale, complex procurement programmes and supplier management.
Strong understanding of public procurement regulation, commercial risk, and sustainable procurement.
Experience embedding social value and performance frameworks into decision-making.
Strong financial, analytical and stakeholder-management capability.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and operate effectively in complex, politically sensitive environments.
Experience in regulated or national public sector settings.
Knowledge of decarbonisation, net zero, and value-based procurement approaches.

Personal Attributes

Strategic, credible and influential leader.
Excellent communicator and negotiator.
Values-driven, inclusive, resilient and improvement-focused.

Benefits

28 days annual leave + public holidays
Great work life balance with flexible working and hybrid working (min 1 day a week onsite)
Membership of the NHS pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme and confidential counselling service

Think this one's for you

If you think this Associate Director of Commercial & Social Value opportunity is for you then please apply online.

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