Manager - Health

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence - all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly - all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

You could be involved in one or more of the following:

• Leading the definition and delivery of robust business cases, funding models and investment decisions for health transformation programmes, bringing judgement to shape commercially viable, evidence-led recommendations across national, regional and local health and care systems.
• Managing the co-design of target operating models, service blueprints and governance structures, working confidently with senior stakeholders to translate strategy into practical delivery plans and clear accountabilities.
• Leading work streams within transformation programmes that improve patient outcomes, strengthen system performance and support frontline teams to deliver high-quality care, while coaching others and maintaining delivery momentum in complex environments.
• Bringing a strong commercial specialism to optimise operational, commercial and programme delivery processes across complex health environments, including NHS organisations, arm’s length bodies and wider system partners.
• Applying practical digital, data, analytics and AI knowledge to help clients shape health data infrastructure, research services, digital health platforms and technology-enabled care, with a clear view of responsible adoption, benefits realisation and operational impact.
• Embedding relevant best practice from healthcare, life sciences, public sector and other regulated sectors, and using that insight to shape credible propositions, solve complex client challenges and support high-quality delivery.
• Shaping commercial strategies, procurements, partnerships and delivery plans that support innovation adoption, system-wide collaboration and value for taxpayers, including contributing to business case development and benefits-led investment decisions.
• Playing an active role in our health go-to-market activity, including bid management, proposition development, marketing initiatives and the development of commercially grounded offers that reflect client priorities and Baringa’s wider digital, AI and transformation capabilities.

• Direct experience working in or with the UK health system, such as NHS England, NHS trusts, integrated care systems, arm’s length bodies, health-focused government departments, life sciences organisations or health-focused consultancies.
• Understanding of current priorities across health and care, including system transformation, digital health, health data, clinical research, innovation adoption and the future of integrated care.
• Clear understanding of how the UK health ecosystem…