Domestic Market Entry Health Lead

About Palladium:

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

Palladium is part ofGISI’s Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately
15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Palladium’s UKEA Partnership isseeking a UK Domestic Health Lead to establish, grow, and scale

Palladium’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 bring proven, first‑hand experience entering the UK public health domestic market,securing early wins, and building a sustainable portfolio of commissioned services with local authorities and related public sector bodies.

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

The postholder will be accountable for originating, shaping, winning, and growing Palladium’s UK domestic health 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…