Applications closing date: 15/03/2026
We’re looking for an Associate Director of Data Delivery to lead a team to ensure successful delivery of a portfolio of data programmes, working directly with our product teams as they design and deliver data services that support preventative, community, and mental health care across Wales.
If you’re passionate about making a difference in a senior leadership role shaping and delivering national data services that have a real impact on the people of Wales, we’d love to hear from you!
What you'll be doing:
* Leading resource allocation, risk and issue escalation, governance, and oversight of digital projects and/or products to ensure alignment of the portfolio with organisational goals and standards.
* Developing and upholding appropriate policies, controls, and frameworks to consistently maintain portfolio health.
* Supporting and developing diverse teams through effective coaching and line management, to meet organisational priorities.
* Providing senior leaders with clear insights and forecasts to support informed decision-making.
Oversee the data delivery function to ensure effective planning, execution, and alignment with strategic objectives. Assess complex, high-impact issues across portfolio strategy, governance, and delivery, applying expert judgement to ensure decisions to drive successful outcomes and prioritise resources to enable this. You will be reporting directly to the Chief Data Officer.
What we’re looking for:
* Proven experience as the strategic lead for data delivery, embedding delivery principles into corporate planning and digital transformation programmes.
* Strong knowledge and expert programme, project and delivery management, with strong leadership, to deliver strategic outcomes.
* Confidence working with senior stakeholders, while staying close to day-to-day delivery.
* Proven success leading and line-managing diverse senior teams by recognising individual strengths and aligning work to collective goals.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us:
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. We work in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other key stakeholders to provide national digital and data services which support the delivery of health and social care in Wales. Modern health and care services depend on good digital tools, data and information. DHCW runs or works with more than 100 services and delivers major national digital transformation programmes to support this. In addition, DHCW provides expert advice in relation to cyber security and information governance. We give frontline staff the digital tools which help them provide safer and more efficient care. We are also giving patients and the public digital tools to better manage their own health and wellbeing, empowering people to live healthier lives. We put people at the heart of what we do, working to the highest standards to deliver quality and make digital a force for good in health and care.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
DHCW is a flexible organisation and hybrid working is now the default within the organisation