Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Digital Commercial Manager
The closing date is 12 November 2026
We are seeking an experienced Digital Commercial Manager to lead and oversee the Trust’s Digital and Data Contracts and software licence agreement function, ensuring; the best fit with Trust requirements, value for money and a high quality of service provision.
The postholder will act as the lead expert for the Trust on Digital and Data contracts management, procurement process and routes to market and software licence agreements.
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Main duties of the job
To ensure that there are robust contractual agreements and performance standards are in place with all third-party suppliers and that these are monitored on a regular basis, ensuring that the best value and service is achieved from the contracts.
To monitor the performance of the Digital and Data contracts management team, ensuring that there is best use of its resources to provide the most efficient service to the Trust. This will involve working closely with product experts within the Digital and Data department and customers to determine trends in performance and areas for service improvement.
To build positive working relationships between the Trust and its external service suppliers.
To procure and actively manage contracts proactively and highlight anticipated future changes.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care –our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job responsibilities
The Digital and Data services department enjoys hybrid working – the successful postholder will be required to spend at least 40% of their working time office based.
Person Specification
- Educated to Masters level for example: Contract Management qualification or equivalent experiential learning gained through relevant practical experience in contract management, commercial management, procurement or a related field. Where an applicant does not hold an appropriate contract-management qualification but otherwise demonstrates the required equivalent experience – below, they must be willing to work towards an agreed relevant qualification within 24 months of appointment.
- Qualification with the International Association for Contract Management (IACCM)
- Government Commercial College Contract Management accreditation
- CIPS Qualification
Experience
- And postholder has equivalent work experience gained in an IT, NHS, Public sector, Business or Finance related field including
- Significant experience of procurement and the various routes to market, has worked on/led a range of procurements.
- Significant Experience working with Contract IT management systems
- Significant Experience of financial management including budget monitoring and cost benefit analysis
- Significant experience of contract management and working with contracts across a range of suppliers, interpreting terms and conditions
Other Experience/Knowledge
- Experience in Software licensing models and agreements.
- Strong experience in relationship and supplier management
- Successful experience of creating and developing strategy, processes, standards, policies and procedures
- Demonstrablesignificant knowledge inthe following areas:
- Extensiveknowledge of Contract management processes and techniques
- Good understanding of NHS procurement, NHS Procurement framework and strategy
- Good understanding of the National Digital Information Strategy and how this impacts Trust Digital and Data requirements
- Use of Service improvement methodologies to drive continuous improvement
- Experience of Stakeholder management at all levels
- Experience of staff management
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.
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