Job Introduction
About Palladium and Get Set UK:
Get Set UK has recently joined Palladium’s Employment and Community Services team - bringing together two organisations with shared purpose helping people find work, build skills and move forward with confidence.
Operating in over 50 countries, Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation - strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development. Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed, client-focused solutions that help organizations achieve measurable, sustainable impact.
Palladium is part of the GISI 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 is seeking a UK Health Market Lead to establish, grow, and scale Palladium’s presence in the UK public health market.
This role is explicitly focused on 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 this work, 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:
This role will be largely remote as travel is required around South East, England, but there must be an ability to report to a Palladium England office location as needed. Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Reporting Lines:
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The UK Health Market Lead will report into a Director, Health, with indirect reporting lines to the senior leadership team
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This role will not have supervisory responsibilities to start but will as the domestic health practice grows
Primary Responsibilities:
Market Entry & Portfolio Development
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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
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Build a demonstrable portfolio of UK domestic public health work, progressing from initial wins to repeat commissions, extensions, and multi‑year contracts
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Translate existing relationships and market intelligence into tangible commercial outcomes, including awarded contracts, framework placements, and strategic partnerships
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Develop and execute a clear market entry and growth strategy, identifying priority geographies, service lines, and commissioning routes
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Establish Palladium’s reputation with commissioners as a trusted delivery partner, not solely a bidder or advisor
Relationship Building
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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
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Actively participate in soft market testing, early engagement, and pre‑procurement dialogue to shape service models in Palladium’s favour
Business Development
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Personally lead end‑to‑end bid ownership, from opportunity qualification through submission, negotiation, award, and mobilisation
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Build and maintain a robust, forward‑looking pipeline of UK domestic health opportunities, with clear line of sight to conversion
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Form and lead strategic consortia and partnerships to enable market entry and scale
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Track and report on portfolio performance, conversion rates, and growth trajectory
Programme Delivery
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Provide strategic leadership for won/successful programmes to ensure alignment with client requirements and expectations.
Other
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Contribute to shaping and advancing broader health cluster strategy (UK and international)
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Provide thought leadership through technical positioning papers, public speaking engagements, and strategic partnerships
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Collaborating with other practice areas and business units to deliver integrated development services and solutions
Essential Criteria:
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10+ years’ experience in UK health, public health, or closely related fields, with significant time operating in the domestic commissioning environment
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Demonstrated success building a UK domestic public health portfolio from inception, including:
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Securing first contracts or pilot commissions
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Growing follow‑on work, extensions, or additional contracts
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Establishing a sustainable pipeline with repeat commissioners
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Direct experience winning and delivering contracts for UK local authorities in public health and/or prevention services
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A verifiable track record of converting commissioner relationships into awarded contracts, not solely engagement or advisory activity.
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Deep, practical understanding of:
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Local authority public health commissioning
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ICB and NHS interfaces
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Funding flows, procurement routes, and decision‑making processes
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Proven ability to leverage digital health technologies and online platforms, with experience overseeing the development and management of technology-enabled partnerships and programmes (e.g., healthy lifestyle initiatives delivered virtually)
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Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, risk management, and contract negotiation within public sector health frameworks
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Experience leading complex bids and mobilising successful programmes
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.
