Associate Director – International and Education
Job overview
The Associate Director leads a portfolio of education and consultancy services for the life sciences industry and international partner agencies.
In addition, the Associate Director will drive the following significant areas of work, including:
- Business development relating to education services and NICE International projects
- New service development to identify opportunities to maximise income
- Relationship management with internal and external stakeholders
- Delivery against NICE International’s strategy
Main duties of the job
As the leader of the NICE International and Education portfolio, you will bring your strong background in partnership working to continue the delivery of strategic and operational objectives by:
- Leading strategic relationships between NICE Advice and other teams within NICE and external partners
- Taking full responsibility for leading and managing a portfolio of education services and NICE international projects
- Working at a senior level within the organisation in a highly pressured and complex environment
- Reviewing project deliverables to ensure the content is accurate and does not pose any reputational risk to NICE
- Reviewing processes used across all services and projects to ensure that they are run efficiently and continue to meet the client’s needs
- Providing advice and senior level support to the Director of NICE Advice, Executive Director and team members on highly complex issues, including the impact of technical developments, policy changes
- Maximising the financial performance and profitability of the NICE Advice function by achieving income and profit targets, reviewed annually
- Monitoring income and expenditure and working collaboratively with the Director NICE Advice, Associate Director Commercial and Associate Director for Advice Services in financial decision making
Working for our organisation
NICE Advice provides a single point of contact for the life sciences industry to facilitate a clear and simple customer journey from clinical development to market access. We provide a fee-based advisory service for developers of health technologies – including devices, diagnostics, digital, artificial intelligence or pharmaceuticals.We provide advice, insights and knowledge transfer with the ultimate aim of supporting technologies through NICE guidance to reach patients.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Our benefits include:
- Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.
- Flexible Working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
- Exclusive Discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
- Time to Recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
- Inclusive Staff Networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and more – we celebrate diversity.
- Tailored Development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities.
If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Doctorate or Master’s degree with demonstrable postgraduate specialist experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. health economics, pharmacy, epidemiology, statistics, clinical research) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential criteria- Has demonstrated experience in senior management leading a programme in a complex environment
Experience
Essential criteria- Business management and business development experience
Experience
Desirable criteria- Excellent diplomacy skills and ability to adjust communication style and behaviour in a culturally sensitive manner
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to communicate confidently and generate trust and confidence in individuals at all levels both within and outside the organisation and across multidisciplinary teams.
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to influence a range of audiences where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere