Integrated Healthcare Manager

Integrated Healthcare Manager 

Work alongside NHS system leaders to co-develop and implement solutions that improve cardiometabolic outcomes at scale 

Your new role 

We are looking for an Integrated Healthcare Manager to join our team, covering the West Midlands and East Midlands regions. 

As an Integrated Healthcare Manager (IHM), you will operate as a senior healthcare partnership lead working at Integrated Care System (ICS), Health Board and regional level. You will partner with NHS leaders to co-design and implement system-wide improvements that support delivery of national cardiometabolic priorities, reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes at population scale. 

This is a strategic, predominantly non-promotional role focused on healthcare transformation, pathway implementation and Collaborative Working. Success is measured through the delivery of healthcare, service and patient outcomes rather than sales performance. 

Operating at the intersection of NHS strategy, population health, service redesign and patient access, you will help healthcare systems translate policy ambition into practical implementation. You will work with NHS partners to identify barriers, develop solutions and support delivery of sustainable change that benefits patients, the NHS and Novo Nordisk. 

Whilst there is a limited and clearly defined promotional component, the primary focus of the role is responding to NHS articulated need, building trusted partnerships and enabling large-scale system improvement through compliant, value-driven collaboration. 

Day to day, you will: 

• Generate influence at ICS, Health Board and regional level to ensure cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CRM) conditions are prioritised using data, insight and population health perspectives 

• Lead the development and execution of ICS-level strategic engagement plans aligned to NHS priorities and Novo Nordisk capabilities 

• Identify, develop and deliver non-promotional healthcare system partnerships that address NHS priorities around cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disease 

• Work alongside NHS leaders to diagnose implementation barriers and support delivery of evidence-based pathway improvements at scale 

• Support pathway redesign, service transformation and implementation of best-practice models of care aligned to national and regional priorities 

• Develop and deliver strategic partnerships and improvement initiatives that address multimorbidity, reduce health inequalities and improve access to evidence-based care 

• Lead Collaborative Working and partnership projects in full compliance with ABPI governance requirements and Novo Nordisk processes 

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Medicines Optimisation, Population Health, Prevention, Transformation, Commissioning and Clinical Networks 

• Translate national policy, local population health needs and system priorities into practical improvement programmes with measurable outcomes 

• Work collaboratively with NHS Network Managers and internal cross-functional colleagues, maintaining clear boundaries between promotional and non-promotional activities 

Your new department 

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe. 

Within the UK, this role sits at the centre of our strategic partnership approach with the NHS. The Integrated Healthcare Manager plays a key role in supporting system level change, responding to NHS prioritisation, and enabling timely patient access through credible, compliant and value driven collaboration with NHS partners. 

This role sits within the Integrated Healthcare and Strategic Partnerships team, part of the Market Access Business Unit. Established in 2025, this is a newly formed, high impact team created to respond directly to NHS articulated priorities. 

The team exists to add value for both the NHS and Novo Nordisk by enabling credible, compliant partnerships that support system change and improve outcomes for patients at population scale. This is a role for someone motivated by patient benefit, NHS need and long term, sustainable impact. 

Who will thrive in this role? 

This role is likely to suit individuals who: 

Have previously worked in non-promotional healthcare partnership, collaborative working, integrated care, market access or healthcare transformation roles 

Have operated at ICS, Health Board, Trust, Place or Regional level and are comfortable engaging senior healthcare leaders 

Can influence without authority and navigate complex healthcare systems to deliver change 

Have experience translating NHS strategy into practical pathway implementation or service improvement programmes 

Enjoy working in ambiguity and turning strategic opportunities into measurable outcomes 

Are motivated by improving healthcare systems and patient outcomes at scale 

Your skills & qualifications 

We are looking for an Integrated Healthcare Manager with deep NHS system insight and a proven ability to build, influence and deliver impactful healthcare partnerships. 

We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds, including those who have led healthcare transformation, pathway implementation, service redesign or population health programmes within the NHS, as well as individuals who have held non-promotional healthcare partnership, collaborative working, integrated care or market access roles within pharmaceutical or life sciences organisations. 

You will bring: 

• Significant recent experience of ABPI-compliant Collaborative Working, Joint Working or healthcare partnership programmes with the NHS 

• Demonstrable experience leading or contributing to non-promotional healthcare system partnerships, pathway implementation, service redesign or healthcare transformation programmes that delivered measurable healthcare, service or patient outcomes 

• Experience working at ICS, Health Board, Place, Trust or Regional level with evidence of successfully influencing senior healthcare stakeholders 

• Strong understanding of NHS structures, decision-making processes, national policy and the practical challenges of implementation at system level 

• Demonstrable experience influencing healthcare systems beyond individual customer interactions 

• Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to lead through influence in complex matrix environments 

• Strong project and programme management capability, evidenced through successful delivery and evaluation of complex initiatives (Prince2, MSP, Six Sigma or equivalent desirable) 

• Experience within Market Access, Integrated Care, Healthcare Partnerships, System Engagement or payer-facing environments 

• A clear understanding of ABPI governance and compliant Collaborative Working 

• Excellent knowledge of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic healthcare challenges and associated NHS priorities 

• ABPI qualification (required) 

• Degree in scientific, healthcare, business or related discipline, or equivalent experience 

• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel 

Important 

This is not a traditional pharmaceutical sales position. 

While there is a limited and clearly defined promotional component, the primary focus of the role is healthcare partnership working, system engagement, pathway implementation and healthcare transformation. Successful candidates will typically have experience delivering non-promotional projects where success was measured through healthcare, service, pathway or patient outcomes rather than sales performance. 

Deadline: 17 July 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.