Digital Solutions Lead
CurrentAs Digital Solutions Lead I’m responsible for ensuring external service providers & our technical team deliver solutions on time, ensuring that solutions meet user needs & support the Trust’s digital strategy & architecture.I lead on the planning & scheduling of work from the pipeline/backlog, liaising with service providers, partners, & colleagues, & I’m the initial link with service designers & analysts to support the definition & delivery of solutions to meet user needs using a high level of leadership expertise to matrix manage & coach a technical delivery team.• Responsible for ensuring digital solutions provided meet user needs within agreed standards aligning to (emerging) enterprise architecture & design principles, specifically within the NHS to ensure the Trust can make the most of its investment.• Contributing to the management of the applications portfolio, understanding the overall health of solutions & how new systems can fit in.• Using technical expertise & experience, guide users & other stakeholders on the most effective way to solve business problems when implementing developing solutions.• Supporting teams in delivering a design-led approach, including the analysis of user needs & adopting the Agile philosophy & techniques such as prototyping & incremental delivery to explore the best solution to user needs & to deliver value more quickly.• Responsible for the planning & shaping of technical solutions. Using technical experience & leadership skills to manage the various interdependencies of deliverable across multiple releases.• Routinely analysing & solving highly complex problems with an analytical approach & advanced problem-solving skills. • Researching relevant new technology as it is released, assessing potential for enhancement of existing services, making proposals as to their adoption.• Ensuring that the transition of products to live is completed effectively with the appropriate SOPs/documentation in place for handover.