A senior health sciences research methodologist and strategic leader with 15+ years of experience in conducting systematic reviews and developing guidelines. Established record of delivering dynamic, operational, and strategic leadership for a reviewing team of more than 20 systematic reviewers, including the line management of 3-5 team members. Key strengths encompass performance management, technical oversight, quality assurance, resource management, recruitment, induction, training and methods development, including collaborating with external organizations to ensure practices are current and innovative.Key Skills and Experience - Direct Influence: Ensure the running and development of a department, including troubleshooting and providing practical advice and support on systematic reviewing issues and assisting in addressing complex issues across a programme that span several functions- Technical leadership and quality assurance: Ensuring appropriate and optimal reviewer resourcing, technical quality assurance and technical leadership- Project Delivery: Managing deliverables on multiple projects each spanning 1-3 years, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products by proactive monitoring and adjustment of workplan- External Bids: Bidding for and delivering external work, leading on developing the technical aspects of bids for external projects. Developing technical and projected costings of resources- Stakeholder Management: Proactive identification and management of risk and issues related to the systematic reviewing function as well as liaising for the purposes of reconciling conflicting views and agreeing guidance with stakeholders and collaborators within and outside of NICE- Process Improvement: Leading the refinement and updating of systematic reviewing processes. Embedding current, innovative, and lean methods of working.Primary Strong Competencies and Transferable Skills: - People Leader: Promoting a cohesive team culture and managing talent, including identifying and encouraging the uptake of development opportunities for team members and proactively addressing performance issues- Communication and Collaboration: Liaising and engaging with internal and external stakeholders, collaborators, interest organizations, healthcare professionals, and academic entities- Networking: Representing the department in wider methods development contexts, including collaborations with the Cochrane Collaboration and GRADE Working Group- Training and Development: Providing technical systematic review for guideline development training.