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Strategic Healthcare Partner
Location: Primarily North of England or South of Scotland (M62 Corridor and above) Contract Type: Permanent Application Deadline: 06 Jul 2026
Are you a commercially minded healthcare professional who thrives on building partnerships that truly make a difference?
At Essity, we’re seeking a Strategic Healthcare Partner to join our Health & Medical team—where your expertise in the NHS or broader healthcare environment will drive better patient outcomes. This role blends strategy with purpose, working collaboratively to transform healthcare services and enhance lives.
If you’re passionate about innovation, partnership, and delivering meaningful impact, this could be your next step.
About the Role
As a Strategic Healthcare Partner, you’ll shape healthcare transformation within Essity’s Health & Medical business. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external healthcare stakeholders to design solution-driven approaches that improve patient outcomes, service efficiency, and long-term value for all partners.
Operating at the intersection of NHS priorities and Essity’s solutions, your role will be patient-centric, specialising in strategic partnership development and service innovation.
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What You Will Do
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include—though no two days will be the same:
- Build and develop strategic partnerships with key stakeholders across London and the South East, including:
- Directors
- Service Managers
- Clinical professionals
- Identify healthcare service challenges and opportunities before co-creating value-driven solutions
- Shape and deliver service development plans to:
- Enhance patient pathways
- Improve clinical outcomes
- Influence adoption of new services and innovative approaches across healthcare settings
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams (e.g., Account Management) to align activities with broader business objectives
- Develop compelling business cases and project plans, showcasing both clinical and commercial value
- Stay ahead of evolving NHS priorities, proactively detecting new business opportunities
Who You Are
This role is looking for a dynamic blend of commercial acumen and healthcare insight, backed by a genuine passion for collaboration, trust-building, and lessening barriers to care.
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You’ll stand out if you:
- Have NHS or wider healthcare experience
- Combine a strategic, sales-led mindset with a patient care focus
- Thrive on long-term, collaborative partnerships that deliver mutual value
- Are confident in developing business cases, proposals, and service development plans
- Have strong project management skills, balancing multiple priorities effectively
- Are proactive, adaptable, and comfortable navigating a fast-paced environment
- Excel at identifying and developing new business opportunities
What We Can Offer You
Essity’s **purpose—Breaking Barriers to Well-being—**guides every initiative, offering the chance to improve well-being for people and drive positive societal and environmental change. Joining us means:
- Uniting innovation with impact. (Innovate for Good)
- Thriving in a collaborative culture where inclusion, growth, and innovation are prioritised. (Excel Together)
- Bringing your authentic self to work. (Be You with Us)
- Opportunity to work at a (remote/hybrid?) pioneering company in the healthcare space
Remote Options: Hybrid *(assumption; clarify authority if fixed) Essity UK | Id: Essity263211
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