Solution Director at Kerv in London, Longbridge or Nottingham

Solution Director for Health, Research and Regulators

Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits

Location: Hybrid (home-based & working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) Office locations – Longbridge, London & Nottingham

ABOUT KERV

At Kerv we harness the power of technology for the good of our people, our customers, our society and our planet. Technology is the enabler; impact is how we judge success.

As a certified B Corp and Great Place To Work, we care deeply about how we show up for our people, our customers and the world around us. These aren’t badges for us, they reflect how we work every day and the standards we hold ourselves to.

With more than 900 specialists and over 1,600 technical certifications, we are bringing together expertise across cloud, AI, compliance, data, customer experience and business applications. Working as one connected team, we solve complex challenges and stay accountable from strategy through to delivery, adoption and ongoing improvement.

We help organisations build secure, well governed foundations, leverage more from their technology and unlock new opportunities through innovation and AI. Our focus is on making technology work in the real world and delivering lasting value.

THE ROLE

You’ll be part of the Solutions team in Kerv Digital.

At Kerv Digital, we help organisations unlock the power of technology to transform how they work, engage customers and drive business value. We combine deep expertise across Microsoft Business Applications, Power Platform, AI, DevOps, Data and cloud technologies. With a strong focus on outcomes and real-world value, we make digital transformation feel tangible, purposeful and fast-moving.

We’re looking for a strategic technology leader to shape the future of digital transformation across Health, Research and Regulatory organisations.

• Technical and Solution Leadership: Oversee the technical and solution strategy for the Health, Research and Regulators leadership team, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.

• Sales Engagement: Collaborate with Sales to craft compelling technical proposals, including the preparation and delivery of demonstrations in partnership with technical pre-sales.

• Governance and Quality Assurance: Provide top-level technical governance across the portfolio of industry projects, ensuring consistent quality and alignment with best practices.

• Strategic Advisory: Contribute to the development and refinement of industry strategy, leveraging insights to guide decision-making and innovation.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Public Sector Pod, Technology Director, CTO, and other key stakeholders to drive broader organisational strategy and ensure successful project delivery.

• Thought Leadership: Act as a thought leader within the Health, Research and Regulators sectors, promoting Kerv Digital's expertise and value proposition to clients and partners.

Required Skills/experience:

• Domain Expertise: Proven experience within some or all of our focus domains across Public Sector and the wider Health, Research and Regulators sectors, with a deep understanding of their unique challenges and opportunities.

• Microsoft Business Platform Knowledge: Comprehensive expertise in Dynamics 365 (Customer Engagement, ERP, and HCM), Power Platform, Azure, and data-centric solutions.

• Innovative Mindset: A track record of leveraging cutting-edge Microsoft technologies, such as AI, advanced analytics, and cloud-native solutions, to address complex challenges in the public secto r.

• Industry Awareness: A clear understanding of emerging technology trends and innovations within Health, Research and Regulators.

• Enterprise Project Leadership: Extensive experience managing multiple complex enterprise project lifecycles from inception to delivery.

• Client Relationship Expertise: Exceptional skills in building and nurturing strong, long-term relationships with key clients and partners, ensuring trust and sustained collaboration.

• Commercial and Marketing Acumen: Demonstrated ability to apply a commercial perspective to market and customer intelligence, identifying new routes to market, opportunities, and product offerings.

• Strategic and Political Skills: Strong political awareness and presentation skills, with the ability to navigate conflicting interests, meet competing requirements, and communicate effectively at all levels.

• Executive Representation: Confidence in representing Kerv Digital in Director and C-suite forums, building professional networks, and managing critical escalations.

• Leadership and Collaboration: Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills, with a collaborative approach to enabling teamwork across departments and practices within Kerv Digital.

• Mentoring and Team Development: A passion for mentoring team members, supporting their professional growth, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

• Workforce Engagement: Experience in hiring, team development, and liaising with Workforce Management to align resources with business needs.

We are also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like:

• happiest working under their own direction, but fully supported when needed

• an obvious attention to detail; we want you to obsess about the little things!

• an escalation handler, able to achieve win-win outcomes by utilising the skills across the team

• ability to work effectively with remote teams in India, SA and potentially wider in the future

• ability to work flexibly to deliver on time to tight timescales

What we can do for you:
We’re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employee’s:

Real Flexibility – A healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office.

Awesome Environment – all of our employee’s will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on – the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work.

Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market.

Great Benefits – all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech. you can’t get trained on anywhere else, private healthcare, company pension and, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies (we’re a food first company too).

Recognition & Growth – Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth.

OUR VALUES

At Kerv, we’re building something special and building it to last. Our values shape how we work, how we treat each other and how we deliver for our customers:

• Think Customer First – we put our customers at the heart of every decision

• Team is Everything – we collaborate, support each other, and win together

• Spread Good Vibes – we bring positivity, energy and respect into everything we do

• Build Future – we look ahead, innovate and create lasting impact

• Do the Right Thing – we act with integrity and always do what’s fair and honest

We’re looking for people who bring these values to life in how they work every day. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together.

Equal opportunity statement

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Kerv encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Our recruitment decisions are based solely on skills, experience, qualifications and business needs, and we provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process where required.