Solutions Lead | National Social Care Provider

Job description

Solutions Lead | National Social Care Provider

UK (Flexible / Home-Based)

Salary: £75,000 per annum

Benefits: Mileage, pension, 25 days holiday + bank holidays + birthday off, wellbeing support + additional benefits

Are you a Head of Transformation / Project Manager / Change Management Lead with the Social Care sector and looking for a new opportunity? Then this might be the role for you...

Remit

Compass Associates have been mandated to support the appointment of a Solutions Lead for a leading national social care provider. This is a newly created, high-impact role designed to strengthen the organisation’s service proposition, improve bid quality and drive sustainable growth across key service lines.

This position will play a critical role in enhancing how the organisation designs, positions and delivers care solutions, with an initial focus on the Extra Care market, alongside broader exposure to domiciliary care, reablement and supported living.

Role Description

The Solutions Lead will be responsible for the design, development and continuous improvement of innovative, person-centred service propositions, ensuring alignment with commissioning requirements, regulatory frameworks and market demand.

You will act as the bridge between market intelligence, operations and bids, translating insight into commercially viable, differentiated solutions that improve win rates and support long-term growth.

This role offers significant visibility across the senior leadership team and will play a key part in shaping future service strategy.

Key Points

• Accountable for developing and refining service propositions across multiple care services
• Lead market and competitor analysis to inform bid strategy and positioning
• Translate operational needs and commissioning requirements into scalable service models
• Work closely with Bids, Operations, Quality, Finance and Marketing teams
• Support mobilisation of new contracts, ensuring smooth transition into delivery
• Drive continuous improvement through data, benchmarking and market insight
• Regular engagement with commissioners, partners and internal stakeholders
• Field-based role with national travel (c.1–2 days per week)

Role Overview

As the Solutions Lead, you will take ownership of shaping and evolving the organisation’s service offering, ensuring it remains competitive, innovative and aligned to the evolving social care landscape.

You will operate with a strategic and commercially focused mindset, balancing innovation with practical delivery, and ensuring solutions are both high-quality and financially sustainable.

This role requires a confident communicator who can influence at all levels, from operational teams through to Executive leadership, while maintaining a clear focus on outcomes and growth.

Requirements

• Strong experience within Extra Care or a closely aligned social care setting
• Background in operations, transformation, commissioning or service design
• Proven ability to develop innovative service models and improve commercial outcomes
• Experience supporting or leading bid development and solution design
• Strong understanding of social care frameworks, commissioning and regulatory requirements
• Commercially astute with the ability to interpret market data and competitor activity
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Highly analytical, solution-focused and comfortable working autonomously

Location

This is a home-based role with flexibility on location across the UK, with regular national travel required.

Interview Process

The interview process will be conducted in two stages:

1. Initial Teams interview (Tom Berrisford, Compass Associates)
2. Teams interview (Hiring Manager)
3. Final stage presentation interview (senior leadership)

Summary

My client is seeking a strategic, innovative and commercially minded Solutions Lead to play a pivotal role in shaping future service delivery and driving growth. This is a unique opportunity to join a large, forward-thinking organisation and influence how care is designed and delivered at scale.

Recommendations

Compass Associates Ltd is acting as the recruitment consultancy for this confidential assignment. We offer £200 John Lewis vouchers for each successful recommendation.

Contact:

If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact: Tom Berrisford, Director of Elderly Care 0161 667 6556 | 07539 468698 | tberrisford@compassltd.co.uk

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-03-2026

Profession type

Health / Medical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English