Procurement Lead - Digital and Technology Group (D&T)

The Procurement Lead - Digital and Technology Group role at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) offers a strategic opportunity to lead end-to-end procurement for digital, tech, and medical equipment projects, supporting a £70m annual spend. Based in Leeds with hybrid working, the role requires strong stakeholder engagement, public sector procurement expertise, and experience with the Procurement Act 2023.

Client Details

About Our Client

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.

The agency is made up of c.1300 staff working across two main centres and peripatetically across the UK and abroad.

The agency consists of Corporate, Partnerships, Transformation, Governance, Communications & Engagement, Scientific Research & Innovation, Healthcare Quality & Access, Safety & Surveillance and Technology groups.

The Commercial Function reports to the Chief Finance Officer and is charged with improving commercial outcomes, driving value for money, embedding a stronger commercial focus, reducing risk, and improving commercial capability across the MHRA.

The Commercial team is responsible for the purchase of goods, services and works in the categories of: Digital and Technology, Facilities Management (FM), Science, and Corporate; with a combined portfolio of circa 400 contracts and an addressable spend approximately £70m per annum.

Description

Job Description

The Procurement Lead of D&T will lead on the end-to-end Procurement activities specifically and principally manage tenders in line with the MHRA procurement policy. These tenders may be run via public sector frameworks or under the Procurement Act 2023.

The position for Procurement Lead reporting to the Head of Commercial delivers across a set of ambitious and exciting commercial challenges. The key activities are to engage with the business achieve their goals through management of MHRA's commercial relationships and the commercial pipeline, driving value for money and value creation whilst managing commercial risk effectively.

The key activities are to:

Engage with the business stakeholders to achieve Agency goals and understand future supply requirements
Have key involvement with multiple D&T projects with a main stakeholder office in Leeds.
Manage the commercial pipeline and draft sourcing strategies and plans.
Run end to end procurements
Achieve value for money for the taxpayer
Manage commercial risk effectively
Follow and implement Public Procurement Regulations
Draft contracts
D&T procurements cover requirements such as systems, software and hardware requirements, one off projects and medical equipment.

Profile

The Successful Applicant

Experience of procurement in either in the public, utilities or NfP sector.
Evidence of developing, implementing, and administering purchasing strategies and drafting contracts that require analysis, comparison, and assessment.
Successful negotiation and issue resolution and advising and supporting stakeholders
Strong understanding of the end-to-end public contract regulated lifecycle and core principles in particular the respective responsibilities of procurement and wider stakeholder group involvement in key projects and programmes, understanding the market procurement and tender administration with a good grasp of contract management principles.
Understanding and experience of Public Contracts Regulations 2025 and the Procurement Act 2023
Good understanding of complex policies and guidance and being able to interpret, explain and apply them to senior stakeholders to support decision making.
Experience of high value systems and software procurement requirement.Job Offer

What's on Offer

Basic Salary £44,825
Hybrid working policy. 2 days per week on site
Excellent civil service pension scheme
25 days annual leave plus band holidays rising by 1 day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30
Flexible working
Interest-free season ticket loan or bike loan
CoreCare - employee assistance services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)

Apply before 11.59pm on the 27.07.2025 with potential interviews taking place the week commencing 04.08.2025