Executive Director of Dementia Support & Partnerships

The Company is seeking an Executive Director of Dementia Support and Partnerships to lead its support services and shape their future direction. The role carries executive accountability for service quality, safeguarding, reach, sustainability, and impact, while guiding decisions on investment, growth, partnerships, and service development. The postholder will build influential relationships across health, social care, commissioning, government, funding, and voluntary-sector systems, and use evidence and lived experience to improve support. They will also lead innovation in service models and technology-enabled approaches, and foster an ambitious, collaborative culture across a large directorate. Candidates should bring significant executive or senior leadership experience leading large, complex services and organizational transformation, ideally in health, care, or another purpose-led setting. They should demonstrate success in improving services and outcomes while balancing operational performance, safeguarding, quality, risk, growth, and sustainability. Strong knowledge of health and social care systems, commissioning, partnerships, and safeguarding is required, alongside commercial judgment and experience leading teams through change. The role also calls for credibility with senior stakeholders, evidence-led decision-making, and a commitment to inclusive, compassionate leadership and continuous improvement.