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# Technical Lead - Digital mental health

- **Company:** Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £42,402.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Databases
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5794239990

## About the Role

* Proven customer service skills to deal confidently and diplomatically with external stakeholders and colleagues at all levels. Explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand.
 * Experience of a flexible and adaptable attitude towards work, providing a proactive service and the ability to use initiative, foresight, and have a willingness to go the 'extra mile' and excellent attention to detail.
 * Regularly monitor your own and team's work against milestones ensuring individual needs are considered when setting tasks
 * Previous experience in software, AI or medical device regulation, including in a clinical, commercial, academic or policy setting. This could include experience developed through previous roles in Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance or Medical Affairs.
 * Bachelor's degree of equivalent in a scientific, engineering or medical discipline, * Communicating & influencing (A, I)
 * Managing a Quality Service (A, I)
 * Delivering at Pace (A, I)

Experience Criteria:

 * (Essential) Previous experience in software, AI or medical device regulation, including in a clinical, commercial, academic or policy setting. This could include experience developed through previous roles in Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance or Medical Affairs. (A, I)
 * (Desirable) Experience of developing, evaluating (including analytical validation, clinical studies and trials, or systematic reviews and evidence synthesis) and/or policy development specific to software and AI (A, I)

Technical Criteria:

 * (Essential) Bachelor's degree of equivalent in a scientific, engineering or medical discipline (A)
 * (Desirable) A Masters, PhD or equivalent in a scientific, engineering or medical discipline with a preference for mental health (A)
 * (Desirable) Knowledge of current UK MDR and EU MDR, understanding of the methodological approaches for artificial intelligence (A), Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check as well as animal rights and pro-life activism checks. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

## Description

This role is an exciting opportunity to support phase 2 of a Wellcome Trust funded project to ensure that digital mental health products are regulated in a risk proportionate manner and evaluated consistently so users have access to safe and effective products, which could help improve mental health care significantly.

The successful candidate, as a member of the Digital Mental Health project team, will contribute and support senior colleagues on the development and implementation of all aspects of the Wellcome funded programme including the design and delivery of the forthcoming DMHT AI regulatory sandbox, business as usual compliance activities as well as other key deliverables of the Wellcome funded project.

They will support engagement and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders, including other government departments, professional bodies, trade associations and the wider health sector to ensure UK patients have access to safe and effective Medical Devices.

The post holder will work collaboratively and where appropriate in a matrix model with the safety and surveillance team to establish processes for and support compliance activity on digital mental health technologies available on the UK market to ensure patient safety., * contribute and support senior colleagues on the development and implementation of the DMHT AI Airlock as well as other key deliverables of the Wellcome funded project.

 * support engagement and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders, including other government departments, professional bodies, trade associations and the wider health sector to ensure UK patients have access to safe and effective Medical Devices designed for mental health.
 * work collaboratively and where appropriate in a matrix model with the safety and surveillance team to establish processes for and support compliance activity on digital mental health technologies available on the UK market to ensure patient safety.
 * actively contribute towards ongoing improvement and a positive working environment within the project team and throughout the wider Agency, We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here.
 * Online application form, including questions based on the Behaviour, Experience and Technical Success Profiles. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
 * Interview, which can include questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.

Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the competency-based answers provided- ensure you have read these thoroughly and allow sufficient time. You can view the competencies for this role in the job description., Certain roles within the MHRA will require post holders to have vaccinations, and in some circumstances, routine health surveillance. These roles include:

 * Laboratory-based roles working directly with known pathogens
 * Maintenance roles, particularly those required to work in laboratory settings
 * Roles that involve visiting other establishments where vaccination is required
 * Roles required to travel overseas where specific vaccination may be required.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Any move to the MHRA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.

Individuals appointed on level transfer will retain their existing salary and are responsible for ensuring they fully understand the financial implications of any potential move and the impact (if any) on their terms. If an individual is in any doubt, they should seek clarification before accepting a job offer.

Staff joining on promotion will receive up to a 10% increase of their current basic salary, or the pay band minimum, whichever is the greater.

The individual will not retain any allowances paid by the former department/Agency, unless there are special circumstances, such as a reserved right to those allowances on transfer.


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