Tarka Talent partnered with DrDoctor following an introduction through one of our sister businesses.
Building transformation capability for DrDoctor
The relationship began at a pivotal stage in the company’s growth, as the business continued scaling its digital patient engagement platform across NHS Trusts.
As DrDoctor expanded, there was a clear need to strengthen internal capability across strategy, operations and transformation, ensuring the organisation could maintain momentum while supporting an increasingly complex set of teams, products and client relationships.
Challenges they faced
DrDoctor was transitioning from a high-growth scale-up into a more operationally mature organisation. As the business evolved, leadership recognised the need to build dedicated transformation capability within the team to support the delivery of strategic priorities.
The brief was to hire a Transformation Analyst who could support high-impact, cross-functional change initiatives. The core challenge was creating internal capacity to drive structured transformation, rather than relying solely on senior leadership bandwidth.
This role would act as the analytical engine behind key initiatives, providing structure, insight and momentum across programmes of work while ensuring progress remained measurable and aligned to business priorities.
Recruitment solutions
DrDoctor partnered with Tarka Talent due to our specialist focus on strategy, transformation and operations roles, as well as our network of consultants and analysts considering a move into industry.
We ran a targeted search focused on candidates with strong consulting or transformation backgrounds, excellent analytical capability and the ability to operate independently within a scaling environment. Rather than prioritising volume, we delivered a highly curated shortlist aligned to both the technical requirements of the role and the collaborative culture of the business.
Alongside the search, we worked closely with DrDoctor to refine how the role was positioned in the market, ensuring it appealed to candidates motivated by ownership, impact and the opportunity to help shape transformation within a fast-growing digital health organisation.
The results
Through this partnership, Tarka Talent successfully placed two Transformation Analysts and two Transformation Managers within DrDoctor’s transformation team.
These hires have helped the business build a more scalable, delivery-focused organisation, strengthening its ability to support NHS partners while continuing to grow responsibly and deliver meaningful improvements in digital patient engagement.
