Senior Project Manager
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £76,398.00 to £82,900.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £76398.00 - £82900.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Hampstead, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | M9391-25-0011 |
Summary
The focus of the Senior Project Manager is to develop and lead programmes; planning, delivering and evaluating the programme activities and ensuring that the programmes are set up to deliver over a number of years. The individual will need to strategically as well as operationally lead programmes, working closely with the Senior Responsible Officers and wider programme teams. Therefore they will need to be well versed and experienced in programme management and change methodology. The individual will be required to work across departments and all levels of the organisation as well as externally with clients, to inspire, design and lead these improvement programmes. The change focus and the need to work internally and externally to the organisation means there is an even greater demand on their personal credibility and persuasion skills. The Senior Project Manager will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction to teams to achieve the plan set out. They should be educated to Masters Degree level or be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of relevant experience within a strategic, operational or project based environment. The Senior Project Manager will work in a matrix arrangement; enabling the delivery of a large programmes of work, smaller more targeted projects as well as providing support and challenge to internal improvement initiatives for RFLPS. The Senior Project Manager will lead and design work at the complex end of programme management. They will need to be ambassadors for improvement and model the integrity and value for money behaviours essential to sustainable improvement. Line management: The senior project manager will line manage staff within the team as delegated by the AD Transformation. Line management will include setting objectives, identify training and support to maximise development opportunities. Appraisals will be undertaken by the programme manager with staffs reporting to them.