Research Project Manager | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Chelsea, SW3 6JJ |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7453227/282-CR811 |
Summary
We are seeking an experienced Research Project Manager for our new NIHR i4i (Invention for Innovation) Product Development Award grant ‘HOLO-AIM: Holographic surgical guidance using Artificial Intelligence and Mixed reality for safer and more efficient Surgery’. This research has been funded to develop an AI-powered, fully integrated mixed reality surgical guidance system for clinical validation. The project is a partnership between The Royal Marsden Hospital, Imperial College London and an industry partner, Holocare.
Candidates should have significant project management experience within a clinical research setting. They will be proactive and highly organised, with a strong administrative background and an excellent attention to detail.
This position is fixed-term, full-time, starting salary: AfC Band 7 – £56,276 - £63,176 pa inc depending on experience. This is a hybrid role with a combination of on-site and home working.
The post-holder will provide operational leadership that will ensure the timely progression, coordination and control of the project with pre-defined objectives, work plans, milestones, deliverables and resources. They will lead project organisation across multiple organisations,
ensuring projects remain aligned to the aims and objectives; enable and monitor meaningful stakeholder engagement that contributes to the realisation of project outputs/products; ensure resources are deployed for timely delivery of activities; oversee processes, systems and
management structure that promotes work of the highest quality, and managing and mitigating risks to project.
The secondary function of this role is to contribute to the development of research funding applications led by RM/ICR to external funding bodies (e.g., NIHR and MRC).
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
• Take responsibility for the administrative aspects of project management and governance to enable appropriate oversight, including scheduling, organising meetings.
• Lead maintenance of accurate project records, including drafting meeting agendas/notes, tracking project progress against work plans and attribution of responsibilities.
• Support the negotiation and monitoring of contracts and budgets with collaborating partners.
• Collate and maintain a risk register and report to appropriate committees on their status.
• Maintain financial records that enables monitoring of project expenditure against budget (c.£2M).
• Work closely with work package leads to ensure they have the resources to deliver against study plans
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025
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