Research Programme Manager
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £61,631.00 to £68,623.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61631.00 - £68623.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9282-26-0156 |
Summary
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: Provide high-level leadership, proactively organising programme management and governance to ensure appropriate oversight, attribution of responsibilities and effective communication with programme contributors. Build, engage and energise the multi-organisational team, setting high performance expectations, including standards for the maintenance of accurate records of programme progress against work plans. Oversee the reporting structure through which project leads are held accountable at programme level, ensuring the programme has policy/strategies in place for patient and public involvement and engagement, broader stakeholder engagement, dissemination, equality, diversity and inclusion, intellectual property protection and exploitation. Work closely with the Marsden Head of Trial management, trial managers for individual projects and respective clinical trials units to ensure efficient delivery of all clinical trials within the programme portfolio. They will need to undertake due diligence to ensure that those who conduct research on our behalf are qualified to do so.