SEGMS Senior Programme Manager
| Posting date: | 22 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £88,250.00 to £100,355.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £88250.00 - £100355.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9196-26-0495 |
Summary
Programme Management Lead the production of a programme plan that delivers agreed programme milestones and objectives that are consistent with overall business plans and programme strategy. Lead the development of business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), and detailed scheme designs. Provide programme management leadership and expertise to the programme and individuals in the team, to deliver the objectives of the system. Plan and organise complex, long term and often interdependent projects that form the programme. Design, facilitate and effectively lead programme management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning. Determine and allocate staff and other resources for the programme and individual projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality. Champion the use of appropriate project management practice. Proactively monitor progress to ensure the programme is managed in line with the Trusts Values, Standing Financial Instructions, project management processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals and mandatory standards. Commission, plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of the programme across sites and organisations. Financial management Ensure that programme related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets. Manages budget for own area of work and multi-stranded project workstreams to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports. Actively monitor expenditure against budget and address problems at an early stage. Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project. Deliver and oversee complex recharging arrangements across multiple organisations. Staff and stakeholder management Lead engagement plans for the programme to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the project. Lead strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians. Use highly developed negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients and providers. Establish and lead framework, governance and systems to support effective programme management. Provide full line management and leadership to multidisciplinary team(s), assigning responsibility to achieve the programmes objectives. Lead project management training and model practices to both internal staff members and external stakeholders and partners. Present and take feedback at board level Work in a matrix management style and foster close working relations with other stakeholders. Lead the development and performance of the team to ensure they remain high performing, credible and delivery-orientated. Information management Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate programme information management systems for allocated projects ensuring they are fit for purpose to a range of audiences. Lead programme team to develop, refine and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data, including quantitative and qualitative data. Accountable for ensuring data quality of databases required by the programme. Lead and develop policies and protocols to support the programme that are consistent with Trust standards and work across clinical services. Support wider review and development of existing project information management systems to ensure an integrated approach to programme management. Strategy, change and service improvement Lead the development of a programme strategy including research and development to identify, develop and promote best practice. Ensure infrastructure in place to test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment. Regular horizon scanning of best practice and ways of working within the sector and within project management Personal Development Maintain up to date knowledge of a range of skills including service improvement techniques and be responsible for developing and maintaining own CPD programme. Research and Development Undertake primary and secondary research, audits and evaluations as required. General Autonomy for specific areas of directorate, to assess the impact of change and make decisions, balancing risks and priorities Provide advice to the GM/DMT. Proactive in identifying and addressing issues which are significant within and across directorates.