Business Optimisation Project Manager
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2026 |
| Location: | Luton, LU2 9TN |
| Company: | Elysium Healthcare |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1496290809 |
Summary
Reporting to the Programme Lead, you will take full ownership of end‑to‑end project delivery, managing multiple workstreams and ensuring agreed outputs are delivered on time, to standard and fully embedded into business as usual. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, subject matter experts and workstream owners, creating clear plans, setting milestones, managing dependencies and holding teams to account for progress and quality.
This role is both strategic and hands‑on. You’ll actively manage risks, issues and dependencies, maintain clear governance and reporting, and escalate concerns where delivery is at risk. You’ll be confident driving decisions at pace, managing slippage, and navigating complex HR, contractual and compliance considerations to keep projects on track.
A key focus of the role is driving consistency and efficiency through the standardisation of rostering principles, processes and rates. You will ensure consultation, engagement and change activity is delivered effectively, supporting services through implementation and ensuring outcomes are fully embedded and sustained.
You will provide clear, decision‑focused reporting to governance forums, maintaining oversight of RAID, critical paths and delivery confidence. This is an opportunity for a delivery‑driven project manager who enjoys working in complex environments and has the credibility to challenge, influence and drive results.
If you’re highly organised, outcomes‑focused and motivated by improving efficiency and performance through well‑run projects, we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities:
Programme Execution & Control
• Lead the end-to-end project management of the Rostering Programme and Labour Curve Efficiency Project, from mobilisation through to implementation and handover.
• Translate programme objectives into clear, trackable delivery plans across multiple workstreams.
• Maintain robust plans, RAID logs, critical paths, and dependencies.
• Actively intervene where delivery is at risk, resetting plans and securing decisions.
Ownership, Accountability & Grip
• Define clear ownership, responsibilities, and deliverables for each workstream.
• Hold workstream owners to account for progress, quality, and deadlines.
• Chair regular delivery sessions focused on outputs, not updates.
• Escalate issues decisively where commitments are not being met.
Rostering Principles, Process & Rates – Delivery Focus
Project manage the development and sign-off of:
• Standardised rostering principles
• End-to-end rostering processes
• Harmonised rates, premiums, and enhancements
• Ensure outputs are decision-ready, evidence-based, and implementation-focused.
• Drive alignment across HR, Reward, Finance, Payroll, Operations.
Stakeholder & Decision Management
• Manage senior stakeholders with confidence, pace, and challenge.
• Prepare clear papers, options, and recommendations to unblock decisions.
• Ensure timely governance approvals and minimise decision latency.
Risk & Compliance Oversight
Own the identification and management of (with support from relevant SMEs):
• Timeline, delivery, benefits, and outcomes
• Specific project related risks around pay, people, service users, and ER
• Legal and compliance considerations
• Work closely with key stakeholders/sponsors to ensure risks are mitigated and documented.
• Ensure consultation and engagement activity is built into delivery plans.
Implementation & Embedding
• Drive delivery beyond design into operational implementation.
• Ensure guidance, processes, and ownership are embedded into BAU.
• Confirm readiness prior to go-live and track post-implementation issues.
To be successful in this role:
Knowledge and Skills
- Advanced project management skills, with the ability to plan, execute, track, and recover complex, multi-workstream programmes.
- PRINCE2, Agile Change and/or equivalent qualification (D)
- Change management experience (stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption)
- Strong grip on project delivery mechanics: critical path, dependencies, RAID management, milestone tracking, and benefits realisation.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain momentum in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Highly organised, methodical, and detail-driven, with a strong bias to action.
- Ability to manage and communicate well with all levels within the business, right up to Exec Sponsors whilst maintaining pace and integrity on the project/programme.
Experience
- Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering complex, multi-workstream programmes. Demonstrated ability to drive execution and hold senior owners to account.
- Strong subject matter expertise, particularly in:
- Multi site/complexity business (sites, warehouses, stores, hospitals etc.. where a variety of workforce exists)
- Broad understanding of HR principles that go hand in hand with business change
- Workforce or operational change
- Track record of delivering to fixed timelines in complex environments.
- Comfortable challenging constructively and escalating where required.
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Competitive annual salary
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure