Genomics Programme Manager

King's College Hospital; Langley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Synnovis is seeking a Genomics Programme Manager on a 18-month FTC in London SE1 to lead an enterprise Genomics LIMS deployment, Whole Genome Sequencing service setup and end-to-end delivery across digital, scientific, operational and commercial workstreams.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage risks, budgets and governance, ensure compliance with ISO 15189 and UK GDPR, and drive benefits realisation as new systems go live and transition to business-as-usual operation.

Qualifications

• Must have degree-level qualification or equivalent senior programme delivery experience.
• Experience delivering complex, high-value transformation programmes in multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven ability to translate clinical/scientific needs into a deliverable programme roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated programme plan with oversight of milestones, resources and dependencies.
• Lead delivery of the enterprise Genomics LIMS and system integration tasks.
• Oversee establishment of the Whole Genome Sequencing service, including lab fit-out and go-live readiness.
• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams with clear accountabilities.
• Establish and maintain programme governance, executive reporting and risk management.
• Own programme-level risk, issue and dependency management with escalation when needed.
• Manage programme finances, forecasts, budgeting and procurement activity.
• Ensure outputs meet quality, safety and regulatory standards (ISO 15189, UK GDPR, DSPT).
• Oversee benefits realisation and transition into sustainable business-as-usual ownership.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Change control

Strategic thinking

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Degree-level qualification or equivalent senior programme delivery experience

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft 365

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Genomics Programme ManagerFTC - 18 Months, London SE1 Job Overview Join Synnovis at a pivotal point in the transformation of genomic medicine across South East London. We are building a future-ready Genomics service that combines a new enterprise LIMS, an in-house Whole Genome Sequencing capability, purpose-designed laboratory facilities and redesigned end-to-end pathways. This is an opportunity to lead a nationally significant programme that will improve patient safety, reduce manual working, strengthen auditability and create the platform for future growth and innovation.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Own the integrated programme plan, maintaining oversight of the critical path, milestones, resources and dependencies across digital, scientific, operational, technical, infrastructure and commercial workstreams.
• Lead delivery of the enterprise Genomics LIMS, overseeing Epic Beaker and Projodis configuration, system integration, data migration, testing, validation, cutover, implementation and decommissioning of legacy systems.
• Oversee establishment of the Whole Genome Sequencing service, including laboratory construction and fit-out, equipment implementation, operational modelling, pathway development and validation and verification activities required for a safe go-live.
• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams, providing leadership, clear accountabilities and constructive challenge to project managers, workstream leads, clinical and scientific specialists, technical teams and external suppliers.
• Establish and maintain effective programme governance and assurance, ensuring clear decision-making, executive reporting, escalation arrangements, scope control and compliance with Synnovis PMO standards.
• Own programme-level risk, issue and dependency management, proactively identifying threats to delivery, developing effective mitigation plans and escalating matters requiring senior or executive intervention.
• Manage programme finances and commercial performance, including budgets, forecasts, business cases, funding conditions, procurement activity, supplier contracts and the achievement of value for money.
• Ensure programme outputs meet all required quality, safety and regulatory standards, including ISO 15189, UKAS accreditation, NHS England Genomic Medicine Service requirements, UK GDPR, DSPT and applicable information-governance obligations.
• Own benefits realisation, organisational change and operational readiness, ensuring new systems, facilities and services are adopted successfully, deliver measurable improvements and transition into sustainable business-as-usual ownership.

Essential Criteria required for the role

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent senior programme delivery experience.
• MSP, APM PPQ/PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent recognised programme/project management qualification.
• Extensive experience leading complex, high-value transformation programmes in a multi-site, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Proven delivery across digital, operational, technical and infrastructure workstreams with significant interdependencies.
• Experience directing project managers and workstream leads, with responsibility for integrated planning, governance, assurance and executive reporting.
• Strong financial management, procurement/vendor oversight, benefits realisation and change control experience.
• Experience managing implementation, validation, migration, operational readiness and safe go-live of regulated services or systems.
• Strategic leadership with the ability to translate clinical, scientific and operational requirements into a coherent roadmap and deliverable outcomes.
• Excellent executive-level communication, influencing, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Advanced programme planning, critical-path, dependency, risk and problem-solving capability.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to secure value for money.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, manage competing priorities and maintain delivery momentum.
• Competent with Microsoft 365, MS Project or equivalent planning tools, Teams and SharePoint.

About Synnovis

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London. The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services. The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.