Healthcare Programme Lead: Delivery, Budget & Stakeholders

Mace Consult; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is recruiting a Project Manager to lead healthcare projects across programmes in Manchester, combining construction expertise with consultancy to unlock value. You will drive delivery to milestones, manage budgets, risks and governance, and coordinate client, design and contractor teams to meet KPIs and quality targets.

You will engage with NHS Trusts, SPVs and FM providers, building strong relationships and developing mitigation plans while upholding Mace values and safety standards in

Qualifications

• Professional membership (RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE) or equivalent development.
• Proven delivery experience across complex projects and programmes.
• Strong commercial, financial and stakeholder management capability.
• Knowledge of sustainability and carbon impacts on project outcomes.
• Prior experience acting as the interface between NHS Trusts, SPVs, FM providers and clinical users.

Responsibilities

• Driving high-quality project delivery across all stages, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and client expectations.
• Managing budgets, risks and governance, supporting sustainable business growth and upholding Mace values.
• Managing multidisciplinary teams collaboratively, delivering KPIs and promoting innovation and best practice.
• Defining project resource needs and lead coordinated delivery across client, design and consultant teams.
• Managing end-to-end project delivery, overseeing programmes, budgets, risks, quality and change control.
• Managing multidisciplinary teams to meet project KPIs, ensuring robust governance, documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships across a portfolio of varied healthcare projects.
• Administering contract variations, change control, risk registers, and client reports
• Developing mitigation plans and escalating issues appropriately.
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Professional membership

Stakeholder management

Commercial/financial acumen

Sustainability & carbon awareness

Healthcare project interface

Job description

Mace is recruiting a Project Manager to lead healthcare projects across programmes in Manchester, combining construction expertise with consultancy to unlock value. You will drive delivery to milestones, manage budgets, risks and governance, and coordinate client, design and contractor teams to meet KPIs and quality targets.

You will engage with NHS Trusts, SPVs and FM providers, building strong relationships and developing mitigation plans while upholding Mace values and safety standards in