Innovation Programme Manager

BSI; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Great that you're thinking about a career with BSI!

Location: Chiswick, UK

About the role

Are you energised by big ideas and bold possibilities? Join us as an Innovation Project Manager and play a key role in shaping the future at BSI.

Based out of our Chiswick office on a hybrid basis, this role sits at the heart of our Group Innovation team. We’re looking for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure to complexity, and is passionate about turning great ideas into high-value, real-world solutions.

You’ll lead some of our most complex innovation projects—partnering closely with divisions and group functions—while also championing best practice project management across our innovation pipeline. This role blends creativity with rigour, requiring both an experimental mindset and strong project leadership to explore market opportunities, test feasibility, and align with business and customer needs.

If you're excited by future-focused innovation and want to help shape what’s next for BSI, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead the delivery of key innovation projects—from scoping to execution—ensuring clear plans, milestones, and resource alignment.
2. Inspire and guide cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes in fast-paced, evolving environments.
3. Promote and embed project management tools, frameworks, and best practices across the Innovation team.
4. Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to align innovation initiatives with strategy, customer needs, and market opportunities.
5. Champion an experimental mindset—supporting teams to test, learn, and adapt quickly.
6. Support data-driven decision making through effective tracking, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

1. A strong track record in complex project management.
2. Experience navigating ambiguity and driving innovation.
3. Confident stakeholder engagement and clear communication.
4. A structured, solutions-focused approach to delivery.
5. Emotional intelligence, resilience, and a collaborative mindset.
6. A passion for making ideas happen and leading by example.

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development with the inclusion of 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

We are proud to be the business improvement company for other organisations to become more sustainable and resilient and finally to inspire trust in their products, systems, services, and the world we live in.

Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner for 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services, including innovative software solutions and cyber security expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT and trade sectors. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we’re truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust, the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance and regulatory services we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team, apply now and become part of the BSI family!

D&I Policy

BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview but feel more comfortable with conducting the interview virtually, please speak to a member of our recruitment team.

About the company

BSI is your business improvement partner. We have shaped best practice for over 100 years, helping organizations around the world embed excellence, build competence and capability for sustainable growth.