Project Manager

Bupa Dental Care; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Project Manager to oversee a range of projects, focusing on business improvement and IT infrastructure changes across Bupa Dental Care. This hybrid role offers the chance to work largely remotely while engaging with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and experience in dental care. Responsibilities include end-to-end project delivery, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Competitive industry-leading benefits are included.

Benefits

25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

Discounts in over 7,000 retailers

Discounted gym membership

Health Trust - bespoke employee private healthcare

Access to remote GP and nurse services

MyHealthcare Allowance

Early access to earned wages through Wagestream

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of project methodologies.
• Desirable experience in dental, primary or secondary care.
• Ability to manage projects across a wide geographical area.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple projects from initiation to rollout.
• Monitor project performance and manage risks.
• Provide clear leadership across teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency.

Skills

Project methodologies

Communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Flexible management

Job description

Project Manager

Permanent, Full-time

Hybrid role - predominantly remote with occasional travel to Bristol or other Bupa locations across the UK

The Role

As Project Manager, you will be accountable for delivering a range of projects across Bupa Dental Care, supporting the FITS team to drive change across the business. This role spans business improvement, security, clinical, financial and IT infrastructure change, across Head Office and clinical practices in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

You will work with a wide range of stakeholders, including company executives, clinical leads, heads of department, and operational and IT teams, to ensure smooth, successful and safe delivery. The role supports the ‘IT as a Service’ target state, aligned to the Bupa Strategic Framework, and contributes to building and delivering a technology project pipeline aligned to Bupa’s transformation goals, ensuring effective use of shared technical and business resources.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery of multiple projects from initiation to rollout, working autonomously and engaging senior stakeholders.
• Drive the successful delivery of multiple, concurrent large or complex change initiatives across Bupa.
• Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, milestones, resources, budgets, and critical path, while ensuring effective risk management.
• Monitor project performance, manage risks and issues, and escalate where required to ensure timely, compliant, and high-quality delivery.
• Provide clear leadership and stakeholder management across dental, operational, IT and third‑party teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with agreed governance, standards, methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile), and commercial outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce cost and increase service value throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills/Experience

• Strong understanding of project methodologies and ability to apply the most suitable approach for each project.
• Experience in dental, primary or secondary care is desirable.
• Flexible and able to manage projects across a wide geographical area.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build rapport with stakeholders.
• Able to work under pressure, deliver to tight deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• High attention to detail in all forms of communication.

The benefits here are industry‑leading, and we’ll be able to tell you more about them in the process (or jump to the on our careers site for a flavour). But here’s a snapshot:

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more.
• Discounts in over 7,000 retailers, discounted gym membership and discounted dental insurance (of course).
• Health Trust - our bespoke employee private healthcare plan, providing healthcare cover with no medical underwriting for colleagues and their families.
• Access to remote GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products.
• Early access to your earned wages through Wagestream.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• And many more, just ask…

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

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Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.