Project Manager

AliveDx; Penicuik; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Additional annual leave

Cycle to work

Marketplace discounts

Experience days

Job summary

AliveDx, based near Edinburgh, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead operations and transformational initiatives. This full-time role sits in the Operations department and offers hybrid working arrangements, 37.5 hours per week, and a clear path to drive efficiency and growth across the ALBA business.

You will develop business cases, manage timelines and budgets, coach junior colleagues, and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver strategic benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Demonstratable experience in project management, with a proven track record of delivering operational improvement and/or transformation projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of operations and transformation projects, from business case development and scoping through to implementation, benefits realisation and close-out.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, resources, budgets and delivery milestones, ensuring effective control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain effective project governance, including steering committees, status reporting, RAID management and stakeholder communications.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, providing clear direction, managing dependencies and ensuring effective collaboration across the organisation.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating appropriately to project sponsors and senior leadership.
• Drive change management and adoption activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications and training.
• Where applicable, provide leadership and support to Project Managers and Project Coordinators, including coaching, performance management and professional development.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organisational

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering or a related discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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At AliveDx, we empower diagnostic insights, transform patient care, and innovate for life. With over 30-years in in-vitro diagnostics, we put the health of patients first by creating innovative solutions designed for faster diagnostic results. Alba–– our blood bank reagents portfolio–– and MosaiQ®–– one of the first multiplexing and multimodality automated testing platforms––are designed to make labs more efficient and clinical decision-making more effective. Our journey started as Alba Bioscience, and later, Quotient. Today, as AliveDx, we innovate for life.

PROJECT MANAGER

AliveDx is recruiting for a Project Manager to lead on Operational and Transformational projects. This position sits within our Operations department based near Edinburgh (EH26 0BF). As Operations & Transformation Project Manager, you will lead and deliver operational improvement and business transformation initiatives across AliveDx’s ALBA business. Working closely with operational and functional leaders, you will translate strategic objectives into structured, deliverable projects that improve processes, enhance efficiency and support sustainable business growth.

The role is a full-time permanent position working 37.5 hours per week with hybrid working available.

YOUR MISSION

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of operations and transformation projects, from business case development and scoping through to implementation, benefits realisation and close-out.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, resources, budgets and delivery milestones, ensuring effective control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain effective project governance, including steering committees, status reporting, RAID management and stakeholder communications.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, providing clear direction, managing dependencies and ensuring effective collaboration across the organisation.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating appropriately to project sponsors and senior leadership.
• Drive change management and adoption activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications and training.
• Where applicable, provide leadership and support to Project Managers and Project Coordinators, including coaching, performance management and professional development.

YOUR COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering or a related discipline, with a demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development.
• Demonstratable experience in project management, with a proven track record of delivering operational improvement and/or transformation projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong experience managing the full project lifecycle, including planning, budgeting, resourcing, execution, governance and benefits tracking.
• Strong knowledge of project management and process improvement methodologies, including Lean, Six Sigma and change management principles
• Experience using project management and reporting tools, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with business case development, budget modelling, KPI definition and benefits realization.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Highly organised, structured and detail-oriented, with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum, and/or Lean Six Sigma certification, would be advantageous.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A highly dynamic and growing environment.
• An opportunity to live your passion for intrapreneurial mindset, where cultivating innovation and customer centricity are at the heart of everything we do.
• A flexible working environment where applicable and a range of core and flexible benefits ranging from private medical cover, life assurance, additional annual leave, cycle to work, technology, experience days and access to marketplace discounts.

Interested

? We look forward to receiving your application.

AliveDx is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of nationality, sex, disability, region/belief, sexual orientation or age. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on competences, performance and business needs.