Senior Project Manager

NHS Blood and Transplant; Bristol; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead pivotal digital transformations. This role requires extensive experience in managing complex programmes, with a focus on delivering benefits and enhancing services for blood and plasma donors. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to drive modernisation and implement agile methodologies. Strong qualifications in project management and business case development are essential, along with a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme

Continuous learning culture and development programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing strategic business programmes.
• Extensive use of project management tools in large-scale complex programmes.
• Experience creating business cases for Executive level communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage programmes or portfolios of NHSBT projects from inception to completion.
• Ensure successful project conclusions and delivery of business benefits.
• Manage internal resources and external suppliers.

Skills

Benefits delivery management

Project management tools proficiency

Benefits management experience

Business case creation

Remote team management

Education

Degree in business, management, or information systems

PRINCE 2 certification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Job Summary

Join us as a Senior Project Manager and help deliver a pivotal digital transformation within NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). You’ll help drive the digitisation and modernisation of a key service for our blood and plasma donors, shaping the future of how we deliver value to our users. Working within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team, you’ll foster collaboration and champion agile ways of working to deliver impactful outcomes. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, innovate processes, and make a tangible difference for both donors and our teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for managing programmes or portfolios of related NHSBT projects from inception through to completion. You will be ensuring timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits through planning, supporting and monitoring the progress of the programme.

You will manage internal resources and external suppliers and consultants whilst ensuring that programme and project deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unit.

As the Senior Project Manager, you will take accountability for the planning, structuring, leading and execution and ensure adherence to programme objectives. You will also participate in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
• Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes in a real-world environment.
• Proven experience of benefits management and realisation in the formal programme context.
• Extensive experience of creating outline business cases and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
• Proven experience of managing project team members at remote locations.

Qualifications and Training

• A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and Post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar.
• Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• Thorough knowledge of other Office Automation packages, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and Visio.
• Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).

About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer

• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
• We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well‑led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 23rd November 2025.

Interview date(s) to be confirmed.

For informal enquiries please contact Daniel Madzikanda via email at [e-mail].