Senior Project Manager

NHS ENGLAND; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the NHS National Single Sign-On programme. This role focuses on driving project delivery, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring business adoption. You will oversee multiple priority projects in a dynamic environment, contributing to service transformation and value delivery while promoting an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Living Wage Employer

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading agile delivery teams.
• Proven ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the NHS National Single Sign-On programme.
• Ensure project delivery within budget and timeline.
• Champion best practices and innovative approaches in project management.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Project delivery

Communication skills

Education

Relevant project management certification

Tools

Project management software

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play. As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

Flexible Working

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Living Wage

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third‑party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Role Summary

As Senior Project Manager, you will be a vital member of our agile delivery team, leading the NHS National Single Sign‑On programme and providing maternity cover. You’ll drive project delivery, engage stakeholders, and oversee business adoption, ensuring strong support across the full delivery lifecycle. The evolving nature of our programmes means you’ll have the flexibility to lead priority projects as needed, contributing to transformation and delivering value for money in planning, commissioning, and service. This role is designed to develop both technical expertise and subject matter knowledge for robust service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Identify, clarify, measure, track, and ensure ownership of all project benefits.
• Adapt readily and provide support for new programmes and projects as needed.
• Develop and maintain secure, effective information systems for storing and managing project documentation (including PIDs, dashboards, highlight reports, and risk/issue logs).
• Uphold the highest standards of professionalism in all public interactions with the Programme Office.
• Embed patient and public involvement at every relevant level of decision making.
• Champion best practice by learning from experience and others, and encourage innovation throughout the organisation.
• Contribute to the evolution of project and programme management approaches and working methods across the organisation as part of a Project and Programme Management community of practice.
• Effectively monitor and manage budgets, following all organisational financial policies and procedures.
• Consistently seek value for money and ensure financial balance is maintained.
• Provide timely and accurate financial updates and reports as required.

Additional Purpose

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.

Commitments to You

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro‑divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro‑divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Application Guidance

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. Whilst we appreciate that you may have had support with your application (e.g., using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it's important that the information contained within your application reflects your own knowledge, skill, and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

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To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.

The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.

Fixed Term & Location

We are offering a 12‑month fixed‑term role until 11 January 2027 Senior Project Manager role within our Identity and Access Management (IAM) portfolio.

IAM enables secure, reliable, and convenient access to patient data for over one million health and social care professionals via the Care Identity Service, overseeing essential national authentication platforms. Our team supports products and services aimed at simplifying and securing authentication, identity verification, and access management for staff.

Role Details

The NHS England board have set out the top‑level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high‑quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by… (purpose list above).

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40 % of their time working in‑person. Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band. If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

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