Strategic Integrated Project Manager for Research & Innovation

NHS; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in High Wycombe is seeking a Strategic Integrated Project Manager to lead the Agile PMO. You will be instrumental in driving innovations and impactful healthcare initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a background in project management, strong leadership skills, and experience in healthcare environments. This role offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic team focused on enhancing patient care and health outcomes.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze and report performance and financial data.
• Experience in NHS or healthcare research environments.
• Proven leadership and/or line management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead high performing 'Growth Squads' across research, digital innovation.
• Drive preventative healthcare models and reduce inequalities.
• Manage financial performance and unlock external funding.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Financial management

Education

Degree in project management or equivalent

Professional certification in Agile, Prince2 Agile, or PMP

High grade GCSE in mathematics and English

Job description

Strategic Integrated Project Manager for Research & Innovation

Are you ready to transform healthcare through innovation, data, and cutting-edge research?

At Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, we're building a future where research, innovation, and population health are deeply embedded in everything we do. We're on the lookout for an ambitious, strategic, and dynamicProject Managerto lead ourAgile PMOand accelerate bold, system-changing initiatives that impact thousands of lives.

This isn't just another NHS role. It's your opportunity to be at theepicentre of innovation -- where data, digital, and health expertise converge to reimagine patient care, prevent illness, and reduce health inequalities across the county and beyond.

You'll Thrive If You:

?Love leading agile, cross-functional teams to deliver real-world impact?Have a strong grip on research governance, funding strategy, or health innovation?Are excited by scaling innovations that improve lives and reduce costs?Want to be a change-maker who drivessustainable, scalable health solutions

You will be curious, collaborative, and commercially minded. You love problem-solving and are never afraid to challenge the status quo. You're a confident communicator with the ability to influence at all levels - from patients and clinicians to board executives and external funders.

Whether you're from aclinical background (nursing, medicine, AHP, pharmacy) or anon-clinical powerhouse (data, digital, finance, health economics), we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be the engine behind our agile transformation, leading high performing "Growth Squads" across research, digital innovation, and population health. You'll coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to unlock funding, drive strategic projects, and translate national policy into ground-breaking local impact.

You'll combine financial savvy, project delivery excellence, and bold strategic thinking to:

• Launch and scale impactful research and innovation projects
• Drive preventative healthcare models and reducing inequalities
• Lead on intellectual property, regulatory governance, and strategic grant pipelines
• Foster partnerships with NHS leaders, commercial innovators, academia, and patients
• Leading the Agile PMO, embedding a "growth mindset"across our R&I landscape
• Managing financial performance and unlocking external funding
• Spearheading performance reporting, impact analysis, and KPI frameworks
• Representing BHT atregional and national forums
• Supporting innovative clinics and decision-making in population health
• Shaping the future ofdigital health, AI in care pathways, and preventative medicine

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

For full job description and person specification please see attached documents.

role includes:

• Launch and scale impactful research and innovation projects
• Drive preventative healthcare models and reducing inequalities
• Lead on intellectual property, regulatory governance, and strategic grant pipelines
• Foster partnerships with NHS leaders, commercial innovators, academia, and patients
• Leading the Agile PMO, embedding a "growth mindset"across our R&I landscape
• Managing financial performance and unlocking external funding
• Spearheading performance reporting, impact analysis, and KPI frameworks
• Representing BHT atregional and national forums
• Supporting innovative clinics and decision-making in population health
• Shaping the future ofdigital health, AI in care pathways, and preventative medicine

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• degree or equivalent experience in project management
• professional certification in Agile, Prince2 Agile, PMP or equivalent
• leadership of management certification
• high grade GCSE or equivalent in mathematics and english
• ICH - GCP certification

EXPERIENCE

• management of financial processes and reporting of funded projects
• experience in NHS or healthcare research environments
• strong stakeholder management and communication skills at all organisational levels
• ability to analyse and report performance and financial data
• leadership and/or line management of colleagues
• experience of clinical audit and service improvement
• experience of leading PMO within health research, innovation or complex multi-disciplinary environments
• experience of co-ordinating cross functional teams and driving organisationally change

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

• knowledge of UK and international governance framework for research and innovation
• knowledge of lipid lowering therapies, novel lipid therapies and NICE guidance for lipid therapies for secondary prevention

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Good standard of spoken and written English
• Able to work on own initiative

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

• Knowledge of the principles of good clinical practice
• Experience of research and innovation
• Experience of clinical audit
• Knowledge of lipid lowering therapies, NICE guidance (lipid therapies for secondary prevention) and novel lipid therapies.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience, per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working