Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 09/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 20/02/2025
Senior Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join the NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRC) Network, playing a pivotal role in both strategic operations and industry engagement across the UK's leading health technology research initiative. This role combines high-level operational management with specific focus on developing and maintaining crucial industry partnerships.
The Senior Project Manager serves as deputy to the Chief Operating Officer, providing strategic leadership and operational oversight across all Network functions while ensuring continuity of day-to-day activities. They will work with the industry workstream leads to deliver on the Network's industry engagement initiatives by cultivating relationships with key industry bodies and coordinating engagement programs, including events, mentoring sessions, and a placement scheme.
Success in this role requires maintaining knowledge of the HealthTech landscape while supporting professional development across the Network. The position demands excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to represent the Network at high-level industry meetings and events.
Main duties of the job
You will play a dual role in providing operational leadership while driving forward our industry engagement strategy. Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, you'll deputise across Network operations while taking specific responsibility for developing and maintaining crucial industry partnerships that accelerate healthcare technology innovation.
The position will also provide direct line management to the Network Core Team (grades 4-7), handling staff development, appraisals, and recruitment in collaboration with Trust HR.
In their operational capacity, they maintain effective working relationships with all 14 HRCs, facilitating cross-network collaboration and supporting regulatory and early device development activities. The role encompasses monitoring performance metrics, managing quality assurance processes, and contributing to annual reporting and strategic planning.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Working with our Industry workstream leads, you will coordinate complex stakeholder relationships across our 14 research centres, building strong connections with industry bodies while overseeing the development of industry guidance, mentoring programs, and strategic events. Your role involves managing both high-level strategic initiatives and ensuring effective day-to-day operations, requiring excellent diplomatic skills and the ability to navigate the complexities of healthcare innovation.
As part of the network, you'll help shape the future of HealthTech in the UK by facilitating collaboration between industry, healthcare providers, and regulatory bodies. The ideal candidate brings significant project management experience from healthcare or life sciences, with a proven track record in stakeholder management and operational leadership. Strong communication skills and strategic thinking are essential, as is the ability to work effectively in a complex, matrix environment. Knowledge of medical device regulations and NHS procurement processes would be advantageous.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 4 years due to the post being externally funded.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to master’s level
* Experience of managing successful programmes in a research-related setting
Experience
* Project Management experience in a healthcare setting, coordinating complex multidisciplinary projects
* Experience of NHS research environment
* Experience of working with health technologies and industry.
* Demonstrated skills in multidisciplinary project management
* Extensive project management experience with a history of delivering significant activities
* In-depth knowledge of the research and development process
* Experience of working alongside industry for patient and NHS benefit
Further Training
* Project Management Training
* Delivery focus with an ability to oversee and control multiple project deliverables.
* Team/meeting skills with an ability to set an appropriate climate and keep meetings focused and productive.
* Interpersonal skills with an ability to deploy a range of influencing styles
* Strategic thinking and planning
* Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
* Excellent organisation and time management skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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