Main area Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participate in the on-call rota) Job ref 381-CO-7750247
Employer Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Sandwell & West Birmingham Hopsital NHS Trust Town Birmingham Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/03/2026 23:59
Senior Digital Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
The Senior Digital Project Manager is a key leadership role within the IT Department, reporting directly to the Group Head of Digital PMO. You will be responsible for the scoping, planning, and management of a diverse portfolio of business critical digital projects. Acting as a technical lead and subject matter of expert, you will bridge the gap between business needs and technical delivery. You will exercise significant autonomy and initiative to navigate complex situations and ensure that digital solutions are integrated effectively across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
As the the Senior Digital Project Manager, you will be responsible for the end to end delivery of complex IT and digital portfolios that are pivotal to the Trust's strategic priorities. You will lead cross-functional teams and manage technical personnel to ensure project milestones are achieved on time, within budget, and aligned with objectives. Utilising your significant experience in technical project management and your ability to interpret complex data, you will define project scopes, allocate resources, and manage delegated budgets. Your role involves acting as a technical subject matter expert to evaluate technological choices and manage interdependencies while ensuring all solutions meet local and national reporing standards. To succeed, you will apply advanced negotiation and facilitation skills to hold stakeholders to accoutn, resolve conflicts, and lead robust change management processes in challenging, high pressure environments. Throughout the project lifecycle, you will maintain rigorous governance through risk escalation and professional reporting to senior Trust leadership.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
Project Leadership and Technical Delivery
* You are responsible for the scoping, planning, management, and oversight of a number of complex IT and Digital projects.
* You must define project scope, deliverables, and roles in collaboration with stakeholder, ensuring all required products are reviewed and produced.
* Technical leadership responsibilities include requirements management, design, implementation, system integration and quality assurance.
* You will evaluate technological choices regarding hardware, network, and code to find a balance between cost-benefit and future implications.
* Your are expected to identify, communicate, and track project vision and goals, ensuring they support organisational strategic objectives.
Operational and Resource Management
* You will lead and motivate cross-functional teams, assigning and monitoring the work of technical personnel to ensure steps remain on time and within budget.
* Responsibilities include defining, acquiring and allocating staff and other resources necessary to achieve project objectives.
* You will assess and manage IT interdependencies between projects and establish major milestone reviews throughout the project life cycle.
* You will manage and track progress and other KPIs, providing regular highlight reports through the governance structure.
Financial and Governance Accountability
* You will manage delegated budgets for each project, ensuring all financial targets are achieved and adhere to Standing Financial Instructions.
* Your must ensure all information is stored and accessed in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Trust Information Management policies.
* You are responsible for identifying, clarifying, and escalating risks, issues and changes associated with project delivery.
* You will lead on the production of communication materials and engage with stakeholders.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent with post graduate qualification or experience in an IT project management related subject
* Qualification in management, organisational development, change management or similar
Experience
* Significant experience of Technical Project Management
* Experience of assessing and managing complex IT interdependent projects
* Experienc of managing and motivating a team
* Previous experience of using project tracking systems
* Previous experience of analysing and presenting information effectively in report form, in discussion and in presentations where there is need to persuade and motivate others to change their attitude and behaviour
* Significant experience of managing high profile contentious projects within an Acute Trust
The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond.
To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:
* Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
* Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
* Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites
Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining ourGreen Impact programme.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Please note-If this vacancy receives a high number of applications, it will close before the stated closing date. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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