Overview
Job summary
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 dynamic Project Manager to lead our Agile PMO and accelerate bold, system-changing initiatives that impact thousands of lives. This isn’t just another NHS role. It’s your opportunity to be at the epicentre 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 drives sustainable, 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 a clinical background (nursing, medicine, AHP, pharmacy) or a non-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 at regional and national forums
* Supporting innovative clinics and decision-making in population health
* Shaping the future of digital 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 Pam.Daley@nhs.net (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.
Details
Date posted: 10 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: Depending on experience per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 434-C7434899
Job locations: Wycombe Hospital, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, HP112TT
Job description
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 at regional and national forums
* Supporting innovative clinics and decision-making in population health
* Shaping the future of digital 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
Desirable: 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 communication skills
* Good standard of spoken and written English
* Able to work on own initiative
Disclosures
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.
Employer details
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Wycombe Hospital, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, HP112TT
Website: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust careers page
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