About The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an independent membership organisation dedicated to the education, training and advancement of surgeons, dental surgeons, doctors, and various individuals throughout healthcare who are involved in the surgical care of patients. The College has a current membership approaching 32,000 and growing, with members spanning over 100 countries around the world.
From our founding in 1505, the College has been committed to the advancement of surgery and driving patient safety standards worldwide. In our 515-year history, there has never been a better time to join the College than now.
Working with us
At the College we aim to embrace views from across the organisation, sharing common goals and values for the betterment of healthcare through the advancement of surgical and dental professionals. We aim to develop teams that are reflective of the needs of our members and maximise the potential of every employee.
To reflect the varying needs across the organisation, we offer a range of policies and benefits for our workforce including a generous 42 days annual leave, flexible working practices, enhanced employer pensions contribution and various discounts throughout the College including the Ten Hill Place Hotel, 1505 Café and free entry to Surgeons’ Hall Museums.
If you’d like more information about this role, please contact recruitment@rcsed.ac.uk
We are seeking an experienced, proactive Digital Project Manager to coordinate the implementation of risr/apply and risr/assess, which are critical systems supporting the College’s examinations function and wider digital transformation agenda.
Reporting to the Strategic Change Lead and embedded within the Exams Project Team, you will lead end-to-end delivery to ensure these systems are implemented to a high standard, are staff-centred and operationally fit for purpose, and align with related initiatives including legacy system migration and Dynamics 365 integration.
You will manage delivery in an Agile environment, coordinate multiple workstreams (including forward planning for risr/apply), and manage dependencies, risks and issues across the programme. You will act as the primary liaison between College stakeholders and the risr delivery teams. The role also includes significant engagement and communication activity, both internally and externally (including intercollegiate coordination), to maintain alignment, momentum and successful adoption.
You will play a central part in improving exam processes, strengthening data quality and flow, and enabling cross-College ways of working. This is a dynamic role requiring strong project leadership, change delivery capability and excellent stakeholder management, with the confidence to influence diplomatically, work independently and deliver under pressure.
There may be a requirement for occasional out-of-hours work and UK travel.
Essential experience and skills
You will have experience of:
* Leading digital or system implementation projects in Agile environments
* Coordinating change across multiple departments and stakeholder groups
* Managing third-party suppliers and technical delivery cycles
* Developing and delivering structured change, training and communications plans
* Coordinating testing activity (including UAT) and supporting go-live readiness
* Working with cloud-based platforms such as Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Power BI
Desirable
* Experience of education and/or exam platforms
* Understanding of membership organisations and/or regulatory environments
* Familiarity with common project and collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Monday.com, SharePoint)
Interviews will take place 29 January 2026. Candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be contacted in the first instance by email.
The application is a tool for helping us to shortlist candidates for interview and as a basis for the interview itself. Any decision to shortlist you for interview will be based solely upon the information you supply on your application.
If you have any difficulty in completing the forms or require the forms in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Department by e-mail: recruitment@rcsed.ac.uk
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an equal opportunities employer. If you consider you have a disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) and have any specific requirements, or require assistance or reasonable adjustments (for example, information in larger font) to be made for you during the selection process, we will do our best to assist you. You are given the opportunity to express your needs by attaching a separate sheet to your application form or by contacting the HR Department on +44 (0) 131 527 1587 or by e-mail: recruitment@rcsed.ac.uk
The Equal Opportunities Monitoring form can be returned with your application. It will be retained within the HR Department and used solely for monitoring purposes; it will not be made available to the short-listing panel.
Thank you for your interest in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. We look forward to receiving your completed application by 9am on 22 January 2026. If you need any further information, do not hesitate to contact us.