Senior Programme Manager

Job overview

The Product and Platforms Directorate designs, builds and runs the core infrastructure that supports digital health and care services across the UK.

We are recruiting a Senior Programme Manager (Band 8c) to lead delivery of the Single Unique Identifier (SUI) and related services within the Demographics Platforms domain.

You will lead complex, high‑profile programmes end‑to‑end. You will ensure delivery is aligned to NHS England priorities, governance, and policy.

You will combine strong delivery leadership with clear governance and assurance. You will ensure outcomes, benefits and progress are well defined, measured and achieved.

The Demographics and GP Registration service sits within Product and Platforms, part of the Transformation Directorate in NHS England

We lead the development of a future, tech‑enabled, person‑centred health and care system by:

• Delivering national platforms and services
• Working with Department of Education, Local Government, NHS regions, ICBs, and frontline services
• Supporting priority national programmes
• Enabling innovation and adoption at scale

The Demographics and GP Registration portfolio delivers the core services that help connect digital health and care systems across the NHS.

Main duties of the job

As Senior Programme Manager for the Single Unique Identifier programme you will:

• Lead Programme delivery of SUI and associated programmes
• Ensure strong governance across the portfolio
• Manage plans, risks, issues and reporting
• Develop and assure business cases and investment decisions
• Coordinate subject matter expertise across teams
• Track and deliver measurable outcomes and benefits
• Provide challenge, insight and direction to senior stakeholders

As a Senior Programme Manager you will have experience in:

• delivering complex initiatives and achieving measurable outcomes
• leading process analysis and improvement across project, programme, and portfolio environments, driving efficiency and better delivery outcomes
• delivering programme management functions, including establishment of effective management controls, governance, assurance, strategic planning and analysing, reporting and decision making
• developing business cases and other investment justification
• working knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and experience applying them in delivery environments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

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Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.