# Senior Programme Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS England. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-programme-manager/183682f3-4d53-487f-bb54-b06343b68dff - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-programme-manager/183682f3-4d53-487f-bb54-b06343b68dff.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS England - **Location:** Wellington Place - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T08:40:59.679Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Leeds/NHS_England/Administration/Administration-v8220871 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8220871?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### 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. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out! ### Applicant requirements This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Working knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and experience applying them in delivery environments. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience in project and programme management, delivering complex initiatives and achieving measurable outcomes - Strong experience of leading process analysis and improvement across project, programme, and portfolio environments, driving efficiency and better delivery outcomes - The ability to deliver programme management functions, including establishment of effective management controls, governance, assurance, strategic planning and analysing, reporting and decision making - Experience of developing business cases and other investment justification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to master's level or equivalent years' experience - Relevant Programme and Project Management Qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 552.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10534896) - [assignment brief (pdf, 688.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10534897) - [guide to completing your application (docx, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1939) - [nhse - verification of id and rtw guide (pdf, 306.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=996) - [occupational functional requirements form (pdf, 69.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10529435) - [note for existing nhs employees applying for fixed term vacancies (docx, 26.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2084) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.