Senior Project Manager, Transformation, Band 7

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Senior Project Manager (Band 7) within a growing and ambitious transformation function. These are brand new roles created as we expand our capability and establish a more formalised Project Management Office (PMO) to support delivery of our five-year strategy and long-term organisational ambitions.

You will play a key role in delivering a diverse portfolio of transformation projects, working across either clinical service improvement or estates-focused transformation programmes, depending on portfolio priorities and your experience. This includes improving patient pathways such as outpatients, access and flow, or contributing to the development and modernisation of our estate to better support high-quality, efficient care.

Working within our developing PMO, you will contribute to embedding consistent project management standards, governance and ways of working, helping to build a culture of high-quality delivery, accountability and continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project professional who enjoys hands-on delivery, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants to be part of a team shaping how transformation is delivered, making a tangible and lasting impact on patient care, staff experience and organisational performance.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of complex and high-impact projects within a broad transformation portfolio, supporting either clinical service transformation or estates-related transformation programmes.

You will be responsible for developing robust project plans, managing risks, issues and dependencies, tracking delivery against milestones, and ensuring projects are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality standards.

Depending on your allocated portfolio, you will contribute to projects that improve patient pathways and operational performance—such as outpatients, patient flow and length of stay—or support estates development, infrastructure improvements and the environments in which care is delivered.

In all cases, you will ensure projects deliver clear, measurable benefits and that change is embedded and sustainable over the longer term.

You will work closely with clinical teams, estates and facilities colleagues, operational leads and corporate services, building strong relationships to support delivery and engagement. You will also contribute to wider PMO development, supporting improvements in governance, reporting and delivery standards.

We are looking for candidates with proven project management experience.

You will be organised, proactive and resilient, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities while delivering change in a complex and evolving setting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work in conjunction with the Programme Managers to undertake and lead on service improvement projects and assignments to deliver transformation priorities, supporting the delivery of new care pathways, models of care, savings schemes and service specifications.
• Work with programme managers to ensure change programmes are embedded in practice and delivering required outcomes.
• Lead engagement with clinical leaders and senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making and driving delivery
• Working with the patient engagement team to ensure high quality public, patient and carer engagement in projects.
• Inspire creative and innovative working approaches to progress successful service improvement and change management.
• Apply the appropriate use of service improvement methodology including workshops and engagement events.
• Ensure the projects you have been allocated are prioritised in order to facilitate appropriate use of resources.
• Apply appropriate, logical and structured tools to ensure effective service design, mapping and evaluation.
• Provide project management discipline to ensure timely delivery of all agreed projects.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of PMO standards, governance and reporting framework
• Liaise with information and Business Intelligence teams in order to ensure performance reporting on activity and outcomes.
• Plan for project evaluation and the monitoring of outcomes, reporting to appropriate bodies to inform subsequent planning processes.
• Deputise for Programme Managers, taking responsibility for decision-making and leadership where required and appropriate
• Provide line management to staff, as directed by the Portfolio Director.
• Link in effectively across other projects and programmes where appropriate to support the identification and delivery of cross-cutting themes.