Job summary
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
The Associate Director of PMO will play a critical leadership role in driving Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's transformation journey and financial recovery strategy. This is a high-impact position, responsible for steering the successful delivery of strategic programmes that enhance performance, accelerate improvement, and secure the Trust's long-term sustainability.
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the post holder will have accountability for overseeing the Trust's Delivery Unit Programme Management Office (PMO), ensuring the effective scoping, mobilisation, delivery, and closure of transformation projects. This includes embedding robust programme governance, driving accountability, and promoting consistent use of best practice tools, methods, and reporting standards across all programmes.
The role will provide leadership for the delivery of the Trust's transformation plan and recovery priorities, ensuring alignment with wider system objectives and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (ICS). The Director will lead the provision of comprehensive programme support for multiple, complex and high-impact initiatives that contribute to improving services, outcomes, and operational performance across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
- Lead a rolling programme and supporting the business planning cycle, incorporating insight, innovation, and horizon scanning to inform transformation planning.
- Ensure programmes and recovery plans are underpinned by clear benefits realisation models, data-driven insights, and performance metrics.
- Coordinate impact assessments and risk management, ensuring that quality, equity and outcomes are embedded at every stage of delivery.
- Work collaboratively across internal and external stakeholder groups, including system partners, to ensure alignment and joint ownership of transformation priorities.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and capability building - supporting teams through coaching, training, and the development of practical tools for delivery.
- Provide high-quality, timely advice to the executive team and Trust Board on transformation progress, risks, and opportunities.
In addition, the post holder will lead the development and implementation of a Trust-wide PMO function - establishing standardised processes, reporting frameworks, and governance systems. This includes supporting divisional teams, clinical services, and corporate functions to deliver transformation at pace and scale, working in partnership with Improvement, Strategy, and Digital teams.
The successful candidate will bring energy, drive, and exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across organisational boundaries and build trusted relationships at all levels
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the post.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Formal project/programme management qualification (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, APM, or equivalent).
- Formal improvement methodology training (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, Model for Improvement).
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of managing or supporting significant change programmes within the NHS
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector and commercially at a senior management level, including operational management, responsibility for strategic planning and development of complex external relationships.
- Significant experience working within an Acute NHS Trust, across organisational boundaries and with conflicting incentives.
- Significant experience leading and developing a robust Programme Management Office across multiple sites, stakeholders, partners and service users
- Highly experienced in leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
Desirable
- Experience in delivery of transformation work as a professional management consultant
- Experience of working at national or regional level within the NHS or wider public sector, influencing strategy or policy development.
- Experience of leading digital transformation programmes or large-scale technology-enabled change.
- Experience of working with regulators, commissioners, or government departments
- Experience of developing commercial partnerships and managing external suppliers or consultancies in delivering change.
Leadership
Essential
- Highly experienced in leading, managing, developing and motivating teams of skilled professionals.
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve staff to meet challenging targets including individuals and teams in wider ICS
- Understands the underlying social, political and historical factors shaping local realities of health services and uses understanding of politics of health and social care to get things done.
Desirable
- Experience of building and sustaining partnerships with the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Other Skill
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent political judgement and astuteness in navigating complex organisational and system contexts
- Excellent skills in analysing and interpreting complex financial, clinical, and operational datasets.
- Demonstrates a visible, compassionate, and values-driven leadership style.
- Able to sensitively deliver unwelcome or difficult messages to stakeholders with professionalism and empathy.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Formal project/programme management qualification (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, APM, or equivalent).
- Formal improvement methodology training (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, Model for Improvement).
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of managing or supporting significant change programmes within the NHS
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector and commercially at a senior management level, including operational management, responsibility for strategic planning and development of complex external relationships.
- Significant experience working within an Acute NHS Trust, across organisational boundaries and with conflicting incentives.
- Significant experience leading and developing a robust Programme Management Office across multiple sites, stakeholders, partners and service users
- Highly experienced in leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
Desirable
- Experience in delivery of transformation work as a professional management consultant
- Experience of working at national or regional level within the NHS or wider public sector, influencing strategy or policy development.
- Experience of leading digital transformation programmes or large-scale technology-enabled change.
- Experience of working with regulators, commissioners, or government departments
- Experience of developing commercial partnerships and managing external suppliers or consultancies in delivering change.
Leadership
Essential
- Highly experienced in leading, managing, developing and motivating teams of skilled professionals.
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve staff to meet challenging targets including individuals and teams in wider ICS
- Understands the underlying social, political and historical factors shaping local realities of health services and uses understanding of politics of health and social care to get things done.
Desirable
- Experience of building and sustaining partnerships with the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Other Skill
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent political judgement and astuteness in navigating complex organisational and system contexts
- Excellent skills in analysing and interpreting complex financial, clinical, and operational datasets.
- Demonstrates a visible, compassionate, and values-driven leadership style.
- Able to sensitively deliver unwelcome or difficult messages to stakeholders with professionalism and empathy.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
