Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Research Project Manager to lead delivery of the NIHR i4i (Invention for Innovation) Product Development Award project:
"HOLO-AIM: Holographic surgical guidance using Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality for safer and more efficient surgery."
This flagship translational collaboration between The Royal Marsden Hospital, Imperial College London, and industry partner Holocare will develop and clinically validate an AI-powered mixed-reality surgical guidance platform that integratesreal-time imaging, computer vision and workflow tools to improve surgical precision and patient safety.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide operational leadership that will ensure the timely progression, coordination and control of the project with pre-defined objectives, work plans, milestones, deliverables and resources. They will lead project organisation across multiple organisations,ensuring projects remain aligned to the aims and objectives; enable and monitor meaningful stakeholder engagement that contributes to the realisation of project outputs/products; ensure resources are deployed for timely delivery of activities; oversee processes, systems andmanagement structure that promotes work of the highest quality, and managing and mitigating risks to project.
The secondary function of this role is to contribute to the development of research funding applications led by RM/ICR to external funding bodies (e.g., NIHR and MRC).
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
Project management
- Take responsibility for the administrative aspects of project management and governance to enableappropriate oversight, including scheduling, organising meetings.
- Lead maintenance of accurate project records, including drafting meeting agendas/notes, trackingproject progress against work plans and attribution of responsibilities.
- Support the negotiation and monitoring of contracts and budgets with collaborating partners.
- Collate and maintain a risk register and report to appropriate committees on their status.
- Maintain financial records that enables monitoring of project expenditure against budget (c.£2M)
Communication
- Be the primary operational point of contact i.e. liaising with finance, operations, legal, technologytransfer and academic staff at the participating universities and NHS Trusts, ensuring all partieshave project information necessary to deliver their respective functions.
- Develop and oversee robust communication between the collaborators and The RM. This willinclude monitoring outputs from collaborating organisations to ensure appropriate accrediting andacknowledgment of the research funders, RM and its investigators.
- Develop and maintain relationships with external and internal groups to ensure that researchactivity is promoted with relevant stakeholders.
- Liaise with funder secretariat on an as needs basis to ensure compliance with contractualobligations. This may include supporting the negotiation of revisions to planned work andresources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
Project management
- Take responsibility for the administrative aspects of project management and governance to enableappropriate oversight, including scheduling, organising meetings.
- Lead maintenance of accurate project records, including drafting meeting agendas/notes, trackingproject progress against work plans and attribution of responsibilities.
- Support the negotiation and monitoring of contracts and budgets with collaborating partners.
- Collate and maintain a risk register and report to appropriate committees on their status.
- Maintain financial records that enables monitoring of project expenditure against budget (c.£2M)
Communication
- Be the primary operational point of contact i.e. liaising with finance, operations, legal, technologytransfer and academic staff at the participating universities and NHS Trusts, ensuring all partieshave project information necessary to deliver their respective functions.
- Develop and oversee robust communication between the collaborators and The RM. This willinclude monitoring outputs from collaborating organisations to ensure appropriate accrediting andacknowledgment of the research funders, RM and its investigators.
- Develop and maintain relationships with external and internal groups to ensure that researchactivity is promoted with relevant stakeholders.
- Liaise with funder secretariat on an as needs basis to ensure compliance with contractualobligations. This may include supporting the negotiation of revisions to planned work andresources.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in a relevant subject, preferably in the medical or biological sciences or equivalent experience of working in clinical/health research.
- Project management qualification (eg PRINCE 2) or equivalent experience such as managing clinical/health research projects/trials within the NHS.
Desirable
- Higher degree qualification (e.g. MSc or PhD) in a relevant subject, preferably in the medical or biological sciences
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across multi-organisational (Higher Education Institutions, NHS, commercial organisations and others) teams within a matrix structure.
- Experience in operational leadership, including monitoring of multi-party research and/or innovation projects.
- Experience in reporting to project funders and tracking complex budgets.
- Experience of protocol writing.
- Experience of data management
Desirable
- Experience of inputting to research funding applications with the aim of developing/translating technologies into patient benefit
- Experience of designing and delivering training
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in a relevant subject, preferably in the medical or biological sciences or equivalent experience of working in clinical/health research.
- Project management qualification (eg PRINCE 2) or equivalent experience such as managing clinical/health research projects/trials within the NHS.
Desirable
- Higher degree qualification (e.g. MSc or PhD) in a relevant subject, preferably in the medical or biological sciences
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across multi-organisational (Higher Education Institutions, NHS, commercial organisations and others) teams within a matrix structure.
- Experience in operational leadership, including monitoring of multi-party research and/or innovation projects.
- Experience in reporting to project funders and tracking complex budgets.
- Experience of protocol writing.
- Experience of data management
Desirable
- Experience of inputting to research funding applications with the aim of developing/translating technologies into patient benefit
- Experience of designing and delivering training
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.
