Job summary
Join the Redevelopment team in a pivotal Project Manager Office(PMO) leadership role, supporting the successful delivery of the Redevelopment Programme on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards. Working closely with the Head of PMO, you will provide oversight of benefits, risk, change, and dependencies, and demonstrate the flexibility to lead minor projects or workstreams when required.
Key responsibilities include managing and maintaining RAID logs, change and benefits registers, producing high-quality documentation, reports, dashboards, and presentations for governance boards, and ensuring clear, effective communication across the programme. You will lead risk identification and mitigation, run risk assessments, manage change impacts, track dependencies, and ensure benefits are realised and aligned to organisational objectives.
The role requires strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills, with the ability to analyse data, build insightful reports, and engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders. A strong understanding of project management methodologies, risk frameworks, and change management principles is essential.
This role is critical in navigating complexity, streamlining processes, and ensuring programme outcomes deliver meaningful and measurable value.
Main duties of the job
- Managing risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, change, and benefits, while producing high-quality project artefacts such as RAID logs, benefits and change logs, dashboards, flow charts, and reports for senior boards and stakeholders.
- Minor projects (e.g. Taskforce activities) and analyses programme data to identify trends, risks, and performance insights to enable evidence-based decision-making.
- Innovative funding opportunities for the SMH redevelopment, engaging external funders and partners, developing business cases and financial strategies, and assessing feasibility and project viability.
- Prepare project documentation, progress reports, and financial summaries, providing clear, evidence-based advice to senior leaders on risks, benefits, and funding options. The role also supports the SMH Masterplan through research, coordination, analysis, and reporting.
- Developing and maintaining risk management plans, overseeing the central Risk and Issue Register, and supporting change management approaches to ensure smooth transitions and stakeholder alignment.
- The post holder will synthesise complex information, manage cross-project dependencies, and ensure benefits realisation aligns with organisational objectives, delivering measurable outcomes across the programme.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelors level in a related discipline, management or at least 5 years equivalent experience relevant to healthcare project management.
- Evidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or 'A' level
- Good understanding and experience of using Power Bi
- Good understanding and experience in excel with advanced spreadsheet skills
Desirable
- Relevant project management qualifications in any of the following P30, Portfolio Management, Programme Management, MSP, APM or Prince 2
- Qualification in Management of Risk , change or qualified by experience
Experience
Essential
- Proven practical experience of working in projects, programme, and portfolio management.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Risk, change, benefit management or related role.
- Demonstrable experience in risk management, project assurance, reporting and analysis.
- Strong excel skills and expert user of Risk Management/ Analysis software.
- Experience in setting up and running reporting, risk, assurance processes.
- Experience of working with large and complex programmes in private or public sector construction or infrastructure delivery.
- Experience of Managing multi-disciplinary relationships in a relevant organisational setting
- Proven track record in data analysis and assurance.
Desirable
- Experience in construction healthcare projects/programmes.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent relationship management and communication skills
- High level IT literacy skills, demonstrable spreadsheet skills for multiple project reporting
- Excellent capability in developing risk strategies and guidance, assuring data quality, mitigation, QRA risk assessments
- Computer Literate - Highly proficient use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power Bi, Project and Outlook
- Excellent leadership and Project Management Skills
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret and present data to inform decisions - including working knowledge of pivot tables, lookups and other key Excel functions
- Ability to translate interactions between various project/programme risk/change registers into a cohesive programme/portfolio level dependencies, risk and change log.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelors level in a related discipline, management or at least 5 years equivalent experience relevant to healthcare project management.
- Evidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or 'A' level
- Good understanding and experience of using Power Bi
- Good understanding and experience in excel with advanced spreadsheet skills
Desirable
- Relevant project management qualifications in any of the following P30, Portfolio Management, Programme Management, MSP, APM or Prince 2
- Qualification in Management of Risk , change or qualified by experience
Experience
Essential
- Proven practical experience of working in projects, programme, and portfolio management.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Risk, change, benefit management or related role.
- Demonstrable experience in risk management, project assurance, reporting and analysis.
- Strong excel skills and expert user of Risk Management/ Analysis software.
- Experience in setting up and running reporting, risk, assurance processes.
- Experience of working with large and complex programmes in private or public sector construction or infrastructure delivery.
- Experience of Managing multi-disciplinary relationships in a relevant organisational setting
- Proven track record in data analysis and assurance.
Desirable
- Experience in construction healthcare projects/programmes.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent relationship management and communication skills
- High level IT literacy skills, demonstrable spreadsheet skills for multiple project reporting
- Excellent capability in developing risk strategies and guidance, assuring data quality, mitigation, QRA risk assessments
- Computer Literate - Highly proficient use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power Bi, Project and Outlook
- Excellent leadership and Project Management Skills
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret and present data to inform decisions - including working knowledge of pivot tables, lookups and other key Excel functions
- Ability to translate interactions between various project/programme risk/change registers into a cohesive programme/portfolio level dependencies, risk and change log.
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).
