Programme Manager - Plasma

Job summary

As a Programme Manager within NHS Blood Supply, youll play a pivotal role in shaping services that directly impact patient care and outcomes. You will lead a range of complex and high-profile projects/programmes from initial concept through to successful delivery, ensuring each one strengthens NHSBTs capability to save and improve lives. Working within an organisation driven by purpose and values, you will ensure every project aligns with strategic priorities, meets operational needs, and delivers tangible benefits to donors, colleagues, and the patients who rely on us. In this role, you will bring expert programme and project management skills to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, driving progress through robust planning, stakeholder engagement, and effective resource & budget management. Youll influence at all levels, even without direct line authority, while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement & high-quality customer care. As a trusted leader, you will also deputise for the Portfolio & Programme Manager and contribute to the ongoing enhancement of NHSBTs project management methods and tools. This is an opportunity for an experienced project or programme professional to make a meaningful difference in a nationally critical service. If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy solving complex problems & want your work to directly support the safety, reliability & future of the blood supply chain, this role offers a purposeful next steps

Main duties of the job

To manage programmes or portfolios of related NHSBT projects from inception through to completion. To ensure timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits through; Planning, supporting and monitoring the progress of the programme Managing internal resources and external suppliers and consultants, ensuring that programme and project deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unit taking accountability for the planning, structuring, leading and execution Ensuring adherence to programme objectives. Participate in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.