Job Description
Programme Manager - DDTS
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Job Summary
The successful applicant will be joining a diverse and highly skilled team of professionals within Digital Data & Technology Services (DDTS), working in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding environment.
DDTS manages a large portfolio of complex and often high-risk projects and programmes. This role plays a critical part in managing inputs and building strong relationships with key parts of the business throughout the full delivery lifecycle.
The Cyber2 Programme is a key component of the DDTS portfolio. Established to strengthen organisational resilience against an evolving cyber threat landscape, the programme focuses on ensuring that critical systems, data, and services are effectively protected. It also supports the alignment of security practices with current regulatory, operational, and risk management requirements. In this role, you will contribute to the successful delivery of projects and/or workstreams within this important programme.
You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal time—facing both challenge and opportunity. This is a chance to influence meaningful change, helping to enhance the life-saving services delivered across the organisation. Using your programme and project management expertise, you will play a key role in driving delivery and continuous improvement as part of a proactive and collaborative team.
Working within the DDTS directorate, you will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, using your skills to drive performance, support transformation, and deliver real impact.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for managing large complex projects and/or small programmes from inception through to completion. You will ensure timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits. Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning, supporting, and monitoring the progress of the project or programme.
- Managing internal resources and external suppliers and consultants.
- Ensuring that project or programme deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unit.
- Responsible for the planning, structuring, leading, and overseeing implementation of the project or programme, and escalation of issues relating to delivery or scope.
- Ensuring adherence to programme and/or project objectives.
- Participate in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods.
The successful applicant will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which can involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.
About You
Experience and Knowledge
- Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
- Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes/projects, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes/projects in a real-world environment
- Proven experience of benefits management and realisation in the formal programme context
- Extensive experience of creating outline business cases (Strategic Outline, Outline, Full) and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Project, Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)
Qualifications and Training
- A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar
- Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)
About Us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll 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.
What we offer:
- Hybrid working arrangements – because NHSBT works nationally, we’re able to offer hybrid working options that give you more flexibility to balance work with life.
- Flexible working options – we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
- Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions
- Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
- Health and wellbeing support – we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.
You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:
To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.
Next steps
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 7th June.
The assessment process for this role will include: a single interview. Interviews are anticipated to be held on 23rd/24th June – subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact –
Name: Daniel Madzikanda
Job Title: Recruiter
Contact Details: Daniel.Madzikanda@nhsbt.nhs.uk
