Programme Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced project management professional to join our client as their Programme Manager. Our client, a non for profit organisation, exists to improve outcomes for patients with heart and lung conditions by supporting the global surgical cardiothoracic community and informing best practice.

The Programme Manager will be responsible for operational delivery of the Quality Improvement Programme, supporting activities of international clinical registries and promote research into cardiovascular and thoracic physiology, pathology and therapy, with the aim of disseminating the results for the public benefit.

The post holder will be an adept agile and experienced practitioner with excellent facilitation and communication skills who can respond quickly to change, manage multiple tasks and support team delivery. They will use their experience to liaise with many stakeholders such as surgeons, clinicians, researchers, healthcare professionals, to manage risks, communicate progress and ensure excellence.

Hybrid role - 2 days a week required in the Windsor office.

Salary - circa £45k plus excellent benefits

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Programme management and delivery of the Quality Improvement Programme
• Support delivery of the Quality Improvement portfolio including databases, European and international partnerships, Committees and relevant research & innovation projects
• Work closely with the Quality Improvement Director and the Committee Chair to initiate partnerships and drive hospital, national societies and researcher engagement
• Provide the Secretariat function for the Programme, by organizing relevant Committee meetings and working groups, coordinating events as needed and writing meeting minutes and reports
• Support and facilitate coordination across the Data Team (Data Analyst and Data Manager) to ensure efficient data onboarding, database usage and effective partnerships
• Lead on project management and co-ordination of emerging projects and activities across the Programme
• Support Programme monitoring, reporting against objectives and measurement of delivery, impact and integration across the organization
• Manage activities and events to support collaborative opportunities across the community of hospitals, partners and wider stakeholders
• Support engagement in our initiative and data onboarding from hospitals and healthcare centers in the databases
• Track progress of engagement and onboarding in various Quality Improvement initiatives
• Increase visibility of quality improvement activity, by implementing communication plans and working with communication and marketing teams
• Enable use of appropriate team communications and project management tools
• Support development of reference communication materials such as standard presentation and communications decks

Experience

• Track record of managing programmes or multiple projects
• Proven ability to organise and structure a newly formed team's delivery
• Demonstrable delivery success (digital product/service delivery)
• Proficiency in different project management tools
• Data-driven insights and reporting
• Agile product development familiarity
• Health, clinical, research or tech/software experience (desired but not essential)
• Experience as a Delivery Manager or Project Manager with either; agency, startup, Health[1]tech, consumer product or significant digital service / product experience
• Understanding (and ideally experience) of working with the health and care sector
• Awareness (and ideally experience) of the approaches used to improve quality in the health and care sector
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/scientific research background preferred (although not essential)

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to handle sensitive issues positively
• Ability to build and maintain momentum across project teams of multi-skilled professionals
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and issues under time pressures
• Ability to work accurately with attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships, using networking skills to engage with stakeholders within and outside the programme
• Ability to process complex information and present targeted messages to different audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence effectively and confidently with people at all levels
• Experience of report writing and presenting

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

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