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Project Manager (Level 3)

• Location: Norfolk, Norwich
• Contract: 3 Months
• Mode: Hybrid (3 days on-site in a week)

Role Overview

As a Project Manager, you will lead large-scale and complex digital, transformation, and change projects with Change and Capital Programme. You will oversee end-to-end project delivery-from initiating proposals to embedding long-term operational improvements.

This role is key to modernizing clinical/non-clinical systems, delivering service re-designs, and realizing financial savings.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Governance & Planning: Develop and maintain core project deliverables including Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), baseline schedules, and RAID logs using standard project management methodologies.
• Stakeholder & Change Management: Act as a change agent by building strong working relationships, facilitating workshops, leading project boards, and managing resistance to new ways of working.
• Delivery & Budget Oversight: Monitor project milestones, manage delegated project budgets, and track cost-improvement plans (CIP) to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Service Transition & Training: Conduct baseline/benefits analyses, oversee benefits realization, and design/deliver end-user training to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Reporting & Escalation: Provide regular progress updates (using RAG status and highlight reports) to senior management forums, management teams, and executive boards.
• Mentorship: Coach and support junior project management and business analyst team members.

Candidate RequirementsQualifications

• Degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Post-graduate qualification.
• Recognised Project Management certification (e.g., APM PMQ / PRINCE2 or equivalent experience).

Experience & Knowledge

• Proven experience in delivering complex, large-scale projects and change initiatives in a large organization.
• Hands-on experience applying formal project and change management principles.
• Strong knowledge of data protection, Information Governance, and process mapping.
• Desirable: Familiarity with clinical environments, SystmOne, or Patient Administration Systems.

Core Skills & Attributes

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; adept at explaining complex tech concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation, persuasion, and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Analytical mindset with strong skills in data interpretation, problem-solving, and financial tracking.
• Independent and adaptable, capable of managing competing priorities under pressure.
• Travel: Ability to make independent travel arrangements across sites.
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