Senior IT Project Manager(UK Visa Sponsorship)

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Uk
December 27, 2025
Full Time Permanent
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Job Description

Role Overview

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior IT Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex IT programmes that directly support patient care and organisational performance.

Reporting to the Head of IT, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of IT projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards. You will also provide professional leadership to a team of Project Managers, offering guidance, direction, and assurance across the full project lifecycle.

This role is ideal for a confident senior project professional who enjoys managing complexity, leading people, and working at pace within a large and dynamic organisation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, governance, and delivery of IT projects in line with organisational priorities
  • Ensure project milestones, timelines, costs, and benefits are effectively managed and controlled
  • Act as project lead for high-value, high-risk, or capital-funded IT programmes
  • Provide expert project management advice using PRINCE2 methodology
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prince2-guidance
  • Support the Head of IT with portfolio planning, prioritisation, and reporting
  • Maintain oversight of risks, issues, dependencies, and financial performance across all projects
  • Produce clear, accurate, and timely progress reports for senior stakeholders
  • Line manage and coordinate Project Management resources, supporting development and performance
  • Contribute to procurement, supplier engagement, and solution delivery where required
  • Further detail is available in the Applicant Information Pack, which includes the full Job Description and Person Specification.

About Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • CUH is one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals, delivering both local and specialist services to patients from across the region, the UK, and internationally. With over 13,000 staff and 1,100 beds, the Trust is recognised for delivering high-quality, compassionate care.
  • CUH’s values — Together, Safe, Kind, Excellent — shape how we work, lead, and deliver services.
  • CUH is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and actively supports flexible working arrangements wherever service needs allow.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent professional qualification
  • PRINCE2 Foundation (or equivalent recognised project management methodology)

Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner or MSP qualification
  • ITIL certification
  • IT service management guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/itil-guidance

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience managing IT projects within large, complex organisations
  • Proven delivery across the full project lifecycle
  • Strong background in IT project planning and governance
  • Experience working in collaborative, multi-disciplinary environments
  • Experience managing and supporting other project professionals

Desirable

  • Experience delivering NHS clinical or corporate systems
  • Understanding of healthcare IT environments
  • Experience leading Office 365 implementations
  • Experience managing server migrations or infrastructure programmes

Knowledge & Expertise

Desirable

  • Strong understanding of NHS operational, clinical, and business environments
  • NHS digital transformation overview: https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/
  • Technical awareness of enterprise IT systems and infrastructure

Professional Values & Conduct

You must demonstrate behaviour that reflects CUH’s commitment to Safe, Kind, and Excellent care, showing professionalism, respect, and integrity in all interactions with patients, colleagues, and partners.

Visa & Sponsorship Information

Due to Home Office regulations, this full-time permanent role cannot be offered to Student visa holders unless eligibility criteria are met (e.g. Graduate visa or Skilled Worker sponsorship).

Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcome and will be considered fairly.

Further guidance is available at:

Skilled Worker visa information: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Overseas applicants may be required to provide criminal record certificates in line with UK Visas and Immigration rules:

Criminal records checks for overseas applicants: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Pre-Employment Checks

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975:

DBS checks explained: https://www.gov.uk/dbs-check-applicant-criminal-record

Staff Benefits & Wellbeing

CUH is committed to supporting positive working days and offers:

  • Flexible working options, including job-share and flexible hours
  • Subsidised travel, parking, and public transport schemes
  • On-site leisure facilities, childcare, and staff dining
  • Dedicated wellbeing and rest spaces
  • Ongoing learning, leadership development, and career progression opportunities
  • We welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.

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