Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Project Manager (Digital)

The closing date is 17 August 2025

Job summary

Band 8a Senior Digital Project Manager

The Senior Digital Project Manager will have responsibility for managing allocated programmes and associated projects through their lifecycle from inception to delivery.

My job makes better lives by-Ensuring, by effective project management and delivery, that the investment and approach to digital transformation is understood, managed and assured and that value from projects isdelivered.

Main duties of the job

The role will include project managing the continued implementation of an EPR optimisation programme (SystmOne).
The role involves programme and project management in a complex organisation, working across organisational boundaries.
Manage significant large scale digital projects within and across the Trust, following a clear programme and project management methodology.
The Senior Digital Project Manager will be an integral member of the wider Digital team providing comprehensive and effective project management services for the trust.
The post holder will drive and coordinate the planning and delivery of a range of Digital projects (priority projects will be identified by the Digital Leadership Team and include the Adapt SystmOne optimisation programme).
The postholder will develop project plans with appropriate milestones, phasing, and interdependencies to ensure the critical path is mapped using appropriate project planning approaches.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

04 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,888 to £64,880 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7390132-CORP

Job locations

Trust Headquarters

18 Mole Business Park Unit, Randalls Road,

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Certification in Project Management (PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management, MSP or similar) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of managing complex digital project(s)
Experience of using programme and project management approaches such as PRINCE2 and/ or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
Specialist knowledge of project management standards and principles and the ability to apply and explain them in non-routine situations to senior managers and clinicians
Experience of managing budgets or finances associated with a Programme/Project/ Team
Experience of analysing, interpreting, and presenting data
Experience of producing project/ programme status and update reports
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment to partnership working
Experience of managing stakeholders up to and including Executive level, sometimes with strong competing views, to build and gain consensus to enable decisions to be progressed to boards for approval
Experience of developing, tracking and managing both risks and issues within projects
Experience of developing benefits profiles and managing programme and project benefits through the project lifecycle
Experience of business process improvement
Establishing, preparing for, running programme and project boards

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Certification in Project Management (PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management, MSP or similar) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of managing complex digital project(s)
Experience of using programme and project management approaches such as PRINCE2 and/ or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
Specialist knowledge of project management standards and principles and the ability to apply and explain them in non-routine situations to senior managers and clinicians
Experience of managing budgets or finances associated with a Programme/Project/ Team
Experience of analysing, interpreting, and presenting data
Experience of producing project/ programme status and update reports
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment to partnership working
Experience of managing stakeholders up to and including Executive level, sometimes with strong competing views, to build and gain consensus to enable decisions to be progressed to boards for approval
Experience of developing, tracking and managing both risks and issues within projects
Experience of developing benefits profiles and managing programme and project benefits through the project lifecycle
Experience of business process improvement
Establishing, preparing for, running programme and project boards

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.