Senior Programme Manager

📋 Description

• Coordinate and assist in the delivery of the NIHR Life Sciences Industry Implementation Plan across
• Use extensive programme and project management experience to recognize, prioritise, arrange, and
• Translate strategic priorities into coherent and achievable programme plans, ensuring effective
• Track progress throughout the programme and assist in keeping activities aligned with the broader
• Work collaboratively with senior collaborators and partners across multiple organisations, adapting
• Develop and sustain productive collaborations with groups throughout NIHR and outside partners

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience of successfully managing complex projects and programmes
• Strong programme planning abilities, with the capability to pinpoint dependencies, arrange
• Experience establishing and implementing effective programme plans and governance arrangements
• Ability to confidently navigate complex environments involving multiple collaborators and
• Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills
• Diplomatic and collaborative approach when engaging with collaborators at different levels of

🎁 Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in advancing NIHR's ambitions for the UK life sciences sector
• Work closely with senior leadership and a broad network of partners
• Contribute to strengthening the UK's position as a global centre for commercial research
• Support essential activities such as industry engagement and system transformation
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders across multiple organisations