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• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate Town Cambridge Salary £55,690 - £62,682 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 26/01/2026

We have an opportunity available for a Senior IT Project Manager to manage the delivery of IT projects, as agreed with the Head of IT.

You will ensure project objectives and schedules are achieved on time and to budget.

Reporting to the Head of IT as part of a team of Project Managers, you will be accountable for the detailed planning and delivery of IT projects.

You will have line management responsibility for a team of Project Managers.

Manage the delivery of IT projects, as agreed with the Head of IT.

Ensure project objectives and schedules are achieved on time and to budget.

Support the head of IT in the assessment, procurement or development, and delivery of IT Projects.

Support the Head of IT in the management and control of the IT project portfolio.

Responsible for providing updates and progress against all core Projects based on progress – risk and cost.

Project Management expertise and advice on all areas of Programme / project governance using Prince 2 as a methodology.

Undertake the Project Management lead role for significant capital funded projects that have been approved by the organisation.

Take the lead on complex and or high profile IT projects.

Coordination and day to day management of Project Management resources.

Timely and accurate reporting on all projects.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

The advert will close at midnight on 8 January 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 26 January 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification
• PRINCE 2 Foundation or equivalent industry standard project methodology
• Qualification in Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner or MSP)
• Qualifications in ITIL standards

• Extensive IT Project Management in a large complex organisation
• Significant experience of the full project lifecycle
• Significant experience of IT project planning
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• NHS Clinical Systems Project Management experience
• Understanding of existing CUH systems
• Understanding of healthcare systems
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• Experience of managing the implementation of Office 365
• Experience of managing the implementation and migration of servers
• Technical IT systems knowledge

• In-depth understanding of NHS business and clinical environments

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

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