Senior Programme Manager in Brighton

Function: Supply Chain Modernisation – Delivery

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Offered on a starting salary of £77,701 with the potential increase of up to £91,413 over the course of three years. Plus additional benefits, inclusive of car allowance.

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager to join our Supply Chain Modernisation Programme at a pivotal moment in our transformation journey. This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in one of the largest and most ambitious change programmes within NHS Supply Chain, helping to shape how we deliver for the NHS, our customers and ultimately patients across the UK.

As part of the Delivery team, you’ll lead complex, high‑profile programmes that modernise our operations, technology and ways of working, creating lasting improvements across the organisation. Reporting to the Director of Delivery, you’ll work with senior leaders, specialist delivery teams and external partners to drive large‑scale change from planning through to successful implementation. Alongside leading the delivery of major transformation initiatives, you’ll also develop and support a team of Project Managers, helping to build a high‑performing delivery culture.

If you thrive on solving complex challenges, bringing people together to achieve ambitious goals, and delivering meaningful change at scale, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in an organisation that supports the NHS every day.

Every day you will …

• Lead the delivery of complex sub-programmes and strategic projects within the Supply Chain Modernisation Programme, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and successful outcomes across people, process, data and technology.
• Drive end-to-end programme delivery excellence, maintaining control across multiple workstreams and ensuring delivery against agreed time, cost and quality objectives while managing risks, issues, dependencies and escalations proactively.
• Build and lead high-performing project delivery teams, providing line management, coaching, mentoring and performance development for Lead Project Managers and Project Managers to strengthen programme capability and delivery excellence.
• Influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, effectively managing competing priorities, challenging constructively, and ensuring alignment between local delivery decisions and wider business goals.
• Enable sustainable business transformation and benefits realisation, supporting the successful transition and embedding of programme outcomes into operational environments while maintaining clarity and control in complex, fast-changing environments.

What can we offer you?

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• Annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
• In-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Strong programme management expertise, with experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes using MSP, PRINCE2, Agile and hybrid methodologies.
• Excellent planning, governance and risk management skills, with the ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Proven experience delivering technology-enabled and business transformation initiatives within complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience developing high-performing teams and coaching Project Managers to achieve successful outcomes.
• Advanced stakeholder management, financial management and communication skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Project for planning, tracking and reporting programme delivery.

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply. We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.