Job vacancy: HIW Programme Manager – Industry and Innovation (HealthTech Innovation Strategist), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Chilworth

Job summary

Main area

Administration

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

Fixed term: 24 months (N/A)

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week (N/A)

Job ref

188-THQ170725

Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: HSTD WESSEX AHSN
Town: Chilworth
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682
Closing: 20/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/09/2025

HIW Programme Manager – Industry and Innovation (HealthTech Innovation Strategist)

Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be responsible for aspects of the Health Innovation Wessex Innovation Exchange as commissioned by the Government’s Office for Life Sciences, with particular responsibility for communicating regional NHS needs to innovators and innovation scanning for solutions on behalf of local and regional NHS bodies, and for directly supporting innovators as they develop their products and evidence base.

You will build and maintain professional stakeholder relations with NHS bodies including integrated care systems, primary care networks, acute and community providers, to understand their priorities and needs and provide appropriate horizon scans and options appraisals.

You will also be responsible for working with external stakeholders to host appropriate educational meetings on topics that are important to both commercial and clinical innovators.

We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication and project management skills, an ability to build new relationships quickly, and the capability to independently produce high quality work, drawing on a wide range of sources.

We welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences – whether that be clinical, NHS management or from industry – an appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation deployment and transformation in the NHS is an advantage to succeed in this role. Past experience of commissioning, transformation and project management are also advantageous.

Person specification

Qualifications / training required

Essential criteria

Professionally qualified or a relevant degree, plus project management experience or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
A Master’s degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in relevant discipline
Project management experience in an NHS or care service setting or in a commercial setting within the healthcare sector
Experience of engaging internal and external stakeholders through the process of needs identification and problem specification.
Experience of organising and delivering events of 10-100 delegates, including strategic direction, logistics and delivery
Experience of working with commercial innovators, especially those in late stage development or early stage deployment from either the supplier side or from the NHS side
Experience of supporting the implimentation of innovation(s) into a transformation pathway(s) in an NHS setting
Experience of critical appraisal and product evaluation
Knowledge of issues, trends and opportunities for delivering improved health and care services through innovation
Experience of initiating, planning and organising the development and implementation new projects within specialist area of work

Desirable criteria

Project management training (e.g. PRINCE II)
Management experience

Aptitudes and skills required

Essential criteria

Proficient IT skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies, including demonstrating first class knowledge of MS Office Suite
Experience in engaging managers and practitioners in project development

Desirable criteria

Experience of holding budgets for project portfolios; monitoring budgets, and responsibility for budget planning for projects
Experience of communicating findings and outcomes through a range of media and channels

Special requirements of the post

Essential criteria

Able to travel to sites across Wessex (preferably with driving licence and car)
Occasional flexibility in hours worked e.g. (may be occasional evening meetings)
Ability to work in a hybrid environment

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria

Innovative
Inclusive
Collaborative
Achieving
Trustworthy
Patients First
Always Improving
Working Together

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

For more information about our Trust

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk

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