AddressWe are hiring a Project Manager to support and drive the delivery of our Research & Data programme. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the success of our digital transformation strategy, working closely with internal teams, external partners and suppliers who are required to deliver data into, and support the ongoing maintenance of our TRE Platform.
Join our dynamic project management team as a pivotal Project Manager, driving the success of Our Future Health, set to be one of the world's largest health studies. In this role, you'll lead diverse technology and digital projects, collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Procurement and external vendors, and ensure streamlined delivery across various teams with competing priorities.
You'll be a positive and motivated individual who thrives on problem solving and delivering on both current and changing priorities. We're looking for people that embrace high-profile projects with significant budgetary responsibility in a rapidly-scaling environment. You'll be adept at building relationships with internal teams and 3rd party providers with the ability to kick-start and maintain momentum across project teams of multi-skilled professionals.
At Our Future Health, our mission is to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. We’re looking for people to join us on our journey. If you’re looking for a new challenge where you can contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer, then we’re keen to speak with you.
You will be:
- Proactive and solution-oriented, thriving in dynamic environments.
- Skilled in agile, lean, and waterfall project methodologies.
- Experienced in business change, digital product development, and scaling.
- Adept at collaborating with diverse teams, managing high-risk projects with significant budgets.
- Familiar with project reporting, road mapping, and contingency planning.
What you’ll be doing:
- Crafting and executing a roadmap, balancing diverse organisational priorities.
- Through effective project management you will ensure quality and security of processes and data for researchers and Our Future Health participants.
- Collaborating seamlessly with Engineering, Data, Product, Science, Delivery teams, and external partners.
- Managing vendors and 3rd party suppliers for optimal support and outcomes.
- Overseeing a portfolio of ambitious tech or operational projects, ensuring timely and quality delivery.
- Utilising and promoting best project methodologies and digital tools for distributed team success.
- Providing regular status updates, risk assessments, budgetary oversight, and resource allocation.
- Fostering strong stakeholder relationships, offering innovative solutions to meet diverse business needs.
- Evaluating project outcomes for continuous learning and improvement.
- Upholding program standards, including maintaining documentation on Project SharePoint Sites.
What you won’t be doing:
- Working in a siloed environment with no freedom to make decisions.
- Working in a place where you can’t see the impact your expertise makes.
The environment
We’re a rapidly scaling team of talented people who’ve come from start-ups, tech companies, the NHS and health charities. We’re creating something that will be used to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of disease - something that has never been done before on this scale.
We are searching for an organised and tenacious Project Manager who can enable us to continue to work quickly and in an agile way to create a resource and platforms that will leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
To succeed in this role, you will have some of the following:
- Proven experience working with technical engineering teams, ideally building digital products and services.
- Demonstrable experience in a project management role (or similar), with proven experience of managing successful delivery of projects, preferably with a digital product and service element.
- Proven experience using software tools to manage and enable projects (we use Asana, Confluence, JIRA, MS Sharepoint).
- Proven experience of working with vendors / 3rd party suppliers with the knowledge of when and how to challenge performance issues.
- Demonstrable ability to foster positive relationships as a primary point of contact for Project Delivery both internally and with external suppliers.
- An appetite to provide exceptional service with the ability to motivate colleagues and external suppliers whilst simultaneously holding them to project milestones where appropriate.
- The ability to derive insights from data, support teams to do their best work, and effectively report up and down an organisation.
- Proven track record of leading and managing multiple projects at the same time with short- and long-term deadlines.
- Understanding of Azure and other cloud based environments.
- Strong analytical skills and strategic thinking with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to find simple solutions out of complex use cases.
- Understanding of all aspects of an agile product development lifecycle, including; product strategy development, story writing and requirements definition, backlog prioritisation, development, QA and launch.
- Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%.
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays.)
- Continuous career development with regular appraisals and learning and development opportunities.
- A lovely new office in Holborn, Central London – we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Join us - let’s prevent disease together.
