Job summary
- Main area
- Construction
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with hybrid working available)
- Job ref
- 176-C-8294368
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hinchingbrooke Hospital
- Town
- Huntingdon
- Salary
- £100,000 - £200,000 Plus 23.7% employer pension contribution
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/10/2026 12:00
- Interview date
- 13/11/2026
Employer heading
Programme Director
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Job overview
An opportunity to shape the future of healthcare for generations to come.
We are looking for an exceptional Programme Director to lead the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme (HHRP), a Wave 1 scheme within the Government’s New Hospital Programme.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do more than deliver a major capital programme. You will help shape the future of our hospital, influence how care is delivered and leave a lasting legacy for our patients, staff and communities.
Joining at a pivotal stage, you will lead the programme towards completion of the Outline Business Case in Spring 2027 and into the next phases of delivery, working closely with our construction partner, Kier.
You will have significant visibility and influence across the organisation and wider health system, working with senior leaders, national partners, clinicians, staff, patients and local communities to turn our ambition into reality.
Main duties of the job
You will provide strategic leadership for the end-to-end planning, design and delivery of HHRP, leading the programme team and advisers to ensure the redevelopment is delivered safely, effectively, on programme and within budget.
You will lead programme governance, commercial management and stakeholder engagement, build strong relationships with our delivery partners and bring people together around a shared vision for the future of Hinchingbrooke.
Above all, you will provide the leadership, influence and direction needed to turn an ambitious vision into reality.
Working for our organisation
This is a unique opportunity to join us at a defining moment in the future of Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
The redevelopment is not simply about replacing buildings. It is an opportunity to create a hospital fit for the future and to rethink how we provide care for our communities.
You will work alongside talented clinical, operational and corporate leaders and have the opportunity to build relationships across the local health and care system and with national organisations.
For the right person, this role offers purpose, influence, visibility and the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy through one of the most significant transformation programmes in our organisation's history.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role, responsibilities and essential criteria.
Person specification
Education / Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent relevant experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of leading and managing large, complex, capital schemes in the UK or internationally
- Leading the successful development of complex business cases involving strategy, workforce, digital and operations
- Experience and involvement in the governance of major programmes including strategic oversight, risk management, legal and procurement activities and resource deployment / management
- Experience of successfully leading commercial and contractual negotiations
- Experience of developing successful relationships and building consensus with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent communications skills both written and verbal, and the ability to effectively communicate complex information to a wide range in stakeholders
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Lee
- Job title
- Senior Responsible Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you’d like to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact Rosalind Cullen by email and she will be happy to arrange a time for you to speak with Deborah Lee.
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