Job vacancy

Programme Manager – Industry and Innovation (HealthTech Innovation Strategist)

Salary:
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
NHS Band:
8a
Hours of work:
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Duration:
12 month secondment / fixed term (maternity cover)
Deadline:
Sunday 8 November 2026
Date of interview:
Thursday 19 November 2026

Role purpose

We are seeking an ambitious, strategic and inspirational individual with a track record of delivering operational success in complex environments.

As Programme Manager you will contribute to our support for health innovators, managing a range of projects to:

  • understand the needs of NHS and care services, articulating these with appropriate innovators, and developing market appraisals for presentation to health and care stakeholders, leading to implementation
  • support innovative health and life science innovators to prepare for scale and adoption through appropriate development of their product, market understanding, evidence base and implementation plan.

Full job description

The Programme Manager is responsible for managing a number of simultaneous projects including, but not limited to, horizon-scanning for existing solutions to local/regional problems and direct innovator support.

Delivering project management principles throughout, using corporate project documentation, actively seeking appropriate funding, managing the projects and promoting dissemination of the project outcomes.

The role sits within a dynamic wider team of programme managers supporting the development, health-system validation, implementation and evaluation of cutting-edge health and medical technologies, and works closely with these specialists.

The role also contributes to teaching and training in aspects of health innovation through our programme of courses and accelerators.


Join Us

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced and motivated individual who wants to make a lasting difference to health outcomes, healthcare transformation and economic growth.

If you are passionate about innovation, inspired by the future of the NHS and excited by the opportunity to shape the next chapter of Health Innovation Wessex, we would love to hear from you.

Together, we can accelerate innovation, improve lives and create a healthier future for Wessex and beyond.

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