Are you passionate about innovation, addressing inequalities and using evidence to improve health and care outcomes for our south London population?Do you have consultancy experience that you can bring to help grow our offer on evaluation and insights?The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is looking for a Senior Programme Manager in our Insights team with the passion and drive to support health and care organisations in South London (and beyond) to deliver positive change through innovation.Main duties of the jobThe postholder will support the Programme Director for Insights to lead a team who are passionate about using evaluation, data analytics and health economics to improve our health and care systems, deliver impact and improve health equity. They will be responsible for providing overall management of large scale and complex projects within the Insights portfolio, taking responsibility for the operational delivery of the HIN's evaluation service. They will be an experienced professional with a range of experience to be able to address both the programme management and extensive subject matter expertise in evaluation required for the successful delivery of the HIN's work on evaluation.This role is not suitable for project/programme managers who do not have extensive expertise and experience in designing and conducting large scale and complex evaluations in health and care settings. The postholder will draw on their experience in business development and securing income through working in a consultancy environment. The successful candidate will need to have considerable proven experience writing bids/proposals to secure fee-for-service projects and producing high quality outputs.About usHealth Innovation Network South London (HIN) is the HIN for South London. We operate under our own HIN brand, but our organisation is hosted by, and staff are employed by, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.We work with our members, national commissioners (NHS England & Improvement, Office for Life Sciences) and industry to make sure South Londoners benefit daily from innovations and to learn about what works. We don't see innovation as solely relating to new products or technology: we're often innovating with clinicians and others to redesign existing pathways or make other changes to the way care is delivered.Our clinical and innovation themes each have specific projects, identified and shaped in partnership with professionals and experts, and patients and the public from across South London. Our philosophy is to promote self-care and encourage a 'whole person' approach, by integrating physical, mental health and social care across traditional boundaries.Our ValuesBrave - We encourage our teams and others to be brave with their ideas and support them to try something new.Open - We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn.Kind - We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of South Londoners.Together - We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.Different - We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse backgrounds, talents and experiences.DetailsDate posted04 September 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8bSalary£72,921 to £83,362 a year pa inc HCAContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number196-COF10897-TJob locationsBacket House1 Lambeth Palace RoadLondonSE1 7EUJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the role and responsibilities.Important information for candidatesPlease read and follow these instructions carefully, because they will determine whether you are longlisted and/or shortlisted. In the Supporting Information section of your application, ensure that you clearly answer only these four questions:1. Why are you applying for this post? [max 100 words]2. What is your experience working within a consultancy environment and successfully securing income through fee-for-service evaluation projects? [max 150 words]3. How do you meet the requirements of the role? [max 750 words]4. If you have used AI in your application, describe how? [max 50 words]There will be a task assigned to candidates who are shortlisted based on their written applications before the interview. Performance on this task may be used to determine if candidates are invited to interview.Based on recent recruitment processes, we anticipate a large number of applications. Therefore, it may not be possible to speak to people about the role prior to shortlisting. However, we will respond to questions/queries via email.Candidates shortlisted to interview will have the opportunity for a pre-interview conversation with Andrew Walker, Programme Director for Insights, Health Innovation Network South London.We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.Remote workingThe HIN office is based in Waterloo (SE1). The post holder will be required to come into the HIN office for a minimum of two days per week and be able to come in on additional days, as required. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the role and responsibilities.Important information for candidatesPlease read and follow these instructions carefully, because they will determine whether you are longlisted and/or shortlisted. In the Supporting Information section of your application, ensure that you clearly answer only these four questions:1. Why are you applying for this post? [max 100 words]2. What is your experience working within a consultancy environment and successfully securing income through fee-for-service evaluation projects? [max 150 words]3. How do you meet the requirements of the role? [max 750 words]4. If you have used AI in your application, describe how? [max 50 words]There will be a task assigned to candidates who are shortlisted based on their written applications before the interview. Performance on this task may be used to determine if candidates are invited to interview.Based on recent recruitment processes, we anticipate a large number of applications. Therefore, it may not be possible to speak to people about the role prior to shortlisting. However, we will respond to questions/queries via email.Candidates shortlisted to interview will have the opportunity for a pre-interview conversation with Andrew Walker, Programme Director for Insights, Health Innovation Network South London.We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.Remote workingThe HIN office is based in Waterloo (SE1). The post holder will be required to come into the HIN office for a minimum of two days per week and be able to come in on additional days, as required.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
ExperienceEssential
Considerable experience working within a consultancy environment and writing bids/proposals to successfully secure income through fee-for-service projects.
Extensive project management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
SkillsEssential
Extensive knowledge and experience of leading evaluations of innovation in complex real-world health and care settings to create evidence about effectiveness, implementation and scaling.
Proven ability to produce high quality insights and evaluation outputs for clients and external audiences to inform decision-making (e.g. externally published reports).
Extensive knowledge of the digital health economy.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
ExperienceEssential
Considerable experience working within a consultancy environment and writing bids/proposals to successfully secure income through fee-for-service projects.
Extensive project management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
SkillsEssential
Extensive knowledge and experience of leading evaluations of innovation in complex real-world health and care settings to create evidence about effectiveness, implementation and scaling.
Proven ability to produce high quality insights and evaluation outputs for clients and external audiences to inform decision-making (e.g. externally published reports).
Extensive knowledge of the digital health economy.
