Principal Project Manager National NHS Programme

Inside IR35 6 months intially with option to extend Remote with occasional trips to Cardiff

This is a delivery role with a fixed deadline and real national impact.

IntaPeople have teamed up with an NHS client that needs a senior Project Manager to lead the replacement of a critical GP data and reporting product before the current contract ends in March 2027. You ll take ownership of the end-to-end plan, align four major workstreams (data platform, IG, supplier, analytics), and drive the programme through governance to successful transition into live service.

You ll be the person who brings structure, pace and control. The one who keeps board-level stakeholders confident while unblocking delivery teams and keeping time, cost and risk where they need to be.

What you ll be doing

• Own and run the master project plan across multiple workstreams
• Lead governance, assurance, RAID and executive reporting
• Manage senior stakeholders across clinical, digital and supplier environments
• Control budget, dependencies and delivery milestones
• Take the programme through to BAU

What we re looking for

• Proven track record delivering large, complex digital or data programmes in the NHS or wider public sector
• Experience replacing or implementing enterprise systems / national platforms
• Strong board-level stakeholder management
• Full lifecycle delivery with clear governance and benefits realisation
• PRINCE2, APM or equivalent

Why this might be a good match for you:

This is a nationally visible programme with a hard stop date, a live user base and genuine service impact. It needs someone who s comfortable in a structured NHS environment and who s led multi-stream delivery where governance, data and operational continuity really matter.

If you ve operated in this sort of environment and you re used to landing complex programmes rather than supporting them, please apply now for a confidential chat, thanks!