Programme Manager (Capital Projects & Compliance)
7 days ago
London
Programme Manager (Compliance) Salary: £88,250 £100k Location: London (Hybrid) About the Role We’re seeking an experienced and highly skilled Programme Manage to lead the delivery of complex capital programmes and ensure robust compliance across large-scale construction and estates projects. You will manage multi-million-pound capital schemes from feasibility through design, procurement, construction and handover—ensuring full alignment with clinical, technical, and statutory requirements. Working closely with senior stakeholders, advisors and operational teams, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering safe, compliant, and future-ready facilities for patients, staff, and communities. This is a high-profile leadership role requiring strong technical understanding, excellent stakeholder management and proven expertise in major capital programme delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead Compliance Advisor • Oversee all compliance aspects of capital projects, ensuring alignment with HTMs, HBNs, Building Safety Act (BSA) requirements and NHS design guidance, • Manage external advisors and ensure timely, accurate and cost-effective outputs, • Record, assess and mitigate compliance risks and derogations, • Ensure robust clinical, technical and safety assurance across all schemes, • Coordinate compliance documentation, reviews and approvals with all relevant committees, • Lead day-to-day compliance activities across the programme, managing internal and external specialists, • Develop, refine and oversee compliance governance systems, • Support development of Outline and Full Business Cases from a compliance perspective, • Ensure all compliance elements meet Trust governance, financial controls and statutory requirements, • Provide leadership, coaching and line management to programme team members, • Manage elements of the multi-million-pound programme budget, • Work with Capital Finance to prepare forecasts, reports and updates, • Lead contractual oversight including RFIs, EWNs, risk schedules and compensation events, • Support resolution of contractual disputes and ensure procurement compliance, • Build strong relationships with senior clinical, operational, estates and external partners, • Ensure clinical services remain safe and operational during construction activities, • Foster collaboration with architects, engineers, consultants, and Trust leadership teams, • Promote a high-performing, inclusive and positive programme culture About You You will bring: • Extensive experience delivering large construction programmes, ideally within the public or healthcare sector, • Strong senior-level stakeholder, negotiation and influencing skills, • Deep knowledge of construction compliance, healthcare standards, risk management and capital programme governance, • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in complex environments, • Excellent analytical, financial and decision-making skills, • Degree in construction, engineering, building surveying or related field (or equivalent senior-level experience), • Corporate membership of a relevant Chartered Institute (e.g., RICS, RIBA, CIBSE, MCIOB), • Project/programme management qualification (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2), • Higher management qualification