Senior Delivery Project Manager Design & Construction

Bupa

London, UKonsite$80k/yrPosted Jul 14, 2026
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About the role

Job Description:

Senior Delivery Project Manager Design & Construction

12 month Fixed Term Contract

London

On site: King Edward VII Hospital

Salary from: £80k + 10% bonus + fantastic benefits

37.5 hours per week

We make health happen

Working in our UK support functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

How you'll help us make health happen

Lead the development of a consistent and high-performing centre of excellence in healthcare capital project management, enhancing capability, methodology and delivery approaches across hospital and clinical environments

Oversee healthcare property and capital project management in alignment with clinical standards, healthcare design guidance, sustainability frameworks, and all statutory and regulatory requirements relevant to hospital facilities

Establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships across clinical teams and with external partners including healthcare planners, architects, engineers, cost consultants and construction delivery partners to enable effective project delivery, governance and issue resolution

Collaborate closely with healthcare leadership, estates and infrastructure teams to ensure projects meet clinical operational requirements, patient safety standards, quality expectations and are delivered on time and within budget

Contribute to and leverage a broader healthcare property and infrastructure network, supporting the adoption of emerging healthcare design practices, digital technologies, and sustainable solutions to improve hospital environments

Ensure robust financial management, monitoring, and reporting of capital expenditure across hospital projects, maintaining alignment with approved budgets and funding controls

Provide effective leadership to project teams, fostering a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and high performance within live healthcare environments

Ensure compliance with all healthcare-specific legislation, codes of practice and regulatory standards

Apply robust risk management practices, proactively identifying and mitigating risks associated with delivering projects in complex, live clinical settings while maintaining hands-on oversight of day-to-day delivery activities

What you'll bring

In depth understanding of Design & Construction project delivery including practical experience of delivering projects in healthcare

Design & Construction project management track record including project planning and implementation, financial control, the assessment of contract strategies, contract supervision safety and associated environmental management

Experienced in the use of the normal range of business and project management software

A good working knowledge of the Construction Design and Management Regulations with demonstrable experience of site safety management

Ability to cope with fast-paced refurbishment programmes & strategic programmes over multi year periods within the healthcare sector

Experienced in the management of main contractors during the delivery phase, monitoring progress, quality and safety aspects of the contract and dealing robustly with deviations.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.

Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing

Fixed term benefits allowance

Access to our confidential employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We're committed to ensuring you're treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Property & Facilities

Locations:

London

Cycle to work scheme, Additional leave, Employee mentoring programme, Free flu jabs, Referral programme, Gym membership, Company pension, Paid volunteer time, Health & wellbeing programme, Discounted or free food, Financial planning services, Private dental insurance

Compensation

This Project / Program Manager role pays $80k/yr. Within typical range for project / program manager roles in United Kingdom.

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