Capital Project Manager

Company: Insight Executive Group (IEG)
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Job Description:

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY – Principal Capital Projects Manager

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Chelsea London and/or Sutton, Surrey

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Principal Capital Projects Manager to join its Projects and Estates Directorate.

You will play a key role in the planning, management and delivery of high-quality capital projects across the Trust’s estate, helping to improve environments for patients, staff and clinical teams.

The Royal Marsden and the Institute of Cancer Research are ranked among the top five cancer centres in the world for the impact of their research, treating more than 59,000 NHS and private patients every year.

Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for leading and managing capital projects from initial brief through to completion, ensuring schemes are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.

The role will include:

  • Managing estates capital projects across the Trust’s Capital Investment Programme
  • Leading project managers, external consultants, contractors and professional advisers
  • Preparing and managing project plans, business cases, reports, risk registers and governance documentation
  • Reporting progress, risks, budgets and programme updates to senior stakeholders
  • Working closely with clinical, estates, finance, procurement, infection control and executive teams
  • Ensuring compliance with NHS guidance, statutory standards, health and safety requirements and relevant construction regulations
  • Supporting long-term capital planning and continuous improvement across the estate

About you

We are looking for a senior project manager with a strong track record of delivering capital, construction or estates projects in a complex healthcare environment.

You will bring:

  • Significant experience delivering capital projects within the NHS, healthcare or a similar regulated setting
  • Strong knowledge of healthcare estates, NHS technical guidance, HTMs, HBNs, statutory standards and construction regulations
  • Experience managing budgets, programmes, risks, consultants and contractors
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • The ability to work with senior clinical, operational and estates teams
  • A construction, engineering or project management background
  • Relevant professional membership or qualifications such as RICS, RIBA, CIOB, CEng, IEng, IET, IMechE, APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent experience

Why join The Royal Marsden?

This is an opportunity to contribute to the work of one of the world’s leading specialist cancer centres, supporting capital projects that directly improve the environment for patients, staff and services.

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For more information or a confidential conversation, please contact George Hutcherson at Insight Executive.

Posted: July 11th, 2026