Digital Operations Manager; Digital Services

Main area Division Corporate
- Digital Services Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate Town Cambridge Salary £66,582 - £77,368 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/11/2026

Can you provide strong operational leadership across digital programmes and projects? Are you a digital leader who can manage a portfolio, shape delivery and make a difference?

We are looking for an experienced Digital Operations Manager to provide senior operational leadership within our Digital Services team.

This is a key role responsible for the effective management and coordination of resources across the Digital resource hub in the Digital Service Operations and Governance team.

The post holder will ensure that the right people and capacity are aligned to deliver digitally enabled organisational priorities in our HIMSS EMRAM Level 7 organisation.

Working with senior digital, clinical and corporate colleagues, you will support the effective planning and delivery of a portfolio of digital programmes, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that delivery issues, risks and dependencies are identified and managed.

You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining robust governance and reporting arrangements, providing clear and accurate information on programme performance, risks, resource capacity and delivery confidence.

With responsibility for resources supporting a portfolio of projects with an overall value of several million pounds annually, you will ensure that workforce capacity is effectively planned and deployed in line with organisational priorities and demand to deliver CUH strategy and business as usual digital capability.

This is an opportunity to:

• Lead the maturity and performance of a strategic Digital resource hub.
• Shape governance, assurance and reporting across a significant digital portfolio.
• Lead the effective deployment of digital people and resources against organisational priorities.
• Influence senior stakeholders across digital, clinical and corporate services.
• Drive delivery of programmes that enable meaningful transformation and improved patient outcomes.
• Identify and resolve complex risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Provide visible, confident and decisive senior operational leadership.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here.

CUH’s values – Together
- Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

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