Innovation Manager


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,274 to £73,496 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW1 5JD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	1 Nov 2026

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Summary

General expectations You will be working across a complex set of relationships, challenges, and innovations to contribute to service transformation. You will be able to think laterally, build strong trusted relationships quickly, and work as a productive team member. You will bring an appetite for analytics, evidence, and learning in everything you do and have an ability to understand new subjects rapidly. In particular, the Innovation Manager is expected to: Demonstrate behaviours that live our organisational values of collaboration, courage, quality, and impact Show a commitment to learning, self-reflection, appraisal, and development, including undertaking a Personal Development Plan annually Operate in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, taking time to understand the context of the operating environment and demonstrating good judgement (including seeking counsel from others when needed) Exhibit a curiosity about the work going on across the organisation, and share with others, internally and externally, impactful work that ICHP supports to enable innovation and resolve complex problems Actively seek to participate in available project opportunities, with an approximate expectation of being involved in project work for up to 80-85% of your time, and working on several projects at any one time (with a mix of longer-term and shorter-term projects). This is not a formal performance metric, but a rule-of thumb to guide decisions about workload and resourcing. The description of the role is generic, without reference to specific projects or programmes, which will change over time. Postholders will be assigned to specific projects and programmes during the year, in line with the objectives and development plan agreed each year. Postholders will be expected to work in project-based matrix teams, working with colleagues drawn from across the organisation. Please see further information in full job description PDF.

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