Join Synnovis at a pivotal moment in the transformation of genomic medicine across the South East. We are delivering a new enterprise Genomics LIMS that will modernise laboratory operations, replace outdated systems, and fully integrate with the Trust’s Epic EPR. This role offers the rare chance to shape a nationally significant digital genomics platform removing manual workflows, improving patient safety, and creating a cutting‑edge environment for genomic testing.
As Project Manager, you will work at the heart of a high‑profile programme involving clinical, scientific, and digital teams. You will influence how genomic services are delivered for years to come, driving meaningful improvements in turnaround times, clinical quality, and digital capability. If you thrive in complex, high‑impact environments and want a role that directly contributes to the NHS genomics future, this is the ideal next step.
You will project manage the delivery of the Genomics LIMS, a hybrid of Epic Beaker and projodis solution that will standardise workflows across the SE GMS network of multiple labs and ways of working. The role covers planning, configuration, system integration testing, training, and go ‑ live activities. You’ll coordinate multidisciplinary teams, oversee integrations with the Epic EPR and national digital genomics platforms, and ensure compliance with ISO15189, NHS England GMS standards, and information governance requirements.
You will support clinicians and scientists in harmonising workflows, transitioning from legacy LIMS, and embedding new ways of working. You will contribute to the delivery of in ‑ house Whole Genome Sequencing by ensuring the LIMS is sequencing ‑ ready. Working closely with Trust Digital, Synnovis IT, and specialist vendors, you’ll drive delivery to contractual and funding timelines, ensuring the programme maintains momentum and achieves its strategic benefits.
Synnovis is a partnership between SYNLAB UK & Ireland and leading NHS Trusts across South East London. We serve more than 1.7 million people with diagnostic and digital pathology services. Our teams are collaborative, ambitious, and deeply committed to improving outcomes through science and innovation.
You will work for the Genomics Programme Manager and be part of a new project team, hybrid working with a primary base at the Blackfriars Hub, our state ‑ of ‑ the ‑ art pathology centre working alongside operational, scientific, IT, and digital pathology leaders. We offer strong professional development pathways, including The Synnovis Way, apprenticeship support, funded technical and leadership qualifications, and access to innovation funding that supports new scientific or digital initiatives.
By joining Synnovis now, you’ll help transform one of the UK’s most important genomics services while advancing your career in a rapidly growing, future ‑ focused field.
Your development and learning
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme which is used across Synnovis to enable you to reach your potential, learn new skills and achieve your goals.
This is managed between you and your line manager in line with your own personal and professional development ambitions.
You can apply for finance to drive innovation and service development for the benefit of patients through our Innovation Accelerator Fund.
At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London. For now, the job you are applying for will be based at our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1.
Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Manage the end ‑ to ‑ end delivery of the Genomics LIMS project by tracking the project plan, ensuring alignment with Synnovis, Trust, and national genomics requirements.
Manage integration of Epic Beaker and Projodis workflows, including configuration, validation, and cross ‑ site harmonisation.
Oversee testing phases, risk and issue management, governance reporting, and change control.
Ensure compliance with ISO15189, UK GDPR, DSPT, NHS England GMS standards, and CCN governance requirements.
Coordinate operational readiness, SOP updates, training, and transition to new digital workflows.
Manage vendors, internal technical teams, clinical/scientific leads, and external stakeholders
Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.
The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.
The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.
The hub is an eight-storey building, and we are working across 10 floors including the ground and lower ground floors. Synnovis’ corporate function operates from the hub on the 8th floor, above the laboratories underneath. This is a total net internal area of almost 10,000m squared across the 10 floors.
Based in Blackfriars, it’s less than a 5 minute walk from Southwark Tube or Blackfriars station and nestled closely to a vast array of entertainment and fabulous places to dine, relax and meet people.
