Online Transformation Manager Full Time

You will play a central role in the development and launch of new programmes, strengthen existing provision, and embed the structures, processes and ways of working needed to support sustainable growth. Working at the centre of Digital Learning, you will bring together academic and professional teams, ensuring programmes are delivered to a high standard, on time, and at scale.

This role goes beyond coordination, it is about creating a more efficient, resilient and future-ready model for online education. If you are highly organised, delivery-focused, and motivated by shaping how online learning operates at scale, this is an opportunity to make a significant institutional impact.

The successful candidate will be a highly organised and driven professional who thrives in a complex, fast-paced environment. They will be someone who takes genuine ownership of their work, balances independent thinking with collaborative delivery, and brings both rigour and adaptability to everything they do.

As the link between strategic ambition and digital delivery, they will need to be comfortable working across academic and professional services teams, building strong relationships and influencing at all levels. This is a role for someone who is not just a strong project manager, but a confident, proactive leader who is committed to quality and continuous improvement and who genuinely believes in the power of digital education to transform lives.

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience leading complex transformation or programme delivery initiatives, ideally within higher education or a digital learning environment.
• Demonstrable experience managing the full lifecycle of projects or programmes, from concept through to implementation and review.
• Strong knowledge of modern project management methodologies (such as Agile) and digital planning tools (such as JIRA).
• Proven ability to coordinate and lead multidisciplinary teams, delivering work on time and within budget.
• Experience of embedding governance, quality assurance and structured processes across concurrent workstreams.
• Experience of line management and supporting the professional development of staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence a wide range of academic and professional stakeholders.

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

This is a full time, 35 hours a week position across Monday-Friday. We are able to offer a remote working arrangement for this role, if required, which can be discussed further at interview. If taking up the position remotely, the successful candidate would need to be based within the UK.

If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email recruitment@falmouth.ac.uk.

The closing date for the position is Tuesday 14 April 2026.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including:

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
• 35 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary.
• Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme
• Life Assurance

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.