Head of Portfolio Management

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in public healthcare is seeking a dynamic leader to enhance their Portfolio Management capabilities. This pivotal role involves guiding a team to improve governance processes and managing complex change agendas across clinical and corporate functions. You'll be at the forefront of strategic transformation, ensuring that the Trust's projects align with its mission of delivering better healthcare. If you're passionate about innovation in healthcare and have a proven track record in project management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving NHS foundation trust.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing complex digital and construction programmes.
• Strong understanding of change and programme management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and improvement of Portfolio Management across Trust’s Clinical Groups.
• Manage the benefits register and ensure reporting on benefits realization.

Skills

Project Management

Programme Management

Change Management

Leadership

Communication Skills

Benefits Management

Education

Formal qualification in Project or Programme management (PRINCE 2 or MSP)

Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

Training or qualifications in Portfolio Management

Tools

Portfolio Management Tools

Project Assurance Techniques

Job description

Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Education Centre

Town: London

Salary: £82,462 - £93,773 per annum inc. H.C.A

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/02/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Job overview

The Central Portfolio Office (CPO) sits at the heart of GSTT’s strategic transformation agenda, shaping and managing the portfolio of change projects and programmes to deliver the Trust’s strategy – ‘Better, faster, fairer healthcare for all’.

Your role will lead on the delivery and improvement of Portfolio Management across the Trust’s Clinical Groups and Corporate Functions. To be effective in the role, you will already have experience of supporting organisations to prioritise and deliver their change agendas. If you are passionate about innovation and transformation in public healthcare, and possess strong organizational and communication skills, we invite you to apply.

Main duties of the job

Strategy and Prioritisation: Lead a team of business partners to design, manage and continuously improve the Portfolio Management governance process for Clinical Groups and Corporate Functions.

Benefits Management: Lead on Benefits Management for the Trust. Create and maintain a Trust wide benefits register and ensure regular reporting on benefits realisation to leadership teams and the board to ensure the Trust achieves its strategic objectives.

Major Programmes: Support the Head of Major Programmes and Portfolio to provide assurance on the major programme portfolio (ongoing assurance, gateway reviews, programme health checks).

Team Leadership: As a member of the CPO’s senior leadership team, support the management and development of a team of high performing, senior portfolio management professionals. Lead and deliver special projects as required by the Deputy CEO.

Headlines from Person Specification

Formal qualification in Project or Programme management (PRINCE 2 or MSP) or equivalent.

• Expert knowledge of operations and/or programme management methodologies and techniques.

A leader by example with a strong sense of quality and equality and highly effective people and project management skills.

Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills, including where performance is a cause for concern or delivery objectives are at risk.

Working for our organisation

Please note: Interviews are due to be scheduled on 25 Feb, however, alternative dates may be considered if shortlisted candidates are unavailable on that date.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities

Strategy and prioritisation: Work with the wider DC EO team to shape the Trust’s portfolio of programmes and projects in order to deliver its strategy and performance objectives. Lead for the Central Portfolio Office on the annual refresh of the Trust Medium Term Capital Plan, working with the strategic finance department.

Influence the annual business planning process to help Clinical Groups and Corporate Functions to identify their top priorities and to align the change portfolio to available bandwidth and resources.

Provide direct support to Corporate Functions leadership teams to identify their local priorities, and to develop ‘concept cases’ as an input to the Trust prioritisation process.

Support the annual business planning process in the Clinical Groups, working with leadership teams to identify transformation priorities and to align the project portfolio with available resources and organizational bandwidth.

Lead the team of business partners to design, manage and continuously improve the Portfolio Management governance process for Clinical Groups and Corporate Functions across the Trust.

Actively manage the portfolio management board meetings across the Trust working directly with operational and clinical leaders.

Proactively monitor progress to ensure the portfolio is managed in line with the Trust’s strategy and values.

Support and shape the development of multi-year programmes in an evolving, complex and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Benefits Management: Lead on Benefits Management for the Trust, owning the Trust’s policies and standards for benefits management across the project lifecycle.

Major programmes: Support the Head of Major Programmes and Portfolio to provide assurance on the major programme portfolio.

Project Assurance: Work with the CPO Delivery Leads to define and continuously improve the project assurance process across both capital and non-capital projects.

Team leadership and development: Lead a team of four CPO business partners, with full direct line management responsibility for 2 x 8Bs. Support recruitment across the CPO.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Education

• Formal qualification in Project or Programme management (PRINCE 2 or MSP) or equivalent
• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
• Training or qualifications in Portfolio Management

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

• Expert knowledge of operations and/or programme management methodologies and techniques
• Experience of managing complex digital and/or construction programmes
• Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and programme management

Additional information

• A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We are committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

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