Programme and Portfolio Manager

NHS Blood and Transplant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Programme and Portfolio Manager, where you'll lead transformative digital initiatives in organ donation and transplantation services. This role offers the chance to manage large-scale projects that save lives, collaborate with diverse teams, and implement strategic plans that align with NHSBT's mission. With a focus on stakeholder engagement and risk management, you'll ensure successful delivery of critical programs. Embrace the opportunity to make a real difference in healthcare while enjoying a supportive work environment that values personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

27 days annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Support for personal and professional growth

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound projects and budgets.
• Experience with various project methodologies and business case creation.
• Conducting post-implementation reviews effectively.

Responsibilities

• Delivering large-scale change programmes within NHSBT.
• Engaging stakeholders to gather requirements and plan portfolios.
• Managing project management staff and external supplier partnerships.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Project Management

Budget Management

Problem Solving

Education

Degree-level education

Practitioner Certificate in Prince2

OGC’s Managing Successful Programmes certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Summary

Do you want to embark on a transformative journey with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as a Programme and Portfolio Manager? In this permanent role, you will be at the forefront of organ donation and transplantation digital services, saving and improving lives. Join our dedicated team and contribute to the strategic planning, delivery, and benefits realisation of a large-scale digital initiative that will have a profound impact on patients’ lives.

Collaborating closely with the Accountable Executive, Programme Board, and Delivery Teams, you will ensure the successful delivery of digital projects and benefits. We are looking for someone with a proven track record of managing large-scale digital programmes and projects, from business case through to delivery, preferably in healthcare or a related field. You will have an innovative, problem-solving approach, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience in implementing risk management and governance processes. By being part of a passionate, enthusiastic, supportive, and high-performing team, you will build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will contribute to life-saving work, where every day promises diversity and excitement managing critical programmes aimed at enhancing organ donation and transplantation services.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for the delivery of large-scale change programmes within NHSBT. You will join an enthusiastic team with ambitious plans to deliver an exciting transformation programme across the organisation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Engaging stakeholders within and across directorates to gather requirements and provide effective tools to plan the portfolio across the directorate.
• Defining and implementing long-term strategic plans which need to align with the wider NHSBT strategies and context, impacting across the organisation.
• Working closely with other programme and portfolio managers/leads in the directorate and across the organisation to ensure alignment on assumptions of cross-directorate resourcing and interdependencies for delivery within agreed time, cost, and quality standards, and within risk limits.
• Managing interfaces and communications with senior stakeholders, including the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), Business Change Lead, Business Leads, and Operational Leads.
• Preparing and maintaining portfolio and programme plans and publishing these to the SRO and project, programme, and portfolio boards as required, responding to challenges and questions about progress on delivery.
• Line management of project management staff, including setting and monitoring objectives and personal development plans to ensure high motivation, adherence to professional standards, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Developing and managing partnerships with external suppliers.
• Undertaking health checks for projects, programmes, and the portfolio as a whole, liaising with the central team for assurance input.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound projects and their budgets.
• Experience reporting to Executive and Board levels.
• Experience applying Risk Assessment and Risk Management techniques appropriate to business needs.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and specialist knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• Experience working with various project methodologies.
• Experience creating business cases, capturing requirements, and managing business benefits and realisation.
• Proven experience conducting post-implementation reviews.

Proven resource management and allocation experience, including without direct line management control.

Qualifications and Training

• Degree-level education plus extensive experience, specialist knowledge, expertise, and qualifications as outlined above.
• Practitioner Certificate in Prince2.
• Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner certification in OGC’s ‘Managing Successful Programmes’ and knowledge of the ‘Successful Delivery Toolkit’.

Please view the attached recruitment profile, which summarizes the detailed Job Description and Person Specification. You will need to demonstrate these attributes throughout the recruitment process.

About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join over 6,000 colleagues making a difference across the UK. We play a unique role in the NHS by helping people donate blood, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save lives.

Our core values are Caring, Expert, and Quality, guiding everything we do. We aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from all sectors.

What We Offer

• Flexible working opportunities where role allows.
• 27 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time), increasing after 5 and 10 years of service.
• NHS pension scheme.
• Support for personal and professional growth through our Thrive program.

This vacancy closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 18th May. Selected candidates will be notified around 20th May, with assessment submissions due by 28th May. Final interviews are scheduled for 4th/5th June.

For informal inquiries, contact Tara Dunn, Recruitment Lead, at [e-mail].