252954 (243353) Head of Programmes

NHS Scotland; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Dumfries & Galloway is seeking an experienced IT Programme Manager to lead the Digital Technology Development Programme, delivering a complex portfolio of local and national digital initiatives in a regulated healthcare setting.

The postholder will provide strategic leadership across digital programmes, oversee benefits realisation, manage significant budgets, and collaborate with clinical, corporate, and national stakeholders to deliver safe, effective, and sustainable digital services.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex digital programmes in regulated environments.
• Strong governance, reporting and benefits realisation capabilities.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern the Digital Technology Development Programme with robust controls.
• Programme manage complex technical and business workstreams including system implementations.
• Oversee budgets, risks, dependencies and benefits realisation.
• Provide specialist digital and programme management advice to senior stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary programme team including PMs and POs.
• Represent NHS Dumfries & Galloway at regional and national digital forums.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Leadership

Digital transformation

Job description

NHS Dumfries & Galloway is seeking an experienced and highly motivated IT Programme Manager to lead the delivery of its Digital Technology Development Programme. This senior role is responsible for the successful planning, governance, and delivery of a complex portfolio of local and national digital programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and national digital strategies.

The postholder will provide strategic leadership across digital programmes and projects, oversee benefits realisation, manage significant budgets and resources, and work closely with clinical, corporate, and national stakeholders to deliver safe, effective, and sustainable digital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Digital Technology Development Programme, ensuring appropriate governance, controls, and assurance are in place
• Programme manage complex technical and business workstreams, including new system implementations and
• upgrades to existing systems.
• Manage and report on programme budgets, risks, dependencies, and benefits realisation
• Provide specialist digital and programme management advice to the IT Delivery Manager and senior stakeholders
• Lead, manage, and develop a multidisciplinary programme team, including Project Managers and Project Officers
• Represent NHS Dumfries & Galloway at regional and national digital forums and contribute to national digital initiatives
• Oversee change management activities to support effective adoption of digital systems across clinical and corporate services
• Ensure continuity of user support, training, and facilitation for implemented digital systems

About You

You will be an experienced programme leader with highly developed specialist knowledge of programme and project management within a complex and regulated environment. You will have a strong understanding of digital systems within healthcare and a proven track record of delivering large-scale change programmes that realise measurable benefits.

You will be confident operating at senior management level, able to influence and engage a wide range of stakeholders, and capable of managing competing priorities within a high‑pressure environment.

Informal Enquiries are welcome, please contact Lee Horsfall, IT Delivery Manager: [e-mail]

INFORMATION FOR ALL CANDIDATES

To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries & Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland please visit our Work With Us web pages https://www.nhsdg.co.uk/workwithus/

If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND

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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

PUBLIC PROTECTION

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

Additional Information For International Candidates

RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

WORK VISA

If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION

NHS Dumfries & Galloway are unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies. Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (eg NMC, HCPC, GMC, GDC etc).