Portfolio PMO Manager

The Portfolio PMO Manager will act as the lead expert and champion of the Portfolio, Programme and Project Methodologies) (P4) and its associated product suite in order for the Blood & Donor Digital Portfolio to deliver the agreed change aligned to Business Strategy in the most controlled, effective and efficient way. This includes the new automated reporting tool, Verto. It will be the responsibility of this postholder to continuously improve the alignment of the P4 methodology within the portfolio and product centre. To support the management of a portfolio with a £30M+ budget and ensure all programme and project reporting is completed on time and with a high degree of accuracy and communicated to the various portfolio governing bodies (including NHSBT board and executive level).

You will lead on the management and continuous improvement of the portfolio management strategy, products and processes across the Blood and Donor Digital portfolio, in alignment with the NHSBT P4 methodology. This includes governance and reporting, risk and issues, and budget management across the portfolio and the programmes, projects and product centres within it.

You will also be expected to line manage the PMO Administrators to efficiently and effectively support the delivery teams working within the change portfolio.

You may be required to undertake travel and spend time away from base to meet the requirements of the post on a regular basis (with appropriate prior notice).

The work of NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) impacts on huge proportion of the population. Every month, we gather thousands of units of blood for transfusion purposes, and we work tirelessly to enable the retrieval and transportation of organs and tissues to the optimal patient. Digital, Data and Technology Services play a vital part in this work. And it is within this forward-thinking team that you could find an exceptional challenge, plus the scope to develop your skills and expertise even further. Technology programmes dont get much more important than this and we are currently on a journey to modernise the technology that underpins the UK blood supply chain, to support the wider NHS and our donors and patients. In a fast paced, agile environment, youll help us build new capabilities and deliver real technology change, faster and more effectively than ever as we support the realisation of NHSBTs core mission of saving and improving more lives., It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.