Head of Central PMO


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£88,250 to £100,355 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	LONDON, SE1 8SD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Oct 2026
Closing date:	27 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job Purpose The postholder is responsible for providing Trustwide strategic portfolio oversight, assurance and benefits realisation across the delivery of LASs strategic priorities, ensuring Executives and NonExecutive Directors have clear, evidencebased confidence in performance and delivery. Operating at an organisational level, the role provides strategic leadership, executive challenge and independent assurance across the Trusts portfolio of programmes, directly influencing decisionmaking at Executive Leadership Team and Trust Board. The postholder is accountable for maintaining a single, integrated view of the strategic portfolio, ensuring alignment with the annual business plan, statutory requirements and longterm objectives. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Strategy and Transformation, the role leads the development and operation of a highperforming Central Programme Management Office (CPMO), embedding consistent portfolio management standards and enabling robust assurance, insight and measurable benefits realisation. The postholder does not deliver programmes directly but provides independent challenge, assurance and recommendations to support effective organisational decisionmaking. The postholder has Trust-wide responsibility for setting the portfolio management, governance, assurance and benefits-realisation approach and for advising the Executive Leadership Team and Trust Board on prioritisation and investment decisions across the strategic portfolio. Key Result Areas & Performance Indicators Accountable for the establishment, performance and ongoing development of the Central PMO, ensuring it operates as a highquality, sustainable function supporting delivery of the Trusts strategic priorities. Lead the development, implementation and ongoing review of Trust-wide portfolio management, programme governance, assurance and benefits realisation policies, standards and frameworks. Provide strategic leadership for portfolio oversight and assurance, translating corporate priorities into a coherent, deliverable and measurable portfolio of programmes. Maintain a single, integrated view of the Trusts strategic portfolio, ensuring clear visibility of delivery performance, risks, interdependencies and constraints. Provide independent oversight and assurance of portfolio performance, identifying risks early and leading escalation and recovery action where delivery is offtrack. Lead the preparation and coordination of Transformation Board, ensuring outputfocused, evidencebased discussion and effective executive challenge. Provide clear, accurate and timely portfolio reporting, assurance and performance insights to the Executive Leadership Team, Trust Board and its Committees, supporting effective decision-making and delivery of strategic priorities. Challenge and support Senior Responsible Officers (SROs), Programmme Leads and Executive Directors to improve the pace, quality and sustainability of programme and project delivery, ensuring robust governance, risk management, benefits realisation and accountability across the portfolio. Lead on the development and implementation of benefits realisation frameworks, overseeing the identification, tracking and measurement of strategic benefits to ensure programmes deliver sustainable outcomes aligned to organisational priorities. Manage and develop the central project management function, including line and matrix management responsibilities where required. Ensure strategic programmes, projects and transformation initiatives are aligned with operational priorities and delivered without avoidable impact on safety, quality or patient experience. Promote continuous improvement and best practice in portfolio, programme and project delivery, providing expert advice to executive leaders as required. Act as a senior corporate leader for portfolio management and assurance, shaping Trustwide expectations, standards and behaviours in relation to programme delivery, governance and benefits realisation. Drive digital enablement and the adoption of automation and AIsupported tools across the portfolio, improving efficiency, reducing manual effort and enhancing the quality and timeliness of management information. Analyse and resolve highly complex and often conflicting information relating to programme delivery, organisational risk, financial investment, workforce capacity, benefits realisation and external policy requirements, where there is no obvious solution and decisions may have significant organisational impact.

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