Head of Transformation and Portfolio Delivery

• Lead and oversee NRSs transformation portfolio ensuring programmes and projects align with strategic priorities capacity budgets andorganisationalobjectives.
• Accountable for portfolio delivery performance proactively managing risks dependencies priorities and delivery outcomes.
• Establish and continuously improve portfolio governance assurance reporting and delivery management frameworks across theorganisation.
• Drive strategicprioritisationand investment decisions ensuring delivery activity supportsorganisationaloutcomes public value and service user needs.
• Lead benefitsrealisationand continuous improvement embedding outcome-focused delivery evidence-based decision-making and lessons learned.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders partners suppliers and governance bodies providing influence challenge and clear communication.
• Lead and develop the Innovation & Transformation function the Delivery Management function and the Portfolio Management Office buildingorganization-widecapability digital skills and high-performing teams.
• Oversee portfolio financial planning ensuring value-for-money delivery across major transformation initiatives.

Applicants for this role areexpectedto be experienced transformation orportfoliodelivery leaders with a proventrack recordof operating at enterprise scale and taking accountability for deliveringmultiplecomplex changesin demanding environments.

1. Extensive experience defining andmanaging a portfolio ofcomplexprojectsusingAgile Waterfall and hybridmethods ensuring proportionate assurance and continuous improvement.
2. Significant experienceleading a team ofdelivery and changespecialistsensuring projects deliver the best possible outcomes.
3. A proventrack recordof influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholdersandclearly communicating complex portfolio analysis and recommendations to drive strategic alignment and action.
4. Experience leading transformational change encompassing culture ways-of-working and organisation and operating model changes.

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here:Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide -

Apply online providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.

If invited for further assessment this will consist of an interview and presentation.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application but all statements and examples provided must be truthful factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others or generated by artificial intelligence and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

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Close: 20 August 2026 at 23:59.

Sift : 28 August 2026

Interviews 10 and 11 September 2026

Sponsorship

Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

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