Portfolio Planning and Prioritisation Lead

Job Title: Portfolio Planning & Prioritisation Lead

Function: Strategy, Change and In Hospital Services

Location: Hybrid – with 1-3 days a week in our Nottingham, Alfreton, Wakefield, Daresbury or Sheffield or London offices

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £65,920 with the potential to rise to £77,553 over 3 years

Closing Date: Thursday 11^th June, 2026

The Portfolio Planning & Prioritisation Lead is a pivotal role responsible for shaping the organisation’s multi-year transformational roadmap as well as owning the detailed portfolio plan and master schedule.

This role adds value by operating the strategic portfolio planning process and subsequent Change Plan prioritisation to create a multi-year portfolio plan aligned with business strategy and architectural roadmaps. It also owns, manages and maintains the integrated ‘live’ portfolio plan, built bottom up from all project and programme plans, validating information received from projects and tracking performance. This is a skilled specialist role that requires deep expertise in portfolio and programme planning on major transformation portfolios and programmes.

Every day you will … 

• Own and maintain a multi-year transformation roadmap, coordinating with business, finance, strategy, and architecture stakeholders to develop assumption-driven scenarios and plans.
• Guide investment decisions by aligning initiatives to strategic priorities, reducing duplication, and maximising value for patients and the wider system.
• Maintain key portfolio assets that support the design, governance, and delivery of the enterprise change portfolio.
• Lead portfolio planning, including developing and managing the master schedule, maintaining baselines, ensuring regular updates, and tracking performance against plan.
• Provide high-quality portfolio insights, analytics, and reporting to the Executive and Board to enable timely, evidence-based decision-making.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Consistently demonstrates Trust, Community, and Authenticity, acting as a role model in behaviours and decision-making.
• Effectively navigates complex, politically sensitive environments, building strong partnerships and influencing outcomes across diverse stakeholders.
• Creates an inclusive, high-performing environment, with a strong focus on developing planning skills and uplifting team capability across the organisation.
• Maintains composure under pressure, uses data-driven insight to identify risks and opportunities, and proactively resolves challenges before they escalate.
• Holds external partners accountable, balancing strategic objectives with operational delivery while managing performance across vendor relationship

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

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