PMO Standards Lead inLocation to be confirmed at interview inLocation to be confirmed at interview PUBLISHED 16 OCT 2024

Band 8b: £63,150 to £73,379 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

Digital Health and Care Wales

Programme (Such as MSP), Portfolio (such as Management of Portfolios) or PMO (such as P3O) qualifications.

Digital Health and Care Walesis seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team as a Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Standards Lead. Digital Health and Care Wales has set an ambitious objective to provide world leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives. We are an NHS organisation which has a national digital and data remit for Wales. Digital innovation plays a crucial part in enabling front line services to deliver effective treatment and care for patients.

We need an experienced PMO Standards Lead to ensure we are directing our resources to digital solutions which deliver real value to clinicians and patients. Our programmes and products need to be delivered to meet user requirements to agreed timescales and within available funds. This role gives management the oversight of how we are doing and what needs a refocus. This requires a consistent and high quality adoption of programme and project methodologies and reporting standards and management of lifecycles, dependencies, demand and capacity, finances and benefits.

The right candidate will have a strongunderstanding of PMO industry standards and best practices, have a PMO qualification and can develop and lead the adoption of standards across cross-functional teams using the latest digital tooling. You will need excellent leadership skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. If you relish a challenge this job will stimulate you.

Main Duties:

  • Develop and implement portfolio management standards and processes across the organisation. This covers areas such as delivery methodologies, governance structures, risk management, benefits, investment principles and cases, dependencies and more.

  • Ensuring that our portfolio management practices are aligned with industry standards and best practices. This includes a strong appreciation of how technology can support the PMO.

  • Provide guidance and support to project managers and other stakeholders in the application of portfolio management standards.

  • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of portfolio management practices and make recommendations for improvements.

About us

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Qualifications also essential are : Project (such as PRINCE2),
Programme (Such as MSP), Portfolio (such as Management of Portfolios) or PMO (such as P3O) qualifications

This job description and person specification is due to be reviewed in line with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, and therefore is liable to change.

If you wish to have a more detailed conversation please contact:

Lindsay Hodge Head of Portfolio Management -

Ruth Chapman Assistant Director of Planning -

Digital Health and Care Walesis seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team as a Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Standards Lead. Digital Health and Care Wales has set an ambitious objective to provide world leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives. We are an NHS organisation which has a national digital and data remit for Wales. Digital innovation plays a crucial part in enabling front line services to deliver effective treatment and care for patients.

We need an experienced PMO Standards Lead to ensure we are directing our resources to digital solutions which deliver real value to clinicians and patients. Our programmes and products need to be delivered to meet user requirements to agreed timescales and within available funds. This role gives management the oversight of how we are doing and what needs a refocus. This requires a consistent and high quality adoption of programme and project methodologies and reporting standards and management of lifecycles, dependencies, demand and capacity, finances and benefits.

The right candidate will have a strongunderstanding of PMO industry standards and best practices, have a PMO qualification and can develop and lead the adoption of standards across cross-functional teams using the latest digital tooling. You will need excellent leadership skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. If you relish a challenge this job will stimulate you.

Main Duties:

  • Develop and implement portfolio management standards and processes across the organisation. This covers areas such as delivery methodologies, governance structures, risk management, benefits, investment principles and cases, dependencies and more.

  • Ensuring that our portfolio management practices are aligned with industry standards and best practices. This includes a strong appreciation of how technology can support the PMO.

  • Provide guidance and support to project managers and other stakeholders in the application of portfolio management standards.

  • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of portfolio management practices and make recommendations for improvements.

About us

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Qualifications also essential are : Project (such as PRINCE2),
Programme (Such as MSP), Portfolio (such as Management of Portfolios) or PMO (such as P3O) qualifications

This job description and person specification is due to be reviewed in line with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, and therefore is liable to change.

If you wish to have a more detailed conversation please contact:

Lindsay Hodge Head of Portfolio Management -

Ruth Chapman Assistant Director of Planning -



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