About this role
Job summary Lead the management and delivery of Cora Health's portfolio of business and IT change projects, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities. Develop and continuously improve portfolio governance frameworks, ensuring robust oversight, control and accountability across all projects. Oversee project delivery to ensure objectives are achieved within agreed timescales, scope and budget. Establish and manage a centralised benefits realisation process, ensuring benefits are identified, tracked and delivered. Provide expert project and portfolio management guidance to stakeholders across the organisation. Build strong relationships with senior leaders, operational teams and external partners to drive engagement and successful change adoption. Lead, coach and develop a team of Project Managers, supporting performance, capability development and career progression. Ensure consistent application of project management methodologies, tools and best practices across the portfolio. Identify, monitor and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies to support successful programme outcomes.
Main duties of the job As Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing Cora Health's portfolio of business and technology change initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered successfully against agreed time, scope and budget objectives. Reporting to the Head of Business Change and Delivery, you will drive effective portfolio governance, benefits realisation and project delivery while leading and developing a team of Project Managers to support the organisation's strategic goals.
About us Connect Health and Healthshare have come together as one organisation - Cora Health - combining our decades of experience in providing healthcare services on behalf of the NHS
Job description Job responsibilities At Cora we're passionate about investing in our colleagues, fostering professional growth, and ensuring everyone feels appreciated. We believe that happy and engaged colleagues provide exceptional patient care and will be motivated to perform at their best.
Person Specification
Qualifications Desirable
Experience within the healthcare sector, knowledge of process improvement frameworks, and qualificat
Experience Desirable
Experience within the healthcare sector, knowledge of process improvement frameworks, and qualifications such as PRINCE2, AgilePM or ITIL Foundation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Cora Health Group Limited
Address Quorum Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE12 8EU
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.corahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)