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Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Highly developed leadership, influencing and negotiation skills
- Skills and Abilities
Strong analytical and decision-making capability
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to manage complexity, uncertainty and competing priorities
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Knowledge and Experience
Significant experience operating at Director or equivalent senior leadership level within a complex NHS or comparable organisation
- Knowledge and Experience
Proven experience of leading large-scale transformation and change across organisational and system boundaries
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of influencing Executive-level stakeholders and system partners (e.g. ICBs, NHS England)
- Knowledge and Experience
Strong financial management experience, including budgetary control and investment decision-making
- Education and Qualifications
Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in relevant area.
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional development
- Education and Qualifications
MoP certified to Practitioner Level or equivalent experience managing portfolios and strategic delivery
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of operating at executive level across NHS organisational boundaries.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge and understanding of clinical services delivery, development, redesign, and best practice.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge and clear understanding of the background of laboratory diagnostics current challenges and future trends.
- Education and Qualifications
Other project or programme management Qualification (e.g Prince 2, Agile)
- Education and Qualifications
Continuous improvement qualification
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional Director of Portfolio and Strategy to join our NWLP team and continue to shape the future of pathology services.
Driven by visionary leadership, strategic investment and transformative initiatives, NWLP has grown into one of the UK’s most forward-thinking diagnostic service providers. We are recognised as pioneers in England for establishing one of the first fully integrated NHS pathology networks.
As a key member of the NWLP Executive Team, you will:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for a complex and far-reaching portfolio of programmes and projects for NWLP.
- Ensure the effective management of the NWLP portfolio, aligning programmes and projects with the organisations strategic objectives.
- Maintain strong partnerships across NHS organisations, integrated care systems and external stakeholders across organisational and system boundaries.
- Operate with a very high degree of autonomy, interpreting national policy, system priorities and organisational strategy to shape the portfolio and strategic delivery agenda.
As a thriving pathology network, NWLP continues to have an exciting future ahead as we work to deliver our strategic goals, focusing on our people, operational excellence, sustainability, innovation, technological advancement, and delivering value for our clinical users and patients.
Main duties of the job
- To provide inspirational leadership to the NWLP senior management teams and senior leaders and professionals across the organisation in service of delivering the NWLP vision and strategy.
- Implement change management strategies that support the cultural and operational shifts required for transformation, ensuring staff engagement and buy-in at all levels.
- Develop project scopes, budgets and programmes. Prepare highly complex and detailed reports and business cases that require sustained concentration and intensive focus to ensure they accurately reflect strategic objectives and financial impacts.
- Drive the development of business cases for NWLP for major projects, securing investment and funding as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for NWLP Director of Portfolio and Strategic Delivery with North West London Pathology in London, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 9 Director role. The advertised salary is £121,528 - £138,529 Pa Inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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