NHS Blood and Transplant

Programme and Portfolio Manager

The closing date is 17 February 2026

Job summary

In this role you will be responsible for ensuring effective planning and oversight of delivery of a nominated directorates investment and transformation portfolio and programmes, within the agreed schedule and quality standards. This includes: working with the planning lead in the directorate to engage stakeholders within and across directorates to gather requirements and provide effective tools to plan the portfolio across the directorate.

Main duties of the job

Embark on a transformative journey with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as a Programme and Portfolio Manager. In this permanent role, you will be at the forefront of our transformation within Blood Supply, ultimately saving and improving lives. Join our dedicated team in NHSBT Blood Supply. Within Blood Supply we are growing our Plasma business area, and we have two permanent roles available needing driven, experienced and capable senior programme individuals to be part of a mission-driven team managing critical programmes aimed at Blood, Platelet and Plasma services. The two programme focus areas are: Logistics, Donor Centres & Estates, and the other is Plasma Growth.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Details

Date posted

04 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

008294

Job locations

Bristol Filton

Bristol

United Kingdom

BS34 7QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience plus highly developed, in-depth experience, specialist knowledge, expertise and qualifications as specified below.
  • Practitioner Certificate in Prince 2
  • ITIL Foundation Certificate, or equivalent/demonstratable work experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound projects and their associated budgets
  • Experience of reporting to Executive and Board level
  • First-hand experience of the application of Risk Assessment and Risk Management techniques appropriate to the business needs.
  • Extensive experience of creating business cases, capturing business requirements and business benefits management and realisation.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience plus highly developed, in-depth experience, specialist knowledge, expertise and qualifications as specified below.
  • Practitioner Certificate in Prince 2
  • ITIL Foundation Certificate, or equivalent/demonstratable work experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound projects and their associated budgets
  • Experience of reporting to Executive and Board level
  • First-hand experience of the application of Risk Assessment and Risk Management techniques appropriate to the business needs.
  • Extensive experience of creating business cases, capturing business requirements and business benefits management and realisation.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

Bristol Filton

Bristol

United Kingdom

BS34 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

Bristol Filton

Bristol

United Kingdom

BS34 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Portfolio - Plasma

Geoff Bowyer

geoff.bowyer@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

04 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

008294

Job locations

Bristol Filton

Bristol

United Kingdom

BS34 7QH


Privacy notice

NHS Blood and Transplant's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)