Digital Portfolio Director

Overview

The Digital Portfolio Director provides executive-level leadership, authority and accountability for the planning, prioritisation, governance and delivery of the Collaborative’s digital transformation portfolio.

Responsibilities

The postholder is accountable for ensuring that all major digital transformation programmes are delivered safely, effectively and sustainably, including but not limited to Electronic Patient Records (EPR), PACS, LIMS, Microsoft platforms, data platforms and innovation initiatives. The role ensures that programmes are delivered to agreed‑upon scope, time, cost and quality standards, while actively managing risk and dependencies across a complex, multi‑organisational portfolio.

Operating with very high autonomy and corporate authority, the role has system‑wide impact on patient safety, clinical effectiveness, workforce productivity, financial sustainability, regulatory compliance and organisational reputation. Decisions taken by the postholder directly influence how care is delivered, how staff work, and how public funds are invested, carrying material clinical, financial and reputational risk.

The Digital Portfolio Director is a visible executive leader, shaping strategy, policy and delivery at Trust, Collaborative, Integrated Care System (ICS), regional and national level, and is expected to operate credibly in highly complex, politically sensitive and contested environments.

All staff are expected to act as role models in their work, consistently demonstrating the Collaborative’s values and supporting and encouraging an inclusive culture.

The newly formed Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) is placing people and culture at the heart of its transformation. By working as one system, the Group is strengthening workforce development, improving staff experience and creating consistent, supportive leadership across all three hospitals. This unified approach enables better training, enhanced well‑being support, and a stronger culture rooted in compassion, flexibility and continuous learning.

Focusing on people also supports national priorities – ensuring the workforce is skilled, adaptable and ready for the future models of care – and strengthens NWUHG’s overall performance by improving quality, resilience and sustainability.

Benefits

Together, this creates a Groupwide commitment to making NWUHG a great place to work, with clear benefits for staff, including:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24‑hour confidential counselling support
• On‑site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On‑site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics