NHS Scotland
National Portfolio Director – National Business Services
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This post is a 24 Month Fixed Term/Secondment position - As per the Fixed Term Contacts Policy, where individuals with continuous service within the NHS apply for fixed-term contract roles, PSD Scotland reserves the right to refuse any such appointment
About The Organisation
On 1 April 2026, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) came together to become Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). PSD Scotland will be the public sector’s national enabler of transformation, driving digital innovation, workforce development and Once for Scotland services to deliver efficient, equitable and future ready health and social care.
The Post
The National Portfolio Director will provide executive-level national leadership for the NHS Scotland Business Services Portfolio, including the Business Systems Programme, a critical national transformation initiative across NHS Boards in Scotland to replace legacy corporate systems and establish a single integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform across NHS Scotland.
The programme will enable transformation of key corporate functions, including Finance, Human Resources, Payroll, Procurement and associated business services, supporting greater consistency, efficiency, improved data quality and reporting, strengthened workforce planning and financial management, and a foundation for future shared services and wider public sector reform opportunities.
The scale of change is significant. The Portfolio must integrate national technical capability with diverse local services, operating models, workforce practices, data environments and customer expectations across Scotland. Success will depend on strong portfolio leadership, strategic negotiation, cross-Board alignment, effective governance, integrated assurance and the ability to secure collective ownership of outcomes across NHS Scotland and its delivery partners.
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The Candidate
The job requires a highly credible and experienced senior leader with a strong background in both digital and business transformation and the vision, leadership capability and political awareness necessary to provide direction to this new national transformation initiative for NHS Scotland.
Holding a relevant professional qualification in portfolio management with a strong track record of successful ERP implementation, you will bring extensive senior leadership experience of major digital and business transformation portfolios.
Location and Working Pattern:
- Gyle Square, Edinburgh or hybrid
- Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK and have entitlement to work in the UK for the post in which you will be employed.
Benefits
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits - HR Benefits Brochure.
Inclusion
Public Services Delivery Scotland is a national organisation and, as an anchor institution, it is our ambition to be a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels welcome. We recognise that flexible working creates an inclusive workplace where employees can thrive and feel confident about their ability to balance their personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies. PSD Scotland has made a long-term commitment to staff health and well-being and offers many learning and development opportunities to support and improve our approaches to diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace. There are a number of equality staff networks in place which all staff are welcome to join. We are also an equal opportunities employer and as such aim to guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, it is the aim of PSD Scotland to offer a fully accessible and inclusive recruitment service that supports applicants on their candidate journey. If you are interested in any reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team on NSS.wfrs@nhs.scot
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Further Information
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact the Business Services SRO Carolyn Low, Director of Finance, Corporate Governance and Legal services at Carolyn.Low@nhs.scot
Please note assessment centre is earmarked for W/C 28th Sept, and interviews are expected mid-end of October.
Closing date for completed applications is 20th September 2026
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance
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