Portfolio Management Lead – Strategy and Policy

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

The postholder will support the Director of Portfolio Management in setting the Genomics England strategy framework, including the delivery of internal strategies from healthcare to finance.  They will work closely with senior leaders across Genomics England to set the future direction of the company in critical areas and support any refreshes of the overarching company strategy, by engaging in and leading relationships on policy work, including with government and external stakeholders.  They will support the setting of the company position, respond to requests for input, and work with the communications teams to communicate externally where relevant. 

• Ensures alignment between company strategy and portfolio delivery; ensuring programmes and projects are targeted at delivery of the company’s long-term goals 
• Leads on setting the strategic framework in Genomics England, setting out the company strategy and linking this to KPIs, OKRs, and planning, as well as setting best practice for how internal strategies should be set in Genomics England and the governance for how these are agreed 
• Leads the refreshing of the company strategy as and when required 
• Works with experts in the business, support on the setting of critical internal strategies 
• Leads on setting and articulating the Genomics England company position on pre-agreed cross-company policy areas and ensure the sharing of these with relevant colleagues and reflection of the position in comms materials 
• Builds strong ecosystem relationships with Government, policy, think tanks and wider stakeholders to ensure that Genomics England is aware of latest thinking and ensuring that this is cascaded back into the business, including undertaking desk research and report summaries 
• Sets up and owns the central list of Genomics England’s committees, terms of reference, and set best practice for the running of these 
• Collates and creates monthly status reports - working closely with performance and finance 
• Supports the Director of Performance to deliver annual company planning and ensure the company plans is linked to overall company strategy and reflects critical external milestones 
• Knows and understands the meaning behind our virtues and leadership behaviours and embody them in all aspects of your roles 

Project Management qualification (PRINCE 2; Agile; PROSCI Change Management).

Salary from: £59,500

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. 

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.  Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.