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Job profile for Digital Portfolio Manager

Digital Portfolio Manager

Scottish Parliament (Edinburgh) – 25/02/2026

Job details

Salary: £56,875 - £68,301

Contractual hours: 35

Basis: Full Time

Package Holidays: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays)

Civil Service pension

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Season Ticket advance loans

Onsite gym

Health and Wellbeing Schemes

Cycle to Work

Employee Assistance Programme

Job category/type: Scottish Parliament Staff

Date posted: 11/02/2026

Job reference: REQ000360

Job description

Permanent Digital Portfolio Manager, Digital Services, Full Time

Working pattern: This is a full-time post working 37 hours; however, we will move to a 35-hour working week on 1 March 2026. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood, and from home.

About the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is responsible for providing the Parliament with the property, staff and services required for the Parliament’s purposes. We place a high value on excellence, and we are continually looking to improve how we can deliver the Parliament's core purpose of representing the people of Scotland by debating issues of national importance, passing legislation and holding the Scottish Government to account. We are a diverse workforce, and our embedded values shape the way we work and treat each other. We have a culture of respect and inclusion, and everyone has the ability to make a difference. For further information about working for the Scottish Parliament, please see our website.

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Digital Services Office as a Digital Portfolio Manager. To see where the office sits within the organisation, you can view our organisation chart here.

Digital Services is made up of around 70 staff. As Digital Portfolio Manager, you’ll lead a team consisting of 1 PMO Analyst and 5 Project Managers driving the successful delivery of digital change and ensuring real value for the organisation.

In a relatively small but ambitious organisation, this role offers real breadth – combining Digital Portfolio leadership with hands‑on involvement across a diverse portfolio of initiatives. As a key member of the Digital Services Management Team, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues to continually enhance our delivery approach and strengthen outcomes across the Parliament.

You’ll encourage a culture where your team members are empowered to deliver high quality work which will enhance the reputation of the Parliament. You’ll also champion collaborative working with colleagues across the parliamentary service, promoting positive and open communication, as well as our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and Disabled candidates. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

We offer a great range of benefits including:

• 41.5 leave days (including public holidays)
• flexible working
• paid professional subscriptions
• family-friendly policies
• Season Ticket advance loans
• an onsite gym
• Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership
• a confidential counselling and information service
• the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Alpha Civil Service pension scheme with employer contribution of 28.97% of basic salary

We are a values-based organisation. Our values are a central part of our working culture and our people management processes. We use these to recruit, manage and develop our staff. For more information on our values and behaviours framework, please visit our values pages in our Employee Handbook.

About you

You’ll bring proven experience in leading and managing complex portfolios, projects, and a Digital Portfolio Office, using your deep knowledge of methodologies such as PRINCE2, MSP and Agile. With advanced technical skills in project management tools, data analysis and insightful reporting, you’ll enable confident and informed decision‑making across the organisation. Your strengths in resource planning, risk management and benefits realisation will ensure delivery remains aligned to strategic goals and consistently demonstrates real value. You’ll also excel in communication and stakeholder engagement, building strong relationships and influencing effectively at every level.

As a leader and manager, you’ll be resilient and inspire colleagues to deliver high performance results in line with our values. You’ll have a proven track record of working inclusively with a diverse range of people and groups. You’ll have outstanding mentoring and coaching skills and be passionate about contributing to an inclusive and collaborative working culture which values diversity and encourages openness.

For further information about the role please see the attached job description. You can also contact the Chair of the recruitment panel, Dorothy Sneddon, [e-mail]

How to apply

Stage 1

Please apply before 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 25, February 2025.

To find out how to apply and for further information about our recruitment process, please see our recruitment process pages on the website.

Please note that only your statement will be submitted to Hiring Managers, without any personal details. Hiring managers will then select candidates for further assessment or interview based on their statement which addresses the values within the job description.

Stage 2

If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to attend an interview and deliver a presentation. Interviews will be held week commencing 16 March, although this is subject to change.

Offers will be awarded based on merit. For this role, the following weighting is used to come to a final score on which offers will be based. Application 20%, Assessment 20%, Interview 60%.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

Feedback will only be provided on request to those who attend interview.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please email: [e-mail]

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