PMO & Programme Integration Lead - Water Sector in City of Westminster

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead and continually improve the programme management framework, ensuring consistent processes across cost, schedule, scope, risk and reporting.
• Integrate data and insights across P6, Power BI, Oracle, IPS and other systems to create a single source of truth.
• Provide strategic advisory; facilitate alignment between project teams, programme functions, commercial teams, executive stakeholders and the PMO.
• Provide oversight and governance of programme performance reporting, ensuring clear visibility of KPIs, milestones, schedule health, risk insights and cost forecasts.
• Translate client requirements into integrated reporting packs and dashboards.
• Establish and maintain governance and control frameworks to ensure accuracy, completeness and quality of schedule, financial and risk data.
• Analyze trends, identify inefficiencies and recommend interventions.
• Provide oversight of contract obligations, commercial governance and strategic negotiation.
• Establish strong integration between commercial, planning, PMO, reporting and resource management functions.
• Drive governance that ensures programmes are consistently, sufficiently and appropriately resourced.
• Develop integration-focused frameworks that embed proactive risk, opportunity and dependency management.
• Lead workshops and scenario assessments to guide strategic decisions.
• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of performance, inclusion, coaching and continuous improvement.
• Build capability across PMO, planning, controls and reporting functions; support transformational change initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, regulators, partners and internal teams.
• Facilitate workshops, governance meetings and leadership forums.
• Act as integration point between project delivery teams, programme leadership and strategic decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Extensive programme management and commercial acumen: proven experience in programme management or PMO leadership within large, complex capital programmes.
• Financial governance expertise: strong commercial acumen with experience in budget management, resource forecasting and programme-level financial governance.
• Leadership excellence: demonstrated track record of successfully leading and managing teams to achieve strategic outcomes and drive organisational success.
• Sector-specific experience: significant experience in water, energy or strong transferable experience that supports diverse perspectives.
• Technical proficiency in PMO/project controls tools: experience with programme management systems such as Primavera P6, Power BI, Oracle and Microsoft Suite.
• Professional accreditation: relevant professional qualification or chartered status (e.g., PM, PMO, programme management) highly desirable.
• Significant practical experience: minimum 10-15 years’ experience (or an equivalent blend of education and experience) to perform essential duties of the job.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, private medical insurance, group income protection and life assurance.
• Discounted gym membership and other perks.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Great projects across our sector in the UK and I.
• Industry leading training and development as well as paid professional subscriptions.
• Ranked #1 most sustainable AEC firm among industry peers 2024; listed in Corporate Knights Top 100 sustainable companies for six years.

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