Lead PMO

Project Management Office:

• Development and maintenance of portfolio view of projects and portfolio reporting to inform senior management of the overall health and status of change.
• Ensuring all projects and programmes follow and adhere to governance and reporting processes and procedures.
• Leverage a deep understanding of project management methodologies and tools to establish best practices within the PMO.
• Providing best-in-class resources, guidance and governance to project managers and teams, ensuring they have the necessary support to meet the needs of PMO and delivery.
• Ensuring all suppliers and those involved in delivery are providing the required governance and information to enable monitoring and reporting at portfolio level.
• Develop and implement PMO processes within the organisation, define goals and objectives, and develop a plan to achieve them.
• Providing advice, guidance and insights to Business Partners & Business to inform Business Case development & enable effective prioritisation
  

Portfolio Implementation & Management

• Supporting with development and execution of project plans, including scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Using visual techniques for project tracking and reporting.
• Tracking activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
• Agreeing constraints of cost, timescales, quality and scope with the Project Management team.
• Reviewing experiences and lessons learned from current and previous projects.
• Identify opportunities for PMO continuous improvements and implement changes.
• Helping with post-implementation review evaluating project success criteria, including client satisfaction.
• Provide support to project managers and teams, implementing policies, methodology, tools and templates for managing projects within the organisation to support successful delivery.
  

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• 8-12 years of PMO + Project Management experience.
• Experience of setting up or establishing a PMO function
• Experience of building PMO reporting, monitoring or risks, resources and process adherence reporting to Programme Boards, steering groups and Exco
• Experience with projects in multiple technologies, functions (e.g. transaction management, risk management etc.) and industries.
• Proactive, tenacious, inquisitive, organized, solution and delivery orientated mindset with an eye for details and solving problems.
• Analytical and proficient in the use of multiple data analytics tools to produce required reporting. Advanced excel skills.
• Knowledge of various software development methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence and negotiate to ensure governance standards are met. Ability to engage with and communicate to staff at all levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of systems and applications for recording and reporting Portfolio data, such as DevOps, Jira, MS Project etc.