Project Management Office Lead

Panda International; Oberwallis; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Panda International is seeking an experienced PMO Lead to design, establish, and implement a comprehensive PMO operating model, governance, and portfolio controls. You will align strategic priorities with project execution, capacity, risk, and cost within a scalable PMO framework.

Responsibilities include building the PMO foundation, defining structure, implementing governance, reporting standards, and management systems to support growth and delivery excellence in a global life sciences context.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing, designing, and implementing a PMO operating model and governance framework.
• Defining PMO structures, capabilities, roles, responsibilities, and governance interfaces.
• Developing PMO methodologies, standards, templates, controls, and standardised Ways of Working.
• Strong portfolio and programme management, including planning, prioritisation, stage-gate governance.
• Integrated planning methodologies and master scheduling frameworks.
• Implementing project controls including RAID, change control, financial control, reporting.
• Establishing portfolio KPIs, forecasting, and management review processes; executive dashboards.
• Defining reporting architecture and data governance models; ensuring data quality.
• Assessing organisational maturity, identifying capability gaps, and phased PMO roadmaps.
• Aligning portfolio governance with strategic and operational priorities; governance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, establish, and implement the PMO operating model and governance.
• Build PMO foundation, define organisational structure, tools, and reporting.
• Drive maturity by aligning strategy, execution, capacity, risk, and cost within PMO framework.
• Facilitate governance reviews and portfolio decision-making forums.
• Provide visibility of portfolio priorities, risks, resources, dependencies and constraints.

Skills

PMO design

Governance

Portfolio management

Master scheduling

Project controls

Performance reporting

Executive dashboards

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

PMO Lead | Portfolio Management & Governance

Job Description

A global life sciences organisation is seeking an experienced PMO Lead to design, establish, and implement the PMO operating model, governance framework, management systems, and portfolio controls required to support organisational growth and delivery excellence.

This hands-on leadership role focuses on building the PMO foundation, defining the organisational structure, implementing governance and performance management processes, and establishing the tools, reporting structures, and management systems needed to manage an integrated project portfolio. You will drive organisational maturity by aligning strategic priorities, project execution, capacity, risk, cost, and business value within a scalable PMO framework.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience establishing, designing, and implementing a PMO operating model and governance framework
• Demonstrated expertise in defining PMO structures, capabilities, roles, responsibilities, and governance interfaces
• Experience developing and implementing PMO methodologies, standards, templates, controls, and standardised Ways of Working
• Strong portfolio and programme management capabilities, including portfolio planning, prioritisation, stage-gate processes, and governance
• Experience developing integrated planning methodologies and master scheduling frameworks
• Proven experience implementing project controls, including RAID, change control, financial control, and performance reporting
• Experience establishing portfolio KPIs, performance metrics, forecasting frameworks, and management review processesAbility to develop executive dashboards, management reporting standards, and portfolio performance measurement frameworks
• Experience defining reporting architecture, data governance models, and reliable management information systems
• Strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to ensure reporting consistency, transparency, and data quality
• Experience assessing organisational maturity, identifying capability gaps, and developing phased PMO implementation roadmaps
• Ability to align portfolio governance with strategic and operational priorities
• Experience facilitating governance reviews and portfolio decision-making forums
• Ability to provide visibility of portfolio priorities, risks, resources, dependencies, and constraints
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to collaborate across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance
• Ability to support integrated planning and business performance management through data-driven decision-making

Preferred Requirements

• Experience supporting organisational growth and improving project delivery maturity
• Strong understanding of portfolio performance management and the relationship between strategy, capacity, risk, cost, and business value
• Experience deploying systems and tools that enable portfolio visibility and management reporting
• Ability to recommend appropriate PMO organisational structures and future-state capabilities based on business needs
• Experience defining resource requirements and developing PMO capability development plans
• Strong continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify and implement opportunities to improve governance and delivery processes
• Ability to establish a single source of truth for portfolio performance and management information

Practicalities

Location: Visp, Switzerland

Work Arrangement: 4-5 days onsite

Role Focus: PMO operating model, portfolio governance, project controls, and performance management

Scope: Integrated portfolio management and organisational capability development