Enterprise Programme Management Office Manager

Yorkshire Water; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking an EPMO Manager to establish a Portfolio Management Office in Bradford. The role involves supporting enterprise change initiatives, managing strategic projects, and engaging with stakeholders to enhance governance and efficiency. This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive salary and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Company car allowance scheme

Annual incentive-related bonus

Private health care

Pension scheme with up to 12% company contribution

Life assurance cover

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Wellness day

Retail savings scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• In-depth experience in programme and project delivery.
• Extensive practical experience of change design and delivery disciplines.
• Understanding of design, architecture, and change management principles.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) to support Enterprise Change.
• Coordinate and analyze programme information and reports, monitoring risks and issues.
• Support financial forecasting and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

Prince2

MSP

P3O Practitioner

ISEB Diploma in Programme and Project Support Essentials

Job description

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Salary & Benefits:

Salary range £50-65k per annum dependant on experience with salary progression in role supported through your skills development

• A company car allowance scheme
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary)
• Private health care (self only)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

We are looking for a EPMO Manager to join the Business Change team in Yorkshire Water.

Location: Bradford - hybrid, home working (1-2 x days a week in the office). This could be slightly more when collaboration, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our offices are open Monday-Friday during working hours.

Work Type - This is a permanent opportunity, working full time, 37 hours per week between a working window of 8:00am-6:00pm Monday to Friday

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, 24/7, 365 days a year, to the end of this century and beyond. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

Where you fit in:

As our EPMO Manager you will establish and run the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) in support of Enterprise Change whilst providing support to business unit programme and project managers. You will act as an ambassador ensuring control and order is in place ensuring challenge and best practice is adhered to.

You will support in the management and delivery of strategic change to time, cost and quality constraints. You will ensure projects and programmes are articulated, recorded and managed in accordance with the Enterprise Change Framework, following appropriate governance and meeting required quality standards. You will co-ordinate, collate and analyse programme information and reports, monitor and report risks, issues and assumptions, and develop and manage plans and dependency logs in conjunction with the Programme Managers and Project Managers to reduce risk and optimise the chance of successful delivery. You will play a significant role in financial forecasting and management, benefits forecasting and tracking, stakeholder engagement and communications, as well as supporting key programme meetings and governance forums.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

You will have strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills coupled with an in depth understanding and extensive experience of programme and project delivery support, as well as an awareness of design, architecture and change management principles.

You will understand the wider objectives of the Enterprise Change Portfolio and have professional credibility to be able to influence stakeholders effectively. Key to the success of this role is developing robust relationships across the business.

You will have extensive practical experience of change design and delivery disciplines, industry standard methodologies and associated processes including Portfolio, Programme and Project management methodologies, coupled with an awareness of the design phase and change management activities.

You will hav e a relevant qualification in project/programme management or PMO support (Prince2, MSP, P3O Practitioner, ISEB Diploma in Programme and Project Support Essentials) or extensive relevant experience in a complex change environment

You will have demonstrable experience and expertise in relation to governance, Programme and Project controls, tools, standards and processes.

You will have process analysis and continuous improvement skills; we are looking for the successful candidate to be able to identify ways of improving the Enterprise Change Framework and making it more efficient and effective as well as ensuring compliance to any associated the Framework processes.

If you’re an experienced Programme Management professional and want to play a key role in bringing change to Yorkshire Water, please apply today.

Please upload an up-to-date copy of your CV outlining your relevant experience and understanding of the role.

Recruitment Process –

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.