Head of PMO & Portfolio Delivery

Forsyth Barnes; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The successful candidate will work with senior leadership to strengthen portfolio governance, ensure reliable data, manage risks and drive improvements across processes, tooling, automation and information flows.

Qualifications

• Proven experience running, owning, scaling or maturing a PMO or Portfolio Management function.
• Strong experience managing complex project and programme portfolios.
• Previous experience within a SaaS or software environment.
• Experience operating within a Professional Services or consultancy environment.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, assurance and project controls.
• Experience across portfolio financials, forecasting, resource/capacity planning, risks and dependencies.
• Confident working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Strong people leadership and capability development skills.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery.
• Experience improving PMO processes, reporting and ways of working.
• Experience with Power BI, Excel, Jira, Confluence, MS Project or PPM/PSA platforms would be beneficial

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mature the PMO and portfolio management function.
• Establish consistent portfolio governance, reporting and project control standards.
• Improve the quality, accuracy and consistency of project, financial, resource and delivery data.
• Provide senior leadership with clear insight into portfolio health, risks, dependencies and delivery confidence.
• Oversee portfolio governance, assurance and review processes.
• Challenge project and programme forecasts, capacity constraints and delivery performance.
• Strengthen management of RAID, dependencies, milestones and change activity.
• Support portfolio prioritisation, benefits tracking and evidence-based decision making.
• Develop and deliver a roadmap for continued PMO maturity and improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, automation, tooling and information flows.
• Lead and develop PMO capability across the organisation.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio governance

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Delivery visibility

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

PPM/PSA platforms

Job description

The successful candidate will work with senior leadership to strengthen portfolio governance, ensure reliable data, manage risks and drive improvements across processes, tooling, automation and information flows.