IT PMO Manager

Lord Search & Selection; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an IT PMO Manager to manage multiple projects effectively, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to governance. The role involves ownership of the PMO, supporting project delivery with a strong focus on financial management and process controls, alongside coaching stakeholders on PMO best practices.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with 5% employee contribution

14x salary life insurance

Flexible benefits options

Access to Financial Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced parental leave pay

Retail discounts and cashback schemes

Qualifications

• Extensive PMO Management experience with project delivery.
• Experience managing multiple programmes and portfolios.
• Strong vendor management skills and contractual awareness.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the IT PMO with effective governance.
• Define and promote governance standards for projects.
• Deliver targeted Management Information and reporting.

Skills

PMO Management

Financial Ownership

Vendor Management

Governance Design

Process Implementation

Job description

We are seeking an experienced IT PMO Manager with a strong background operating across all levels of the organisation, managing multiple requirements and stakeholders simultaneously, while effectively influencing key decisions to ensure the IT programme of work is launched and delivered on time.

You'll report directly to the Head of Programme Management and work closely with the Programme Manager, Project Managers, IT Business Analysts, and key business sponsors and stakeholders. Your role will involve supporting project definition, initiation, planning, and delivery, with a strong focus on governance and progress reporting against the plan.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Take ownership of the IT PMO and establish effective governance and controls.
2. Define, roll out, and promote the adoption of effective governance and controls to support the Programme Manager in delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
3. Establish governance and controls that enable effective portfolio prioritisation, risk management, and financial controls.
4. Provide a common framework of good-practice standards, tools, templates, and processes for managing and governing the portfolio of projects and programmes.
5. Ensure projects adhere to PMO governance and controls, with appropriate reporting and assurance for compliance.
6. Implement and enforce effective change control processes across projects.
7. Deliver targeted, timely Management Information on primary activities.
8. Collaborate with senior business stakeholders to facilitate smooth process and project change delivery and maximise benefits realization.
9. Coach stakeholders on good practices, governance, and controls to promote understanding and adoption of PMO disciplines beyond the Programme Management team.

Skills needed:

1. Extensive PMO Management experience, including defining, deploying, and controlling programme or portfolio methods that support and drive project delivery on time and within contractual agreements.
2. Experience managing multiple programmes and portfolios of varying complexity simultaneously.
3. Proven financial ownership of portfolios and projects across different contractual situations.
4. Contractual and commercial awareness, with experience in designing contracts that enhance supplier delivery.
5. Expertise in process and governance design and implementation.
6. Strong vendor management skills, especially working with outsourced partner agreements and ensuring delivery to contract.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a pension scheme with a 5% employee contribution (doubling to 10%, total 15%), 14x salary life insurance, flexible benefits options, access to a Financial Wellbeing Programme, enhanced parental leave pay, retail discounts, and cashback schemes.

Please contact us for further details!

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'Yolk Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent roles. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Candidates with equivalent qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply.

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