IT PMO Manager

Yolk Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced IT PMO Manager to enhance project governance and delivery within their organization. The role involves significant stakeholder collaboration, reporting directly to the Head of Programme Management, and driving the methodology that supports timely and cost-effective project execution. The position includes competitive benefits, including annual leave, a pension plan, and flexible options.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension - 5% employee contribution

Life Insurance linked to retirement savings

Flexible benefit scheme options

Access to Financial Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced pay for parental leave

Retail discounts and cashback scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive PMO Management experience.
• Experience with process and governance design.
• Strong vendor management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the IT PMO and establishing governance.
• Providing targeted Management Information.
• Coaching stakeholders on PMO disciplines.

Skills

PMO Management

Governance Design

Vendor Management

Financial Management

Contractual Awareness

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced IT PMO Manager with a strong background operating across all levels of the organisation, managing multiple requirements and stakeholders at the same time, 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, initiating, planning and delivering projects, with a strong focus on governance and progress reporting against the plan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the IT PMO and establish effective governance and controls.
• Definition, rollout and adoption of effective governance and controls that provide the Programme Manager with the governance and reporting needed to ensure delivery to time, budget, and quality measures.
• Establish the governance and controls that enable effective portfolio prioritisation, risk management and financial controls -
• Provide a common framework of good-practice standards, tools, templates, and processes for running and governing the portfolio of projects and programmes.
• Ensure projects adopt the PMO governance and controls, with appropriate reporting and assurance to ensure compliance.
• Ensure adoption of and adherence to effective change control processes across projects.
• Provide targeted and timely Management Information on all primary activities.
• Collaboration with senior business stakeholders to ensure smooth process and project change delivery and maximum benefits realisation.
• Coach stakeholders on good practice, governance, and controls to achieve understanding and adoption of PMO disciplines beyond the Programme Management function.

Skills needed:

• Extensive PMO Management experience, being able to define, deploy and control a programme or portfolio method that both supports and drives project managers in delivering to time and cost to contractual agreements
• Experience of programme & portfolio management of varying complexity in parallel
• Demonstrable financial ownership of portfolios and projects in a variety of different contractual situations
• Contractual/Commercial awareness and experience in successfully devising contracts that have demonstrably enhanced supplier delivery
• Process and Governance design and implementation expertise
• Strong Vendor management - extensive experience of working with outsourced partner agreements and managing delivery to contract

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Pension - 5% employee contribution, doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan

• "Choices" flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme

Please get in touch for further details!

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.

'Yolk Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Yolk Recruitment Limited is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and experience can apply