IT Programme Management Office Manager

Wales & West Utilities; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Wales & West Utilities seeks an IT Programme Management Office (PMO) Manager to drive effective project governance and management. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure project delivery aligns with organizational goals while offering a competitive salary and benefits including flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva

Flexible working opportunities

Corporate gym memberships

Health cash-plans

Annual salary review

Discretionary annual bonus

Company Sick Pay

In-house Occupational Health Team

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have a degree and be Prince 2 certified.
• Experience in managing programmes and portfolios is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the WWU IT PMO establishing effective governance.
• Support project initiation, planning, and delivery.
• Provide timely Management Information on activities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Risk management

Financial management

Change control

Education

Degree level education

Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) or equivalent

ITIL experience / qualification

Tools

PMO Management tools

Job description

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Location Newport, South Wales Salary £68,000 - £70,000 Contract Permanent Contract Closing date 1st July 2025 Working hours 37 hours a week Monday - Friday

Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What were looking for?

Were looking for an IT Programme Management Office (PMO) Manager to work at all levels of the organisation, experienced with handling multiple requirements and stakeholders concurrently, all whilst successfully influencing key decision making to ensure the IT Programme of works is initiated and delivered within the required timelines.

You will work closely with the Programme Manager, Project Managers, IT Business Analysts and key business sponsors and stakeholders to support project definition, to initiate, plan and deliver projects, demonstrating strong governance and reporting progress tracking to plan.

You should also be adept at managing a portfolio of projects and/or programme of works in a largely outsourced environment.

Well Trust You To

• Take ownership of the WWU 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.
  
  

Youll Need To Have

• Degree level education mandatory
• Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent Project management qualification mandatory
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) or equivalent highly desirable
• ITIL experience / qualification (helpful for interaction with IT Operations and Acceptance into Service)
• 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 agreement e.g. T&M or fixed cost, managing both internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Familiarity with best-in-class PMO Management tools and ability to communicate and launch to user base.
• Experience of programme & portfolio management of varying complexity in parallel
• Demonstrable financial ownership of portfolios and projects in a variety of different contractual situations
  
  

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

Whats in it for you?

• A competitive salary starting at £68,000 up to £70,000
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU 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 - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive training
  
  

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesnt matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; its about our colleagues skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

Interested?

If you think youd make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us at or on 07971 038 982.

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Administrative and Support Services

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