Lead PMO Delivery Analyst

Head Resourcing Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is urgently seeking a Lead PMO Delivery Analyst for a Financial Services client in Edinburgh. The ideal candidate must have extensive experience in PMO services and transformation projects, excelling in governance, stakeholder management, and training initiatives. This role requires a presence onsite 2 days a week, with flexibility on the schedule. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Programme Managers and senior stakeholders to drive successful project delivery within an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Support transformation Value Stream/Portfolio activities.
• Provide key Management Information to Programme Managers.
• Ensure accurate progress and value reporting.

Skills

PMO & Transformation Delivery experience

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Commercial awareness

Financial Services experience

Job description

Lead PMO Delivery Analyst needed urgently for our Financial Services client based in Edinburgh. The right candidate must have extensive demonstrable experience delivering PMO services within Financial Services environments combined with experience working as a Senior PMO, Lead PMO or PMO Manager on Transformation programmes.

The role must be engaged via an FCSA accredited Umbrella company and requires the successful candidate to work 2 days per week onsite in Edinburgh. Candidates must be flexible on these days as they may not be set each week and may change, depending on priorities.

The Lead PMO Delivery Analyst will report directly to the Senior PMO Delivery Manager, and will support transformation Value Stream/Portfolio activities, providing key Management Information to Programme Managers and Exec members while also providing governance and support to Value Stream/Portfolio Delivery.

The right candidate must have demonstrable experience in Senior PMO roles within Delivery and Transformation projects & Programmes, strong Governance, MI and Stakeholder management expertise and must be outgoing, able to challenge senior stakeholders to ensure delivery is kept on track and deadlines are kept.

You will be partnering with aligned Programme Managers to lead training initiatives with PMs and help them to adhere to the delivery methodology and framework, supporting Delivery Directors, Programme Managers and collaborating with VMO Managers to ensure accurate information is maintained and available for progress and value reporting.

Key Skills:

• Extensive experience within PMO & Transformation Delivery roles and environments, including demonstrable input into digital delivery activities
• Knowledge and experience of working within Agile environments and an understanding of agile delivery methodologies and execution
• Experience of engaging leadership team level stakeholders to explore digital transformation opportunities
• Experience delivering quality information on the status, risks and issues associated with projects and portfolios to relevant management groups, ensuring actions from the meetings are captured and progress against them is communicated and tracked
• Excellent interpersonal/presentation skills combined with Team building capabilities - with strong management skills and experience of developing highly talented teams with an ability to motivate and excite them
• Very strong collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities able and willing to work across the team build strong networks of diverse relationships, including the ability to challenge when necessary
• Strong customer focus with the ability to collaborate with wider teams (both in person and in a remote environment)
• Good commercial awareness and understanding
• Previous experience within Financial Services and transformation environments

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong Senior / Lead PMO Delivery Analyst.

If your experience matches these requirements and you are available, please Apply Immediately!

Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race, and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.