Lead PMO - Telecoms

Dianaduggan; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the Telecoms sector is looking for a dynamic PMO Lead to oversee various change projects. This role involves coordinating business activities, managing project performance, and ensuring effective governance across all initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong PMO experience and a background in project-based environments, particularly in change management. This is a hybrid position requiring occasional office presence in Milton Keynes and London, offering a competitive daily rate and the potential for contract extension. Join a forward-thinking team and make a significant impact on transformative projects.

Qualifications

• Strong PMO experience with a focus on project management and change.
• Proven track record in managing project performance and risks.

Responsibilities

• Support business change activities and coordinate project delivery.
• Develop and maintain project plans, ensuring timely delivery within scope.

Skills

PMO Experience

Project Management

Change Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Tools

PPM Software

MS Project

Spreadsheets

Job description

Our client, based in the Telecoms sector, is seeking a strong PMO Lead to support with different change projects.

You will provide support and co-ordination of business activities and processes to support the Head of Business Change and Release Management and Head of Process and Service Design.

The ideal candidate will have experience within a PMO, project-based environment and ideally within Change.

Rate: £400-450 per day (inside IR35)
Pay Framework: Umbrella Company
Duration: initially 6 months with scope to extend
Location: Hybrid – 1 day a week in the office – need to be able to commute to Milton Keynes and London office.

Role:

• Provide a tool and process for capturing all new change demand.
• Create a reporting view of progress against the delivery portfolio and supplier activity.
• Providing executive summary views of the overall delivery plans, risks and the interdependencies from across all delivery projects and programmes.
• Recommend and put in place best practice portfolio management that allows the Operational Change and all partners to understand performance against our key deliverables as a function.
• Working with the head of departments in Change, control & coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects where required.
• Champion the cause that all projects are using good governance and control and that projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Ensure change is driven from a Business Case led view.
• Assist head of departments with resource availability and allocation.
• Develop a detailed project plans to monitor and track progress of PMO activity.
• Collaborate with Lead program managers to make sure changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate programme control techniques.
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Report and escalate to management as needed, strong visibility of risks and issues. Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, utilising PPM or MS Project software.
• Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
• Help by being a champion of benefit realisation, using objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders as well as other staff members.
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs and plans. Create a library of useful tools for program managers to use.

Requirements:

• Previous PMO experience
• Experience working within a project environment and ideally within Change
• Knowledge of BPO outsourcers/ tech suppliers working models & practice