Lead PMO Transformation

Anson McCade Pty; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade Pty in Belfast is seeking a Lead PMO Transformation professional to design and mobilise PMO functions for large-scale programmes. You will lead PMO delivery across transformation initiatives and manage plans, milestones, risks and governance.

You will build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, contribute to proposals, bids and client opportunities, and work across agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery environments in a hybrid Belfast role.

Qualifications

• Experienced PMO, Programme Management or Transformation professional delivering large-scale programmes.
• Experience in digital or business transformation, technology-enabled transformation, people and organisational transformation, mergers and acquisitions, MSP/PMO delivery systems.
• Strong planning, dependency, risk/issue, benefits, governance and reporting management; senior stakeholder engagement and client-facing delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and mobilise PMO functions across programmes.
• Lead PMO delivery across large-scale transformation programmes.
• Manage programme plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Establish governance, reporting and programme controls.
• Track programme benefits and transformation outcomes.
• Support assurance, turnaround and recovery when programmes face challenges.
• Work across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Collaborate across business, technology, people and transformation teams.
• Develop transformation methodologies and tools.
• Support proposals, bids and new client opportunities.
• Apply industry knowledge to improve programme delivery.
• Present progress, risks, recommendations and decisions to leadership.

Skills

PMO

Programme Management

Transformation

Stakeholder Management

Governance and Reporting

Education

PRINCE2 MSP APM PMI certifications

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

APM

PMI

Job description

Salary: £37,000 - 68,500 per year

Requirements:

• Experienced PMO, Programme Management or Transformation professional with experience delivering complex or large-scale programmes.
• Experience may include digital or business transformation, technology-enabled transformation, people and organisational transformation, mergers and acquisitions, managed service delivery, or programme or portfolio management.
• Strong experience in programme planning and dependency management, risk and issue management, benefits management, governance and reporting, programme assurance, programme turnaround or recovery, senior stakeholder management, client-facing delivery, and presentation and facilitation.
• Experience in consulting, professional services, or working closely with consulting partners is advantageous.
• PRINCE2, MSP, APM or PMI qualifications are desirable but not essential.
• Applicants must already have unrestricted right to work in the UK; sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities:

• Design and mobilise Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (PMO) functions.
• Lead PMO delivery across large-scale transformation programmes.
• Manage programme plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Establish effective governance, reporting and programme controls.
• Track programme benefits and transformation outcomes.
• Support programme assurance, turnaround and recovery when programmes face delivery challenges.
• Work across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influence key decisions.
• Collaborate across business, technology, people and transformation teams.
• Develop transformation solutions, methodologies and tools.
• Support proposals, bids and new client opportunities.
• Apply industry knowledge and lessons learned to improve programme delivery.
• Present programme progress, risks, recommendations and key decisions to senior leadership.

Technologies:

• Support

More:

We are growing our Human Capital transformation practice in Belfast and are seeking a Lead PMO Transformation professional to join our team. We help organisations deliver complex, large-scale transformation programmes by bringing together expertise in people, technology, organisation and programme delivery. Our work spans major organisations in Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Energy and Consumer sectors. You will work alongside specialists in PMO, transformation, technology, people and organisational change, with exposure to high-profile programmes. This is a permanent, hybrid role based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a salary of up to £72,000 plus benefits.

last updated 40 week of 2026