PMO Analyst

Direct Line Group Careers; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Line Group is seeking a PMO Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you'll support planning, reporting, and financial activities, and work closely with the Portfolio PMO to ensure program success. This hybrid position allows flexibility with two office days per week in Leeds or London.

Benefits

9% employer contributed pension

50% off home, motor, and pet insurance

Up to 10% bonus

25 days annual leave

Employee discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO role preferred.
• Knowledge of delivery methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
• Enthusiastic about learning and building new skills.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, reporting, and analysis for programs/projects.
• Ensure change standards are met and quality assurance conducted.
• Produce regular stakeholder updates and decision support materials.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Relationship-building

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office Suite

Polarisoft's PPMAnywhere

Job description

DLG is evolving. Across every facet of our business, our teams are embracing new opportunities and putting customers at the heart of everything they do. By joining them, you’ll have the opportunity to not just be recognised for your skills but encouraged to build upon them and empowered to do your absolute best.

Here, transformation is constant. Our change teams lead the way, shaping and delivering business change on an unprecedented scale. As one of the industry’s biggest success stories, we’ve got a reputation to uphold, and the evolution of an entire industry to chase. From organisational structure to people and processes, governance to location, our large-scale, complex programmes affect every aspect of Direct Line Group’s development.

What we look for

We have an exciting opportunity for a PMO Analyst on a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment basis.

You will report to the Portfolio PMO and Tooling Manager.

You will support a range of planning, reporting and analysis activities to proactively aid effective management and delivery of programmes and projects

This is a hybrid module opportunity with two Leeds or London office days a week.

What being a PMO Analyst involves:

Assigned to a nominated programme or project, accountabilities could include leading and/or supporting:

• Ensuring expectations of the DLG Change Journey and associated Change Standards are met

• Producing regular reporting

• Financial forecasting, tracking and management

• 3rd party procurement and payment activities

• Producing and maintaining quality programme / project plans

• Tracking and managing risks, issues, change requests and dependencies

• Ensuring appropriate governance is in place and that quality assurance is conducted

• Programme / project health checks and post-implementation reviews

• Producing stakeholder updates, insights and decision support material

• Governance forums, including ensuring key artefacts are produced, maintained and stored

• Maintaining accurate resource forecasts

Identifying and implementing opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement

Pro-actively demonstrating required behaviours in line with expectations of the role

Skills & Qualities you'll need:

• Some experience of working as part of a PMO team (Portfolio or Programme/Project)

• Strong communication skills (written & verbal) • Service oriented, adaptable and resilient

• Experience and hands on knowledge of a variety of delivery methodologies e.g. Waterfall and Agile an advantage

• Strong attention to detail, quality and control

• Willingness and an enthusiastic attitude to learn and build new skills

• Ability to work on own initiative

• Good relationship-building skills

• Ability to develop new skills and understand new technology as required

• Some experience in using project management and collaboration tools such as Polarisoft's PPMAnywhere, MS Project, Microsoft Office suite especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint

Working Hours: 35 hours per week

Benefits

We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Our core benefits include:

• 9% employer contributed pension

• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

• Up to 10% bonus

• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.

• 25 days annual leave, increasing each year up to a maximum of 28

• Buy as you earn share scheme

• Employee discounts and cashback

Plus many more!

Ways of Working

We want everyone to get the most out of their time at DLG. Which is why we’ve looked beyond the financial rewards and created an offer that takes your whole life into account. Supporting our people to work at their best – whatever that looks like — and offering real choice, flexibility, and a greater work-life balance that means our people have time to focus on the things that matter most to them. Our benefits are about more than just the money you earn. They’re about recognising who you are and the life you live.

Be yourself

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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