PMO Analyst: Portfolio Governance & Delivery

POWWR; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Death in Service

Flexible working from home

Annual bonus

Conferences & events

Development plans

Job summary

POWWR, based in the United Kingdom, is seeking a PMO Analyst to strengthen governance and visibility across client-facing software implementations and internal change portfolios.

In this central portfolio role you will maintain portfolio registers, deliver dashboards, and coordinate stage gates, RAID logs and weekly reporting, partnering with Change & Delivery Leads and cross-functional teams to drive on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO, project support, portfolio coordination or delivery-governance role.
• Practical knowledge of governance, planning, reporting, RAID management, action tracking and change control.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate project data into concise, actionable management insight.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with proficiency in Jira, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and the wider Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent attention to detail and the confidence to validate and challenge complex information.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor information for leadership, delivery teams, clients and technical stakeholders.
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities without losing accuracy.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum and waterfall delivery approaches.
• Awareness of GDPR, information security and document-control requirements.
• Experience in software, technology, utilities or another regulated environment would be advantageous.
• Experience supporting resource and capacity planning.
• Understanding of project financial tracking and benefits realisation.
• Experience improving PMO templates, controls and reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain portfolio register, delivery roadmap, governance calendar and standard project controls.
• Consolidate project plans, milestones, dependencies and forecasts into a clear portfolio-level view.
• Collect, validate and consolidate project status information to agreed weekly and monthly reporting timetables.
• Produce portfolio dashboards, status reports and leadership packs that highlight trends, exceptions, decisions and areas requiring intervention.
• Maintain portfolio RAID, action and decision logs with clear ownership, mitigations and target dates.
• Coordinating governance forums, stage gates and portfolio reviews, including agendas, papers, decisions, minutes and actions.
• Maintaining the project and portfolio change-control process and ensuring approved changes are reflected in plans and reporting.
• Supporting resource and capacity planning by maintaining visibility of demand, allocation, constraints and skills gaps.
• Administering agreed tools, trackers, templates and document repositories, including Jira, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Serving as the primary client contact during implementation and facilitating workshops, requirement sessions and regular progress updates.
• Coordinating lessons learned and monitoring agreed improvements through to implementation.
• Ensuring portfolio records are organised, accurate, auditable and handled in line with data protection, security and retention requirements.

Skills

PMO experience

Governance & reporting

Excel & PowerPoint

Jira & SharePoint

Stakeholder communication

Agile/Waterfall

GDPR awareness

Data analysis

Resource planning

Document control

Attention to detail

Leadership collaboration

Tools

Jira

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

POWWR, based in the United Kingdom, is seeking a PMO Analyst to strengthen governance and visibility across client-facing software implementations and internal change portfolios.

In this central portfolio role you will maintain portfolio registers, deliver dashboards, and coordinate stage gates, RAID logs and weekly reporting, partnering with Change & Delivery Leads and cross-functional teams to drive on-time delivery.