PMO Analyst – Portfolio Insights & Governance

STARK Group; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Retirement savings plan

Life assurance

Enhanced parental leave

Holiday/Benefits platform

Job summary

STARK Building Materials UK is seeking a PMO Analyst to support portfolio governance, reporting and decision-making, with a mix of delivery frameworks.

The role is based at Coventry Binley, 4 days per week in the office and 1 day from home, offering a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Excel skills, governance experience, and the ability to drive improvements across programs and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of portfolio management methods including Waterfall, Agile and hybrid approaches.
• Strong analytical capability with portfolio reporting, MI and insights.
• Advanced Excel skills with data manipulation, PivotTables and lookups.
• Experience of governance processes including RAID management and reporting cycles.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment and re-prioritise workloads.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Maintain IT portfolio management frameworks, processes, and governance across programs and change management.
• Promote governance standards by working with Project Managers and IT teams, providing guidance and challenge.
• Monitor portfolio performance, risks, issues, and dependencies; ensure effective management.
• Support end-to-end governance cycles, including RAID management, stage gates, and reporting timelines.
• Coordinate with project and IT managers to track delivery, resolve blockers, and manage resources, budgets and priorities.
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards and reporting to support governance and decision-making.
• Provide analysis on portfolio performance, highlighting trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Portfolio management methodologies

Analytical capability

Advanced Excel

Governance processes

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Confident communicator

Attention to data accuracy

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Job description

STARK Building Materials UK is seeking a PMO Analyst to support portfolio governance, reporting and decision-making, with a mix of delivery frameworks.

The role is based at Coventry Binley, 4 days per week in the office and 1 day from home, offering a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Excel skills, governance experience, and the ability to drive improvements across programs and stakeholders.