PMO Director: Strategy, Governance & Delivery

System C; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

System C is seeking an experienced Head of PMO to lead the Professional Services Portfolio Management Office and elevate governance, insight and delivery performance. You will partner with senior stakeholders to shape the portfolio, manage complex programmes and drive transformation across the organisation.

Based in Belfast, you will establish robust reporting, control standards and an empowered PMO culture.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of a PMO or delivery function
• Experience managing complex project and programme portfolios
• Strong governance, assurance and project control expertise
• Confident working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
• Excellent people leadership and capability development skills
• Experience with portfolio financials, capacity planning, risks and dependencies
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution

Responsibilities

• Establish common portfolio reporting, governance and control standards
• Improve project, financial, resource and delivery data quality
• Standardise project controls including milestones, RAID management, dependencies and change
• Build clear ownership and accountability across delivery teams
• Create trusted portfolio reporting for senior stakeholders
• Lead portfolio governance, assurance and review practices
• Provide insight into portfolio health, risks and delivery confidence
• Challenge forecasts, capacity constraints and delivery performance
• Strengthen oversight of dependencies, risks and change activity
• Support leaders with clear recommendations and evidence-based decision making
• Define and deliver the PMO maturity roadmap
• Develop more predictive and forward-looking portfolio insight
• Improve prioritisation, benefits measurement and decision support
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, tooling and improved information flows
• Use portfolio trends and lessons learned to enhance delivery effectiveness

Skills

PMO leadership

Portfolio management

Governance and controls

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Portfolio financials

Capacity planning

Influencing decisions

Strategic thinking

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Jira

Confluence

PSA/PPM tools

Precursive

OpenAir

MS Project

Job description

System C is seeking an experienced Head of PMO to lead the Professional Services Portfolio Management Office and elevate governance, insight and delivery performance. You will partner with senior stakeholders to shape the portfolio, manage complex programmes and drive transformation across the organisation.

Based in Belfast, you will establish robust reporting, control standards and an empowered PMO culture.