PMO Lead

Achilles Information Limited; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Achilles Information Limited is seeking an experienced PMO Lead to establish and run a high-impact PMO across a global technology and product portfolio. You will partner with senior leadership to provide governance, reporting, and insight that drives on-time delivery and strategic investment decisions.

In this role you’ll design portfolio frameworks, manage budgets and resources, and deliver concise executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience establishing or transforming PMO or portfolio governance functions.
• Strong background overseeing technology, product, or transformation portfolios.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability without direct line management.
• Expertise in portfolio governance, project controls, and change management.
• Experience managing portfolio financials, budgets, forecasts, and benefits realization.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to translate delivery data into insights.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership and Board-level audiences.
• Experience in matrixed, international environments and with PMO tools.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate a pragmatic PMO providing a single source of truth across tech and product initiatives.
• Design portfolio governance frameworks, reporting standards, and operating rhythms.
• Maintain an integrated portfolio view of scope, milestones, risks, resources, and budgets.
• Provide delivery assurance through portfolio tracking and proactive risk identification.
• Develop demand, capacity, utilization, and forecasting models for technology teams.
• Support prioritisation and investment decisions with senior leaders.
• Oversee portfolio-level financial tracking including budgets, forecasts, variances and benefits realisation.
• Produce concise executive reporting for governance bodies and the Board.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimisation and data quality.
• Partner with CTO/CPO and Project Managers to enable successful delivery.

Skills

PMO leadership

Portfolio governance

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Stakeholder influence

Executive reporting

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Power Automate

PRINCE2/MSP/SAFe

Education

Degree-qualified

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

We're looking for an experienced PMO Lead to establish and lead a high-impact Project Management Office for our technology and product portfolio. This is a unique opportunity to build a PMO function from the ground up and become a key partner to senior leadership, providing the insight, governance, and reporting needed to drive successful delivery across a complex global portfolio.

What You’ll Do

• Establish and operate a pragmatic PMO that provides a single source of truth across technology and product initiatives.
• Design and implement portfolio governance frameworks, reporting standards, controls, templates, and operating rhythms.
• Maintain an integrated portfolio view covering project scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, resources, budgets, and delivery performance.
• Provide delivery assurance through robust portfolio tracking, constructive challenge, and proactive risk identification.
• Develop and maintain resource demand, capacity, utilisation, and forecasting models across technology and product teams.
• Partner with the CTO, CPO, Finance and Project Managers to support prioritisation, planning, and investment decisions.
• Oversee portfolio-level financial tracking, including budgets, forecasts, variances, expenditure, and benefits realisation.
• Produce clear, concise and actionable reporting for executive leaders and Board stakeholders, enabling informed, evidence-based decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimisation, automation, and improved portfolio data quality.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience establishing, transforming, or significantly improving PMO or portfolio governance functions.
• Strong background overseeing portfolios of technology, product, transformation, software, or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability without direct line management responsibility.
• Expertise in portfolio governance, project controls, resource planning, RAID management, dependency management, and change control.
• Experience managing portfolio financials, including budgets, forecasting, cost tracking, variance analysis, and benefits realisation.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to turn complex delivery information into meaningful business insights.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior executives and Board-level audiences.
• Experience working within matrixed, international, and cross-functional environments.
• Advanced skills in reporting and portfolio management tools in particular Azure DevOps, PowerBI, Power Automate. Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience. PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe, Agile, or related certifications would be advantageous.

Why Join Us?

We welcome applications from armed forces veterans, reservists and their families. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our practices and workforce.

For more than 30 years, Achilles has protected organisations’ business interests and reputations by providing unrivalled levels of supply chain transparency, carbon reduction and management. We are the ESG and carbon management partner of choice for the world’s leading global brands.

Achilles specialises in supporting customers that require truly robust environmental, social and governance reporting to fully comply with ESG regulation, meet investor requirements, and achieve their own ambitious sustainability goals. We work with market-leading financial, industrial, commercial, and governmental organisations requiring the serious, detailed analysis and expert insight necessary to deliver exceptional reporting confidence.

Operating from 22 locations worldwide, Achilles is at the forefront of the battle against climate change, a champion for social justice and human rights, and an expert in health, safety, and risk management.

The Achilles Way – how we do things

Be Curious – Ask questions, understand why, challenge and grow

Commit – Show passion, create value, deliver simple solutions, be a leader

Collaborate – Think inclusive, show respect, be helpful, give thanks