PMO Lead

La Fosse; England; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is recruiting an experienced PMO Lead to establish and run a technology and product PMO for a global tech organisation. The role combines hands-on delivery with strategic governance, working closely with the CTO, CPO and senior leadership.

Initially onsite in Oxfordshire with the potential to move to remote work, the PMO lead will create visibility and control across the technology portfolio, driving efficiency and delivering against budgets and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing a PMO function from scratch and being the sole PMO in the business.
• Strong Power BI experience with data connections across Azure DevOps.
• Hands-on, autonomous PMO Lead working with CTO, CPO and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish and continuously improve the PMO framework, governance and reporting.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight across milestones, RAID, dependencies and delivery health.
• Develop visibility of resource demand, capacity and utilisation.
• Track budgets, forecasts, costs and benefits alongside Finance.
• Produce concise, decision-focused reporting for executive and Board audiences.
• Challenge Project Managers constructively and drive consistent reporting without direct line authority.
• Improve and automate portfolio reporting and processes.

Skills

PMO leadership

Power BI

Azure DevOps

Power Automate

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

PMO Lead - £85,000 - Setting up PMO function - Remote

We are looking for an experienced PMO Lead to establish and run a technology and product PMO for a global technology organisation - circa 700 employees.

Must have requirements include: (Only candidates who fit the criteria below will be successful)

• -Experience establishing a PMO function from scratch and being the only PMO in the business
• -Strong Power BI experience ( Knowing how to create the data connections and have experience of doing so across Azure DevOps)
• -Someone with experience building the workflow of PowerAutomate, Azure DevOps, PowerBI.
• -Strong Azure DevOps for tracking
• -Experience working for a software development company
• -Experience working in a small-medium company circa 100-700

The role will require some onsite presence to begin with in Oxfordshire to establish relationships and then can develop to fully remote.

This is a hands-on, autonomous role where you’ll work closely with the CTO, CPO, Project Managers and senior leadership, creating greater visibility and control across the technology portfolio.

Key responsibilities:

• Establish and continuously improve the PMO framework, governance and reporting
• Provide portfolio-level oversight across milestones, RAID, dependencies and delivery health
• Develop visibility of resource demand, capacity and utilisation
• Track budgets, forecasts, costs and benefits alongside Finance
• Produce concise, decision-focused reporting for executive and Board audiences
• Challenge Project Managers constructively and drive consistent reporting without direct line authority
• Improve and automate portfolio reporting and processes

What we’re looking for:

• Experience establishing, resetting or significantly improving a PMO
• Excellent portfolio governance and delivery assurance capability
• Experience with resource/capacity planning and project financials
• Confident working directly with CTO/CPO/Board-level stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge
• Comfortable operating as a highly autonomous, hands-on PMO Lead

Up to £85,000 ( may be flexible)

Onsite initially in Oxfordshire, then the role can develop to remote