PMO Lead

Albany Beck; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Beck is partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to support a major transformation programme within its Capital Markets division. We are seeking an experienced PMO Lead to drive governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and delivery oversight across a complex portfolio of strategic change initiatives.

This is a high-visibility role that sits at the heart of the programme.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading PMO in large-scale transformation programmes.
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Responsibilities

• Lead PMO activities across a complex transformation programme with governance and delivery controls.
• Produce high-quality programme reporting and executive management information.
• Coordinate governance forums, steering committees and senior stakeholder meetings.
• Develop and maintain PMO tools, templates and governance artefacts.

Skills

PMO Lead

Governance

Reporting

Stakeholder management

RAID management

PowerPoint

Excel

Delivery management

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Albany Beck is partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to support a major transformation programme within its Capital Markets division. As the programme continues to expand, we are looking for an experienced PMO Lead to play a key role in driving governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and delivery oversight across a complex portfolio of strategic change initiatives.

This is an opportunity to join a highly visible transformation programme that sits at the heart of the business. You'll work closely with senior programme leadership, business stakeholders, and delivery teams, helping to ensure the programme remains structured, controlled, and positioned for successful delivery. The environment is fast paced, collaborative, and offers exposure to large-scale business and technology change across a globally recognised organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead PMO activities across a complex transformation programme, ensuring strong governance and delivery controls are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.
• Own and maintain programme governance frameworks, standards, and reporting processes, ensuring consistency and adherence across multiple workstreams.
• Manage and drive RAID processes, ensuring risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies are captured, tracked, challenged, and escalated where appropriate.
• Produce high-quality programme reporting and executive-level management information, providing clear visibility of programme health, milestones, risks, and delivery progress.
• Prepare steering committee packs, governance materials, and senior stakeholder presentations, ensuring information is accurate, insightful, and decision-focused.
• Coordinate governance forums and leadership meetings, capturing actions, tracking outcomes, and ensuring accountability across stakeholders.
• Act as a central point of coordination across business, technology, and change teams, helping to drive communication, alignment, and transparency throughout the programme.
• Support programme leadership with planning, status tracking, financial oversight, and overall programme administration.
• Develop and enhance PMO tools, templates, reporting packs, and governance artefacts to improve programme effectiveness and delivery maturity.
• Manage escalations and delivery challenges, working closely with stakeholders to identify solutions and remove obstacles impacting progress.
• Build strong relationships across the programme, providing challenge where necessary while maintaining a collaborative and delivery-focused approach.

Requirements

• Proven experience operating as a PMO Lead, Senior PMO Analyst, PMO Manager, or similar role within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of programme governance, project controls, reporting, and delivery management frameworks.
• Experience supporting complex change initiatives within Financial Services, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Markets, Trading, Operations, Risk, or related environments.
• Demonstrable experience producing executive reporting, steering committee materials, and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage confidently across programme leadership, business teams, and technology functions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a fast-moving delivery environment.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, with the ability to present complex information in a concise and meaningful way.
• A proactive and hands-on approach, with the confidence to challenge, coordinate, and drive outcomes where required.