PMO Lead

Leidos; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

33 days leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-time working

Job summary

Leidos UK & Europe is seeking an experienced PMO Manager to drive governance, delivery oversight, planning and continuous improvement across a complex aviation programme in Whiteley, Hampshire.

You will lead a team of Project Managers, manage performance, risks and dependencies, and build strong relationships with customers and suppliers while delivering value within a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading PMO activities within complex programmes or projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the PMO function across multiple workstreams.
• Own programme governance, reporting, planning, risk, dependency, and change management processes.
• Provide meaningful insights and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Manage and mentor a team of Project Managers.
• Drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement across programme delivery.
• Support financial, schedule, and performance management activities.
• Build strong relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

Skills

PMO leadership

Governance

Reporting

Planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

PMO tools

Tools

PMO tools

Reporting systems

Job description

PMO Manager

Location: This is a Hybrid working role. Whiteley, Hampshire

Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance.

Drive Delivery Excellence on a Complex Aviation Programme

Leidos is seeking an experienced PMO Manager to drive governance, delivery oversight, planning, reporting, and continuous improvement across a complex systems integration programme supporting critical aviation capabilities.

Working closely with programme leadership, customers, and delivery teams, you'll lead a team of Project Managers and ensure effective control of programme performance, risk, dependencies, schedules, and stakeholder engagement.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop the PMO function across multiple workstreams.
• Own programme governance, reporting, planning, risk, dependency, and change management processes.
• Provide meaningful insights and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Manage and mentor a team of Project Managers.
• Drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement across programme delivery.
• Support financial, schedule, and performance management activities.
• Build strong relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience leading PMO activities within complex programmes or projects.
• Strong knowledge of governance, reporting, planning, risk management, dependencies, and change control.
• Experience working in highly regulated or complex delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Leadership experience managing or developing project and programme teams.
• Commercial awareness and experience working within contractual frameworks.
• Familiarity with PMO tools, methodologies, and reporting systems.
• Desirable Experience within aviation, defence, transportation, technology, engineering, or systems integration environments.
• Knowledge of customer-supplier delivery models.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or engineering programmes.
• APM, PRINCE2, MSP, PMI, or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience implementing PMO best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM), integrated scheduling, or portfolio reporting.

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference.

We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.

Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Salary

Pay Range: £58,400.00-£74,900.00

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.