PMO Manager

Royal London Mutual Insurance Society; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and investment company in England seeks a PMO Manager to oversee project governance and assurance activities. You will lead a team, ensuring effective project delivery utilizing Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of P3M principles, experience in managing project lifecycles, and commercial awareness. The role promotes hybrid working and offers substantial employee benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of P3M principles and techniques.
• Experience in managing portfolio, programme, and project lifecycles.
• Experience with agile change frameworks and PMO role.

Responsibilities

• Lead oversight, challenge, and assurance across projects.
• Collaborate with the Portfolio Office and Center of Excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement and capability development.

Skills

Understanding of P3M principles

Management of portfolio lifecycles

Implementing agile change frameworks

Strong commercial awareness

Procurement and financial processes

Portfolio planning

Job description

Overview

Job Title: PMO Manager

Contract Type: Secondment - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Alderley Park, South Manchester

Working style: Hybrid home/office based

Closing date: 7th October 2025

The PMO function has a unique value proposition which helps to translate business strategy into execution, through successful delivery of a portfolio of change.

The team has an enterprise-wide remit to support RLG align all change portfolio activities to the company strategic objectives and is an essential partner supporting delivery teams, improving project management performance and success rate. Due to its centralised nature and responsibility for standardising change management processes, the PMO improves transparency & visibility across the company.

The team ensures that an integrated set of outcomes and benefits of change investment are measured, managed, monitored, and refined to ensure that optimal investment and strategic goals are achieved. It also provides oversight and assurance that projects across the portfolio are governed effectively and that reporting, and insights are timely, accurate and effective to drive decision making across the portfolio.

About the role

As part of the PMO team, supporting the Senior PMO Manager - Delivery Oversight the primary objective is to lead on oversight, challenge, and assurance activity across a sub-portfolio of Projects and Programmes. Sub-Portfolios are executed utilising both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, you will ensure the appropriate Governance, insights, delivery, and outcome reporting are timely and accurate in line with methodology to drive decision making across the Portfolio.

You will lead a small team of Delivery PMO Leads and Analysts. Maintaining a close relationship and collaborate with the Portfolio Office and the Centre of Excellence PMO teams driving continuous improvement, and capability development.

About you

• Strong understanding of P3M principles and techniques.
• Experience in the management of portfolio, programme and project lifecycles
• Experience in implementing agile change frameworks, and an understanding of PMO role within
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to understand and be innovative in their approach to managing budgets and risk.
• Experience of procurement and financial budget processes
• Experience of portfolio planning and resource management.

About Royal London

We\'re the UK\'s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We\'ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We\'re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.