PMO Manager

Deutsche Bank AG; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG in London seeks a PMO Manager for a 6-month contract, hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 from home. You will partner with senior programme leadership to drive governance, portfolio optimisation, and strategic alignment within the ServiceNow Transformation Programme.

You will lead governance, executive reporting, and financial stewardship across the portfolio, managing dependencies, risks, and change control while providing strategic insights to support leadership

Qualifications

• PMO governance and delivery standards for large portfolios.
• Executive reporting, dashboards and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Portfolio budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define and enhance PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, and delivery standards across the portfolio.
• Produce executive reporting, dashboards and presentations for steering committees.
• Manage portfolio budgets, including forecasting, actuals tracking, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Identify and manage cross-programme dependencies, risks, issues and mitigations.
• Oversee portfolio-level change control, assessing scope, budget and timeline changes.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and outcomes.

Skills

PMO governance

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

Tools

Clarity

Planview

Jira Align

Job description

As a PMO Manager, you will act as a strategic partner to senior programme leadership, driving governance, portfolio optimisation, financial management, and strategic alignment across the ServiceNow Transformation Programme. You will oversee programme governance, executive reporting, financial stewardship, risk and dependency management while providing strategic insights to support leadership decision-making. What you'll do:

• Define and enhance PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, and delivery standards across the portfolio.
• Produce high-impact executive reporting, dashboards, and presentations for senior stakeholders and steering committees.
• Manage portfolio budgets, including forecasting, actuals tracking, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Proactively identify and manage cross-programme dependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
• Oversee portfolio-level change control processes, ensuring robust impact assessments for scope, budget, and timeline changes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and driving strategic programme outcomes.
  PMO experience, including leading PMO functions for large-scale programmes or portfolios.
• Strong experience with enterprise portfolio management tools such as Clarity, Planview, or Jira Align.
• Advanced financial management skills, including portfolio budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and Capex/Opex oversight.
• Experience operating within Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery environments, including SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage executive stakeholders and deliver C-suite level reporting and insights.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with experience translating complex programme data into actionable business recommendations.
  Deutsche Bank is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. There are four business divisions: the Corporate Bank, the Investment Bank, the Private Bank and the Asset Manager DWS. There are also a number of highly skilled functions performing key management tasks.

Together we're sharing new perspectives and transforming what it means to be a bank.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies. We partner with Deutsche Bank to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed. On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for a PMO Manager for a 6- month contract based in London on a hybrid working model of 3 days per week in the office and 2 from home.

Deutsche Bank's Values Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer. We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance.

We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs, and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation. This client will only accept workers operating via a PAYE engagement model. AMS's payroll service is in partnership with Giant, we have worked with them for many years and have good processes in place to ensure you get the best service. If you are successful in your application for this role, your contract will be via Giant.

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