PMO Manager: Delivery, Governance & Insight

Animal & Plant Health Agency; Preston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) invites you to join as PMO Manager to lead a large, complex programme, turning strategy into delivery while maintaining focus on outcomes, pace and quality. You will establish robust PMO standards, reporting and assurance, collaborate with Senior Responsible Owner and stakeholders, and develop the PMO team to drive governance, risk management and benefits realisation.

This role sits at the heart of delivery and governance, offering exposure to Defra priorities

Qualifications

• Experience leading PMO functions and teams.
• Ability to establish governance, reporting and assurance.
• Skilled in planning, milestones, risks and dependencies.
• Experience with business cases, benefits realisation and investment decisions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Programme and team leadership - Lead the PMO function and develop its team, setting clear standards, priorities, ways of working and expectations across the programme.
• Programme controls - Establish and improve proportionate controls for plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, change, benefits, resources, finances and reporting, aligned with APHA's Central Portfolio Management Office.
• Governance and assurance - Maintain effective governance, prepare decision‑making products and coordinate assurance, including gateway or independent reviews where required.
• Planning and reporting - Oversee integrated plans, milestone reporting, dashboards and performance information, giving senior leaders a clear view of progress, risks and decisions required.
• Risk, issue and dependency management - Set standards for identifying, managing and escalating risks, issues and dependencies, linking them to decisions and delivery plans.
• Business cases and benefits - Support the creation and maintain business cases and approvals, identify and track benefits and outcomes, and provide evidence for prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Financial and resource management - Coordinate budgets, forecasts, actuals and resource information with finance, digital delivery and workforce planning colleagues to support effective deployment of people and funding.
• Stakeholder engagement - Build strong relationships with stakeholders, delivery partners and corporate functions, providing practical support, challenge and insight that enables delivery.
• Continuous improvement - Improve PMO processes, products and reporting, sharing learning and good practice across APHA's delivery community.
• Delivery support - Provide credible, pragmatic support that turns strategy into delivery and maintains focus on outcomes, pace and quality.

Job description

Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) invites you to join as PMO Manager to lead a large, complex programme, turning strategy into delivery while maintaining focus on outcomes, pace and quality. You will establish robust PMO standards, reporting and assurance, collaborate with Senior Responsible Owner and stakeholders, and develop the PMO team to drive governance, risk management and benefits realisation.

This role sits at the heart of delivery and governance, offering exposure to Defra priorities