PMO Manager: Governance, Delivery & Outcomes Leader

Animal and Plant Health Agency; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension information

Flexible working options

Learning & development opportunities

Staff discounts

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is seeking a PMO Manager to lead a large, complex programme within the Change Directorate. You will establish governance, provide reliable management information and ensure delivery stays aligned with priorities.

You will lead the PMO team, manage planning, reporting, risks, dependencies and benefits, and work with senior stakeholders to enable timely decisions and value realisation.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading a PMO function in a complex project, programme or portfolio environment, setting clear standards and enabling effective delivery
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of programme controls, including integrated planning, governance, assurance, reporting, risks, issues, dependencies and change control
• Substantial experience of complex programme financial management, including developing and agreeing budgets, forecasting and monitoring actual costs, managing financial risks and providing clear evidence for investment decisions
• Experience of supporting business cases, benefits and resource management, ensuring people and funding are aligned to programme priorities and intended outcomes
• Ability to turn complex programme information into clear, accurate reporting, insight and recommendations that support senior-level decisions and constructive challenge
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with experience of improving PMO capability, sharing good practice and building trusted relationships across organisational boundaries

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO function and develop its team, setting clear standards, priorities, ways of working and expectations across the programme
• 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
• Maintain effective governance, prepare decision-making products and coordinate assurance, including gateway or independent reviews where required
• Oversee integrated plans, milestone reporting, dashboards and performance information, giving senior leaders a clear view of progress, risks and decisions required
• Set standards for identifying, managing and escalating risks, issues and dependencies, linking them to decisions and delivery plans
• Support the creation and maintain business cases and approvals, identify and track benefits and outcomes, and provide evidence for prioritisation and investment decisions
• Coordinate budgets, forecasts, actuals and resource information with finance, digital delivery and workforce planning colleagues to support effective deployment of people and funding
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, delivery partners and corporate functions, providing practical support, challenge and insight that enables delivery
• Improve PMO processes, products and reporting, sharing learning and good practice across APHA’s delivery community
• Provide credible, pragmatic support that turns strategy into delivery and maintains focus on outcomes, pace and quality

Skills

PMO leadership

Programme controls

Governance & assurance

Planning & reporting

Risk management

Business cases & benefits

Financial & resource management

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Delivery support

Education

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner

Agile Project Management Practitioner

Management of Risk Practitioner

P3O Practitioner

Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner

APMG International Project Planning and Control Foundation

APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner

Leading and Managing Project Workstream

Job description

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is seeking a PMO Manager to lead a large, complex programme within the Change Directorate. You will establish governance, provide reliable management information and ensure delivery stays aligned with priorities.

You will lead the PMO team, manage planning, reporting, risks, dependencies and benefits, and work with senior stakeholders to enable timely decisions and value realisation.