PMO Manager (Integration) - 12 Month FTC

ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm is seeking a Manager for its Integration Management Office in Glasgow. This full-time role involves overseeing governance and control activities across integration programmes while ensuring effective communication among cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in governance, timely reporting, and resource planning, aimed at delivering successful business services integration. Offered are competitive remuneration, flexible working, and a focus on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Flexible working

Corporate health plans

Global professional development

Diversity and inclusion programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience providing governance across multiple programmes.
• Proven ability to produce timely and accurate reporting.
• Experience maintaining comprehensive programme records.
• Track record of acting as the central point of contact for governance.
• Expertise in managing cross-programme dependencies and risks.
• Prior experience delivering secretariat support for governance groups.
• Capability in facilitating cross-functional resource planning.
• Ability to champion alignment between programme objectives and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of all governance, coordination, and control activities.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional programme teams.
• Act as the central point of contact for integration governance.
• Contribute to transparency and consistency in the integration process.
• Communicate effectively with sponsors and delivery teams on integration matters.

Skills

Governance and control activities

Effective reporting

Records management

Managing dependencies

Cross-functional resource planning

Job description

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To ensure a successful integration of Business Services for Ashurst and Perkins Coie, Ashurst has established an Integration Management Office (IMO) tasked with the following main objectives:

• Facilitate integration design activities across Ashurst and Perkins Coie, both individually and collectively, including the shaping of recommendations.
• Coordinate and manage day-to-day execution of the integration.
• Ensure alignment with objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Track and report on progress of activities and identify, address or alleviated risks and issues.

The Manager, Integration Management Office (IMO Manager) will provide oversight of all governance, coordination, and control activities within the Integration Management Office, in support of the overall business services integration.

• The IMO Manager will collaborate closely with cross-functional programme teams and be responsible for maintaining key information data sets, monitoring and escalating as required, as well as providing a consolidated integration reporting capability for key leadership and governance groups.
• The role will also act as the central point of contact for integration governance, ensuring alignment across programmes and workstreams, managing dependencies, and communicating effectively with sponsors, leads and delivery teams on integration matters.
• The IMO Manager will play an integral role in ensuring transparency and consistency, contributing to the overall success of the business services integration.

This is a full-time, initial 12 month fixed term (salaried) contract position operating out of Ashurst's Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About you:

The successful candidate will have:

• Demonstrable experience providing governance, coordination, and control activities across multiple programmes, preferably on a major integration programme, to drive best practice, alignment, and consistency in delivery.
• Proven ability to produce timely and accurate reporting for senior leadership and governance groups, enabling effective oversight and decision-making.
• Experience maintaining comprehensive programme records and master indices, monitoring key data points and escalating issues to support transparency and informed decisions.
• Track record of acting as the central point of contact for overall governance, records management, and reporting across complex programmes.
• Expertise in managing cross-programme and cross-workstream dependencies, risks, and critical processes, with a proactive approach to support escalation and resolution.
• Prior experience delivering secretariat support for governance groups, including preparation of inputs and documentation of outputs for high-impact meetings.
• Demonstrable capability in facilitating cross-functional resource planning and demand management to optimise allocation and resolve conflicts.
• Ability to help champion alignment between programme objectives, stakeholder expectations, and delivery teams, ensuring cohesion, clarity and consistency.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?

We offer you all the things you should expect from an international law firm, some of which include:

• competitive remuneration with the flexibility to reward high performance;
• flexible working;
• corporate health plans;
• a global professional development offering for all employees; and
• an industry-leading programme that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to delivering positive impacts to our communities through our Social Impact programme.

We aim to recruit, retain and promote the best people from the widest possible talent pools. We are committed to offering a safe and welcoming environment for all employees to ensure they are supported to work at their best.

Beyond this, what sets Ashurst apart from others is our global strength, our drive to innovate and collaborate, and our commitment to excellence. It is these values that make Ashurst a unique place to work.