PMO Manager (Integration) - 12 Month FTC

Ashurst; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm is seeking an IMO Manager to oversee governance and control activities for business services integration. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, producing reports for leadership, and ensuring alignment across programmes. Successful candidates will have proven experience in governance, coordination, and secretariat support. This full-time role offers a hybrid working model, competitive remuneration, and the opportunity to contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Flexible working

Corporate health plans

Global professional development

Diversity and inclusion programme

Qualifications

• Experience providing governance, coordination, and control across multiple programmes.
• Ability to produce timely and accurate reporting for governance groups.
• Experience maintaining comprehensive programme records and key data monitoring.
• Track record of central contact for governance and reporting.
• Expertise in managing cross-programme dependencies and risks.
• Experience delivering secretariat support for high-impact meetings.
• Capability in cross-functional resource planning and demand management.
• Ability to champion alignment between programme objectives and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee governance, coordination, and control activities within the IMO.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide integration reporting.
• Act as the central contact for integration governance.
• Ensure transparency and consistency for business integration.

Skills

Governance

Coordination

Control activities

Reporting for senior leadership

Records management

Managing dependencies

Secretariat support

Cross-functional resource planning

Job description

The Opportunity:

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 escalation 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 London 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.