PMO Strategy & Operations Lead

HS2 (High Speed Two); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

HS2 Ltd in Birmingham is seeking a PMO leader to provide day-to-day operational support and drive the directorate's business plan, workforce planning and performance reporting. You will lead on recruitment processes, communications, and cross-functional governance, ensuring delivery of improvements and strategic initiatives.

The role requires senior stakeholder engagement, data-driven decision making, and collaboration across corporate support functions.

Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Experience of supplier and stakeholder management.
• Experience of developing, managing and monitoring budgets and resource requirements.
• Experience of monitoring business performance and developing reports.
• Experience operating within governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve the delivery of the PMO Department annual business plan, quarterly financial forecasts, monthly management information, monitoring and reporting performance against plan.
• Deliver and improve on workforce planning for the PMO Department, providing a central point of contact for workforce changes and requirements, RAP approval and submissions, and monitoring and reporting performance against plan.
• Initiate and manage weekly recruitment approval and contract extension processes for the PMO Departments.
• Be responsible for the PMO Communications Strategy and delivery of the Communication Plan.
• Support the day-to-day running of the PMO Department by resolving operational issues across the PMO teams and queries from corporate support functions (e.g. CEO, Finance, Facilities, Comms, etc.).
• Manage and deliver special or continuous improvement projects, as required by the PMO Director.
• Support the PMO Senior Leadership team on governance, including but not limited to the management of delegations within the directorate.
• Support the PMO teams with procurement processes, including purchase orders and contract variations, including monthly accruals.
• Act as an information conduit between PMO department leadership teams and corporate support functions.
• Actively promote and embed equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

HS2 Ltd in Birmingham is seeking a PMO leader to provide day-to-day operational support and drive the directorate's business plan, workforce planning and performance reporting. You will lead on recruitment processes, communications, and cross-functional governance, ensuring delivery of improvements and strategic initiatives.

The role requires senior stakeholder engagement, data-driven decision making, and collaboration across corporate support functions.