Remote PMO Lead - Governance & Delivery Champion

Atos; Wideopen; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid leave

Pension scheme

Private medical cover

Income protection

Life assurance

Flex benefits program

Job summary

Atos is seeking an experienced PMO Lead to coordinate and drive PMO services across UK&I projects, programmes and accounts. You will implement the PMO service catalogue, standards and controls, translating requirements into reliable day‑to‑day delivery with strong governance and reporting practices.

You will provide hands‑on leadership across governance, RAID, planning, financial and resource controls, enhancing management information quality and supporting informed decision making.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering PMO services within complex project or programme environments.
• Strong working knowledge of governance, reporting, RAID management, planning, resource management and project controls.
• Ability to analyse information, identify exceptions and translate data into concise, actionable insight.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and escalating issues appropriately.
• Ability to organise and coordinate multiple priorities, activities and deadlines in a structured manner.
• Experience of quality‑assuring PMO outputs and promoting consistent standards across a delivery environment.
• Ability to guide, support and coach colleagues while maintaining accountability for the quality and timeliness of PMO delivery.
• Good financial and commercial awareness, including an understanding of budget, forecast and resource information.
• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify practical opportunities to simplify and strengthen PMO services.
• Working knowledge of relevant PPM tools and systems, such as OneProject, RAID tools and financial systems.
• Relevant project, programme or PMO qualifications, such as PRINCE2, MSP, P3O or Agile, are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day‑to‑day delivery of PMO services for assigned projects, programmes or accounts, ensuring activities are completed accurately and to agreed timescales.
• Coordinate governance cycles, reporting, RAID management, planning, resource management and financial control activities in line with agreed PPM standards and contractual requirements.
• Produce and quality‑assure clear, accurate and decision‑focused management information, highlighting trends, dependencies, exceptions and emerging delivery concerns.
• Support project, programme and account leadership by providing practical PMO guidance, analysis and constructive challenge on governance, controls, planning and performance visibility.
• Monitor adherence to PMO processes and controls, addressing gaps and escalating material issues through the appropriate governance route.
• Support the implementation and adoption of standard PMO processes, tools, templates and methodologies across the assigned delivery environment.
• Coordinate PMO activities across multiple workstreams and stakeholders, maintaining priorities and ensuring dependencies and deadlines are actively managed.
• Provide task leadership, coaching and quality oversight to PMO team members, sharing good practice and supporting capability development.
• Identify and implement proportionate improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, data quality and stakeholder value.
• Maintain effective working relationships across delivery, commercial, finance, resource and account teams to support integrated project and programme controls.

Skills

PMO delivery

Governance

RAID management

Planning

Resource management

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Communication

Prioritisation

Financial awareness

OneProject

PRINCE2

Tools

OneProject

RAID tools

Financial systems

Job description

Atos is seeking an experienced PMO Lead to coordinate and drive PMO services across UK&I projects, programmes and accounts. You will implement the PMO service catalogue, standards and controls, translating requirements into reliable day‑to‑day delivery with strong governance and reporting practices.

You will provide hands‑on leadership across governance, RAID, planning, financial and resource controls, enhancing management information quality and supporting informed decision making.