Senior PMO Coordinator

Leidos; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior PMO Coordinator to join a complex, high-profile programme in a hybrid role based in Whiteley, Hampshire. You will bring structure, governance and collaboration to large-scale delivery, owning PMO processes and guiding junior PMO staff, while delivering governance controls and reporting to senior stakeholders.

You’ll work with delivery teams and customers, ensure documentation and dashboards reflect programme status, and influence decision-making at the highest levels

Qualifications

• Significant PMO experience in complex programmes.
• Broad understanding of PMO functions and governance frameworks.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior PMO staff.
• Outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency with PMO tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage PMO processes and governance frameworks.
• Guide and develop PMO administrators.
• Document and track governance actions.
• Develop programme-level reporting and dashboards.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to influence decisions.
• Oversee deliverables to align with quality and schedule.

Skills

PMO governance

Stakeholder management

Programme controls

Leadership & mentoring

Reporting dashboards

Job description

Senior PMO Coordinator

Location: Hybrid, Whiteley, Hampshire
Security Clearance: This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).

The Role

At Leidos, we’re looking for a proactive and experienced Senior PMO Coordinator to join a complex and high-profile programme. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing structure, governance, and collaboration to large-scale delivery environments.

As a key member of the Programme Management Office, you’ll take ownership of PMO activities, support and guide PMO administrators, and help ensure governance processes are consistently applied across the programme. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, and customers to drive effective programme controls and reporting.

This role would suit someone with a strong PMO background who has experience working within complex programmes, engaging with external customers, and managing programme deliverables in a governance-driven environment.

What will I be doing?

• Manage, uphold, and oversee PMO processes, ensuring governance frameworks are embedded and adhere to.
• Provide guidance and direction to PMO administrators, fostering best practice and continuous improvement.
• Own the documentation and tracking of governance actions, ensuring timely resolution and escalation where necessary.
• Develop and maintain programme-level reporting and dashboards for senior stakeholders.
• Engage confidently with stakeholders at the most senior levels, building strong relationships and influencing decision‑making.
• Oversee Deliverables to our customer ensuring they are aligned to quality standards and schedule.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Significant experience in a PMO role within complex programmes or portfolios.
• Broad understanding of PMO functions and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior PMO team members.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging senior leadership.
• Proficiency in PMO and Project tools and methodologies

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the worldsafer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£44,700.00-£57,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.