Senior PMO Lead: Governance & Delivery Excellence

Wipro; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro in Sheffield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior PMO Lead to govern large-scale transformation programmes within Banking & Financial Services. You will partner with Programme Directors, Delivery Leads, Business Sponsors, and Executive Stakeholders to ensure robust planning, governance, and delivery assurance.

The role requires a seasoned professional with strong executive presence, exceptional stakeholder management, and the ability to drive governance in a highly regulated environment,

Qualifications

• Deep experience in PMO, Programme Management, or Delivery Assurance.
• Extensive experience in Banking and Financial Services.
• Proven track record with large-scale technology or regulatory programs.
• Experience with senior executives and C-suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain programme governance frameworks aligned with HSBC standards.
• Drive governance forums, Steering Committees, Executive Reviews, and Portfolio Boards.
• Ensure adherence to programme delivery methodologies, controls, and quality standards.
• Provide independent challenge and assurance to programme teams regarding scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and financials.
• Produce executive-level dashboards and reports for senior management.
• Maintain integrated programme plans across multiple workstreams.
• Track milestones, critical dependencies, programme health, and delivery commitments.
• Identify delivery risks and proactively drive mitigation actions.
• Monitor programme performance against agreed KPIs and success measures.
• Support recovery planning for programmes experiencing schedule or delivery challenges.
• Manage programme budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, and benefits tracking.
• Ensure financial governance aligns with HSBC investment management processes.
• Monitor budget utilisation and highlight financial risks and variances.
• Support business case development and funding approvals.
• Own and facilitate RAID governance.
• Drive timely escalation and resolution of critical issues.
• Ensure inter-programme and cross-functional dependencies are actively managed.
• Maintain transparency and robust reporting on programme health.
• Ensure programme activities comply with HSBC internal policies and regulatory obligations.
• Support audit reviews and regulatory inspections.
• Track closure of audit actions and compliance commitments.
• Monitor control effectiveness and governance adherence.
• Create concise and insightful executive reporting packs.
• Prepare materials for senior leadership forums and SteerCos.
• Communicate programme status, risks, achievements, and decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Facilitate decision-making through accurate and timely management information.
• Support workforce planning and resource forecasting.
• Monitor resource utilisation across programmes.
• Identify capacity constraints and recommend optimisation strategies.
• Coordinate onboarding and mobilisation activities when required.
• Drive PMO maturity and governance best practices.
• Standardise reporting, planning, budgeting, and programme controls.
• Promote automation and efficiency improvements across PMO processes.
• Mentor junior PMO analysts and coordinators.

Job description

Wipro in Sheffield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior PMO Lead to govern large-scale transformation programmes within Banking & Financial Services. You will partner with Programme Directors, Delivery Leads, Business Sponsors, and Executive Stakeholders to ensure robust planning, governance, and delivery assurance.

The role requires a seasoned professional with strong executive presence, exceptional stakeholder management, and the ability to drive governance in a highly regulated environment,