Senior PMO Leader – Hybrid Delivery & Governance

Capgemini; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini UK in Manchester seeks an experienced PMO Manager to join the CIS PMO team. You will lead PMO activity for client engagements, aligning governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement to lift delivery performance.

You will manage a small PMO, establish fit-for-purpose governance, and provide timely insights to programmes and clients, driving continuous improvement and value delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading PMO activities within large programmes or client environments.
• Strong governance, planning, reporting, RAID and financial management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; stakeholder management capability.
• Proactive, organised and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced delivery environment.
• Competence in Microsoft 365 applications and planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO service for engagements or client assignments, setting priorities and ways of working.
• Establish governance, controls, reporting rhythms and decision forums.
• Provide timely management information, highlight risks, dependencies and actions.
• Oversee integrated planning, milestone tracking, resource and capacity management.
• Support financial governance including forecasting, budgets and variances.
• Maintain artefacts like governance models, manuals and onboarding materials.
• Build relationships with clients and internal stakeholders to evolve PMO delivery.
• Lead and develop a small PMO team with clear expectations.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and introduce automation.
• Promote collaborative, inclusive and continuous-improvement culture.

Skills

PMO management

Governance & controls

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Microsoft 365

Project planning tools

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Capgemini UK in Manchester seeks an experienced PMO Manager to join the CIS PMO team. You will lead PMO activity for client engagements, aligning governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement to lift delivery performance.

You will manage a small PMO, establish fit-for-purpose governance, and provide timely insights to programmes and clients, driving continuous improvement and value delivery.