Senior PMO Manager

Description This; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Senior PMO Manager to lead the PMO Practice within Business Services. You will partner with CIOs, Programme Directors and senior leaders to provide governance, assurance and portfolio insight for a strategic change sub-portfolio.

You'll coach a high-performing PMO team, drive continuous improvement, and promote data-driven, innovative approaches to enable successful delivery. Hybrid working and UK-wide collaboration are offered, with roles based at Swindon, London or

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO Practice governance, assurance and performance insight for a strategic change portfolio.
• Provide leadership and coaching to a high-performing PMO team to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Influence senior stakeholders to prioritise and deliver business outcomes through data-driven insights.

Job description

As a Senior PMO (Project Management Office) Manager, you'll be part of the PMO Practice within Business Services, reporting to the Head of PMO and leading the PMO service for a strategic sub-portfolio of change. You'll work closely with Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Programme Directors and senior business leaders to provide leadership, insight and challenge across some of Nationwide's most significant change investments.

You'll use governance, assurance, performance insight and portfolio intelligence to help leaders make informed decisions, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and maximise the value delivered through change. By turning complex information into clear recommendations, you'll support better prioritisation, stronger delivery performance and successful business outcomes.

Leading a high-performing team of PMO professionals, you'll set clear direction, build capability and create an environment where people can thrive. Through coaching, mentoring and strong leadership, you'll foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and innovation, while developing future PMO talent.

As a senior leader within the PMO Practice, you'll help shape the future of PMO across Nationwide. Working alongside fellow PMO leaders, you'll drive consistency, champion best practice and support the adoption of data, automation and innovative approaches that continuously improve how PMO enables successful change delivery.

Success in this role requires strategic thinking, exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at senior levels. You'll be comfortable operating in ambiguity, navigating complexity and translating insight into action that delivers meaningful outcomes for the business and our customers.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job, you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part-time, you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our Swindon, London or Glasgow office. If you're based at our Glasgow office, this will apply from 1 April 2027 and ahead of that there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you're an internal applicant based in a different location, we would welcome your application and, if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.