Senior PMO & Programme Governance Lead

Colliers International EMEA; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Colliers International is seeking an Associate Director - PMO Manager to replace the current PMO lead on a Life Sciences account. You will act as the central point for governance, reporting, risk management and project controls across a complex multi-market programme.

The role coordinates with client stakeholders, account leadership, in-country project managers, cost managers and consultants to ensure delivery aligns with client governance and Colliers best practice.

Formación

• Minimum 5+ years experience in PMO, programme controls, programme management or project coordination within a corporate real estate, construction, workplace, fit-out or capital projects environment.
• Experience supporting complex, multi-country or multi-workstream programmes.
• Strong command of programme reporting, dashboard development, risk and issue management, action tracking and governance administration.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, with confidence producing senior stakeholder reporting packs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex project information into concise management reporting.
• Highly organised, proactive and detail-focused, with the ability to manage competing priorities across time zones.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with client-side teams, consultants and project delivery partners.
• Experience working with life sciences, pharmaceutical or highly governed corporate clients.
• Knowledge of corporate real estate lifecycle activities including transactions, workplace strategy, capital project delivery and operational FM interfaces.
• Experience with Power BI, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Teams or similar programme management and reporting platforms.
• Relevant project management or PMO qualification such as APM, PRINCE2, PMI, MSP or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the PMO governance model for clientcapital projects, including stage-gate reviews, approvals, meeting cadence, decision records and compliance tracking.
• Ensure all project teams operate in accordance with clientgovernance protocols, Colliers best practice and agreed service levels.
• Maintain clear project documentation, approval records, audit trails and programme control registers.
• Produce high-quality weekly, monthly and governance reporting for clientand Colliers stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and trackers covering schedule, budget, milestones, risks, issues, actions and decisions.
• Coordinate reporting inputs from local project teams and challenge data quality, completeness and consistency.
• Own and maintain the programme RAID log, ensuring each item has an owner, due date, status and clear escalation route.
• Facilitate regular risk and issue reviews, ensuring mitigations are agreed and tracked through to closure.
• Monitor dependencies, change impacts and critical path activities across the portfolio.
• Act as a senior day-to-day PMO contact for clientstakeholders, Colliers account leadership and local delivery teams.
• Prepare agendas, papers, governance packs, steering committee materials and professional meeting minutes.
• Track actions and decisions rigorously and ensure follow-through across client and Colliers teams.
• Support onboarding of local project managers, third-party project managers and specialist consultants.
• Coach project teams on client governance requirements, reporting protocols and delivery expectations.
• Support preparation for internal funding approvals, project reviews and client governance submissions.
• Maintain clientfit-out specifications, playbook content, templates and PMO repositories.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, governance, controls and account delivery processes.
• Capture lessons learned and convert them into practical improvements for future clientprojects.
• Demonstrable experience operating at Associate Director, Senior PMO Manager, Senior Programme Manager or equivalent level.
• Credibility to engage with senior client stakeholders and represent Colliers professionally in governance forums.
• Ability to lead without direct authority across multi-disciplinary teams, external consultants and in-country delivery teams.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to identify risks, opportunities and account growth potential.
• Experience mentoring PMO or project management colleagues and raising standards across team delivery.
• Confidence to challenge project data, delivery assumptions and governance gaps in a constructive, client-focused way.

Conocimientos

PMO leadership

Programme governance

Reporting & dashboards

Excel & PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Multi-country delivery

Educación

PMO qualification (APM/PRINCE2/ PMI/ MSP)

Herramientas

Power BI

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Colliers International is seeking an Associate Director - PMO Manager to replace the current PMO lead on a Life Sciences account. You will act as the central point for governance, reporting, risk management and project controls across a complex multi-market programme.

The role coordinates with client stakeholders, account leadership, in-country project managers, cost managers and consultants to ensure delivery aligns with client governance and Colliers best practice.