Transformation Management Office (TMO) Manager

King's College London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university in Greater London is seeking a TMO Manager to support its Transformation Management Office. This full-time role involves managing TMO Support Officers and implementing project standards and enhancements. The ideal candidate will have a degree, over three years of PM(O) expertise, and strong organisational and team management skills. The position offers a salary between £45,031 and £52,514 per annum and supports hybrid working with on-campus attendance required three days a week.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in project management within a complex environment.
• Experience in setting quality standards for project delivery.
• Experience managing a team including performance management.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Transformation Portfolio with project management.
• Implement and enhance project standards and processes.
• Drive cross-PMO enhancement projects and identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Organisational skills

PM(O) expertise

Self-starter

Team management

Education

Degree or equivalent qualifications/experience

Job description

About us:

The Transformation Management Office (TMO) Manager role is a key role within the Transformation Office at King’s College London and reports into the Head of Transformation Portfolio.

The Transformation Office supports the senior leadership of the University in effective strategy execution, delivering a complex set of transformation initiatives and driving sustainable improvements to our core business.

The Transformation Management Office (TMO) supports the delivery process including governance, tracking and monitoring, reporting, prioritisation, resource allocation, communication and quality controls.

About the role:

As a TMO Manager you will be part of a team working within the Transformation Management Office, supporting the Head of Transformation Portfolio and managing TMO Support Officers working across all projects and programmes that are part of the transformation portfolio, providing day to day support for projects and the project and programme teams.

A key aspect of the role will be developing team competences to support the continuous improvement of PMO practices by driving, participating, leading and implementing cross-PMO enhancement projects, lessons learned processes and identifying trends and areas for improvement.

You will help drive effective decision making on all levels as a trusted advisor of the Head of Transformation Portfolio and implement and enhance project and programme standards and processes - related to project and programme planning, reporting, change control, financial management, risk management and quality assurance.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

We support hybrid working with a current requirement to be on campus three days per week.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Education to degree standard and/or equivalent qualifications/experience
• Minimum 3 years' experience as a PM(O) expert or practical experience as a project manager in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment
• Excellent organisational skills
• Project based qualifications/training
• Experience of setting quality standards for either Portfolio, Programme or Project Delivery
• Experience of managing a team including performance management and development of team members
• Self-starter and proactive, with ability to work on own initiative

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an education setting

Further information:

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are likely to be held around mid January 2026.

£45,031 to £52,514 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance