PMO Lead

Rolls-Royce Corporation; Karnataka; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Bengaluru locational PMO Lead role is seeking a governance-focused professional to drive programme rigour and control across GBS transformation initiatives. You will collaborate with Project Managers to update plans, consolidate reporting, and chair governance meetings, ensuring actions are tracked and closed.

The role emphasizes analysing information over mere compilation, offering hands-on responsibility to strengthen project controls and broaden PMO expertise within an

Qualifications

• Demonstrated practical project or programme controls experience and the ability to run agreed routines independently.
• Strong planning and baseline management knowledge with ability to identify gaps and escalation points.
• Experience maintaining and analysing project information rather than merely collating data.
• Ability to work with PMs and multiple stakeholders to ensure timely actions and closure.
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Willingness to take ownership and progress issues through to resolution.
• Experience or exposure to GBS/Shared Services transformation programmes is desirable.
• Familiarity with MSP or equivalent project controls tools; pursuing PMI/APM/PRINCE2/PMP or equivalent is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the local MSP update cycle and ensure data accuracy for governance reviews.
• Monitor delivery against plans and highlight variances, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Conduct and chair project governance routines to support informed decision-making.
• Own Stage Gate readiness, evidence collection and closure of conditions.
• Escalate delivery issues to the applicable leads and manage risk & opportunities.
• Track cross-project dependencies and ensure visibility to PMs and the wider PMO.
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement of GBS programme delivery.
• Increase ownership of controls and delivery activities to build PMO capability.

Skills

MSP knowledge

Governance & controls

Project planning

Risk & issue management

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical mindset

Proactive problem solving

PMO transformation experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Description Job Title: PMO Lead Location: Bengaluru Fulltime/Permanent Why join Rolls-Royce? At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Summary: We are looking for a PMO Governance Analyst to work closely with our Project Managers (PMs) to deliver our Global Business Services (GBS) transformation programmes The role centres around driving programme rigour through effective controls and project planning; analysing delivery information, challenging gaps, and proactively managing issues and resolution You will run local governance session and update project plans, check and consolidate plans and improve reporting quality Be locally accountable for the delivery of robust Stage Gates including the scheduling, support of evidence creation, owning and chairing meetings and ensuring actions and captured, owned and closed.

This role suits someone who analyzes information rather than simply compiling it and wants to understand how our PMs drive projects forward, as opposed to simply administrating them. The role will allow successful candidates to develop their project controls expertise through hand-on responsibility and build their broader project management capability as part of an international programme, working in our flagship capability centres alongside experienced leaders

• Lead the local Microsoft Project (MSP) update cycle.
• Monitor delivery against agreed plans and highlight emerging variance, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Run project governance routines, ensuring information is complete, accurate and available for effective decision-making.
• Own Stage Gate readiness, evidence and closure of conditions (nb: Stage Gate decision-making would remain with the relevant accountable leaders in accordance with our Stage Gate methodology)
• Escalate delivery issues to the relevant lead Support risk and opportunity management, ensuring appropriate ownership, mitigation and escalation.
• Track cross-project dependencies and ensure impacts are visible to Project Managers and the wider PMO.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement of GBS programme delivery practices.
• Build project management experience through increasing ownership of controls and defined delivery activities.

• Practical project, programme or controls experience, including independently running agreed routines and escalating exceptions.
• Good understanding of planning, dependencies and baseline variance, alongside risk, issue, governance and reporting disciplines.
• Experience maintaining and analysing project information rather than simply collating it.
• Able to identify gaps, inconsistencies and emerging issues and escalating appropriately.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills with good attention to detail.
• Able to work effectively with Project Managers and multiple stakeholders.
• Proactive approach with willingness to take ownership and follow issues through.
• Interest and capability to develop further within the project management profession.

• Transition, transformation, GBS or Shared Services experience.
• Exposure to business case, benefits or financial tracking.
• Experience scheduling in Microsoft Project (MSP) or an equivalent tool, or using other project controls tools and methodologies.
• Working towards APM, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent project management qualification.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company.

Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role.

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.