Senior PMO Lead

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II B.V.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II B.V. is seeking a Senior PMO to support, maintain, and improve the Project Management Framework across the global Business Implementation Management portfolio.

Based in The Hague, you will provide PMO support, assurance, and challenge to project teams, Heads of Portfolio, and senior stakeholders. You will help strengthen governance, project controls, reporting, and the consistent application of standards across major greenfield and brownfield projects, and you will

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in project management, PMO, and/or project controls in capital-intensive sectors.
• Proven ability to develop, improve, and implement project management frameworks, standards, templates, tools, and project assurance practices.
• Strong governance, reporting, document management, and stage-gate expertise.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with additional languages considered an advantage.
• Willingness to travel globally (approx. 15–25%).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve the APM Terminals Project Management Framework, including processes, standards, templates, tools, and best practices.
• Provide PMO guidance and constructive challenge to project teams, Heads of Portfolio, and senior stakeholders to improve project delivery discipline and decision quality.
• Coordinate project reporting, governance routines, and stage-gate reviews, ensuring performance information is clear, reliable, and decision-focused.
• Support the implementation and assurance of project controls across schedule, cost, scope, risk, change, reporting, and baseline planning.
• Review key interfaces between business readiness, asset delivery, operations, and functional workstreams, supporting practical plans to address gaps and risks.
• Plan and facilitate workshops with clear objectives, strong stakeholder engagement, and tangible outputs.
• Support onboarding, training, and capability building for project teams on PMO standards, project management processes, and project controls.
• Maintain a structured repository for PM standards, templates, and lessons learned, ensuring project learning supports continuous improvement.
• Ensure structured document management practices are implemented and adopted across Business Implementation Management functions and project teams.
• Ensure the APMT Project Management Maturity Assessment methodology, criteria, scoring logic, and acceptance rules are consistently applied across projects.
• Provide guidance on value drivers and KPIs linked to project requirements and benefit realisation, ensuring they are measurable and integrated into reporting and decision-making.

Skills

Project governance

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Project controls

Microsoft 365

PMWeb/Aconex/Oracle Primavera Cloud

Planning & scheduling

English communication

Education

APM/PM qualifications (PMI/PRINCE2/APM PMQ)

Tools

PMWeb

Aconex

Oracle Primavera Cloud

Copilot in MS365

Job description

Opportunity

At APM Terminals, a global leader in port and terminal operations, we enable global trade and drive sustainable growth. What drives us forward is a mindset of always improving — observing how work happens, identifying what creates value, and removing what gets in the way. We constantly look for smarter, simpler, and safer ways of operating. If you thrive in environments where people value learning and are committed to continuously improve daily operations, join us and be apart of our journey.

As a Senior PMO, you will support, maintain, and continuously improve the APM Terminals Project Management Framework across our global Business Implementation Management portfolio. Based in The Hague, you will provide PMO support, assurance, and constructive challenge to project teams, Heads of Portfolio, and senior stakeholders. You will help strengthen project governance, project controls, reporting, documentation, and the consistent application of project management standards across major greenfield and brownfield implementation projects.

What We Can Offer

At APMT Terminals, we foster a dynamic learning and training culture that empowers our employees to excel. Our commitment to improvement is driven by Lean principles, ensuring that every team member has the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers. Experience a diverse, multinational workplace where your operational insights directly influence how we work.

• Support consistent project management standards across a global portfolio of major terminal implementation projects.

• Work with project leadership and senior stakeholders to strengthen governance, assurance, and delivery discipline.

• Contribute to continuous improvement, capability building, and the sharing of lessons learned across Business Implementation Management.

• Gain exposure to global capital projects, senior governance forums, project assurance activities, and project controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve the APM Terminals Project Management Framework, including processes, standards, templates, tools, and best practices.

• Provide PMO guidance and constructive challenge to project teams, Heads of Portfolio, and senior stakeholders to improve project delivery discipline and decision quality.

• Coordinate project reporting, governance routines, and stage-gate reviews, ensuring performance information is clear, reliable, and decision-focused.

• Support the implementation and assurance of project controls across schedule, cost, scope, risk, change, reporting, and baseline planning.

• Review key interfaces between business readiness, asset delivery, operations, and functional workstreams, supporting practical plans to address gaps and risks.

• Plan and facilitate workshops with clear objectives, strong stakeholder engagement, and tangible outputs.

• Support onboarding, training, and capability building for project teams on PMO standards, project management processes, and project controls.

• Maintain a structured repository for PM standards, templates, and lessons learned, ensuring project learning supports continuous improvement.

• Ensure structured document management practices are implemented and adopted across Business Implementation Management functions and project teams.

• Ensure the APMT Project Management Maturity Assessment methodology, criteria, scoring logic, and acceptance rules are consistently applied across projects.

• Provide guidance on value drivers and KPIs linked to project requirements and benefit realisation, ensuring they are measurable and integrated into reporting and decision-making.

What We Are Looking For

• Continuous improvement mindset: we are looking for someone who brings a thoughtful improvement mindset—curious about how work gets done and motivated to make meaningful, sustainable improvements over time.

• Leadership expectation: We are looking for people who consistently puts customers first, leads by example with respect for people, delivers results with integrity, and drives continuous improvement by solving problems at the root, developing people, and raising standards every day.

• Minimum 15 years of experience in project management, PMO, and/or project controls roles, preferably in major civil infrastructure, ports, terminals, maritime infrastructure, transport, energy, utilities, or other capital-intensive sectors.

• Strong knowledge of project management processes, governance, stage-gate reviews, reporting, document management, and project controls.

• Proven experience developing, improving, and implementing project management frameworks, standards, templates, tools, and project assurance practices.

• Broad experience across planning and scheduling, cost management, risk management, change management, stakeholder management, and document management.

• Strong MS365 skills, including Copilot, with experience using project management, project controls, reporting, and document management systems such as PMWeb, Aconex, or Oracle Primavera Cloud.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.

• Project management qualifications such as PMI, PRINCE2, APM PMQ, or equivalent are preferred.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with additional languages considered an advantage.

• Ability and willingness to travel globally to support projects, with an expected travel requirement of approximately 15–25% of your time.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.