PMO Lead

rollsroyce; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Private healthcare (LuxMed)

Group life insurance

Subsidy for glasses

Other education/continuing support

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Kraków seeks a PMO Governance Analyst to partner with Project Managers within our Global Business Services transformation. You will drive governance, planning, and reporting rigor, while owning Stage Gate readiness and evidence packages.

This role offers exposure to international programmes and cross-functional leadership. You will develop project controls expertise in an international centre, working with senior stakeholders and applying robust governance practices to enable

Qualifications

• Experience in project, programme or controls, with ability to run routines independently.
• Good understanding of planning, dependencies, baselines, risks and governance.
• Able to analyse project information rather than just compile it.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead local MSP update cycle and governance routines.
• Monitor delivery against plans and flag risks and issues.
• Manage Stage Gate readiness and evidence closure.
• Escalate delivery issues to leads and drive issue resolution.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement.

Skills

Project governance

MS Project

Planning

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Project (MSP)

Job description

Job Description

PMO Analyst

Full time / Hybrid

Cracow, Poland

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.

Launched in March 2025, the Kraków R-R Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls-Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is rapidly evolving into a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. With a fast-growing team, it delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management.

This is a place where your expertise can drive real impact - enhancing operational excellence, shaping streamlined global processes and contributing directly to the long-term success of one of the world's most respected engineering companies. Join us and be part of building something exceptional.

Role Purpose

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 analyses 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.

What you will be doing:

• 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.

Essential Experience

• 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.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Interest and capability to develop further within the project management profession.

Desirable experience

• 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.
• 2+ years of professional experience

What do we offer:

• Annual bonus based on financial results and employee performance evaluation.
• Employer financed private healthcare at LuxMed for employees. Additional packages can be purchased.
• Group life insurance
• Subsidy for glasses/contact lenses worn for work, up to the amount of PLN 600 gross, every two years
• Subsidy for extra-curricu