About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced IT PMO Manager with a strong background operating across all levels of the organisation, managing multiple requirements and stakeholders at the same time, while effectively influencing key decisions to ensure the IT programme of work is launched and delivered on time.

You'll report directly to the Head of Programme Management and work closely with the Programme Manager, Project Managers, IT Business Analysts, and key business sponsors and stakeholders. Your role will involve supporting project definition, initiating, planning and delivering projects, with a strong focus on governance and progress reporting against the plan.

Key Responsibilities:

Take ownership of the IT PMO and establish effective governance and controls.
Definition, rollout and adoption of effective governance and controls that provide the Programme Manager with the governance and reporting needed to ensure delivery to time, budget, and quality measures.
Establish the governance and controls that enable effective portfolio prioritisation, risk management and financial controls -
Provide a common framework of good-practice standards, tools, templates, and processes for running and governing the portfolio of projects and programmes.
Ensure projects adopt the PMO governance and controls, with appropriate reporting and assurance to ensure compliance.
Ensure adoption of and adherence to effective change control processes across projects.
Provide targeted and timely Management Information on all primary activities.
Collaboration with senior business stakeholders to ensure smooth process and project change delivery and maximum benefits realisation.
Coach stakeholders on good practice, governance, and controls to achieve understanding and adoption of PMO disciplines beyond the Programme Management function.

Skills needed:

Extensive PMO Management experience, being able to define, deploy and control a programme or portfolio method that both supports and drives project managers in delivering to time and cost to contractual agreements
Experience of programme & portfolio management of varying complexity in parallel
Demonstrable financial ownership of portfolios and projects in a variety of different contractual situations
Contractual/Commercial awareness and experience in successfully devising contracts that have demonstrably enhanced supplier delivery
Process and Governance design and implementation expertise
Strong Vendor management - extensive experience of working with outsourced partner agreements and managing delivery to contract

Benefits:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
Pension - 5% employee contribution, doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan

"Choices" flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme
Enhanced pay for parental leave
Retail discounts and cashback scheme

Please get in touch for further details!

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