PMO Resource Manager
Location: Whiteley (Fareham, Hampshire) - 3 days per week onsite
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £550-£600 p/d (Umbrella)
IR35: Inside
Clearance: SC Clearance (BPSS to start)
Responsibilities:
* Lead the end‑to‑end framework for analysing, forecasting and governing delivery demand across all strategic outcomes, setting the approach and policies for demand management, prioritisation and reporting.
* Define and maintain short to medium term oversight of 12 strategic outcomes, ensuring alignment to Business Plan priorities.
* Work with Principal Planner to lead capacity modelling and forecasting ensuring resource capacity (Skills, availability and capability) is sufficient to meet current and future business needs.
* Own the ring‑fenced resourcing contention process for the short‑ to mid‑term, ensuring optimal deployment of the resource pool, timely conflict resolution and clear recommendations to mitigate delivery risk.
* Continuously assess resource data to identify constraints, conflicts, risks and optimisation opportunities, providing clear recommendations to maximise utilisation.
* Review business cases to evaluate resource feasibility, future pressures, and demand/capacity risks.
* Manage risk and opportunity within the resource management process, ensuring effective identification, mitigation and realisation.
* Partner with senior stakeholders to shape, validate and prioritise demand, influencing effective resource decisions.
* Facilitate the Outcome Resource Management Board, ensuring transparent risk identification and decision‑making.
* Provide authoritative insight on resource demand, capacity constraints and delivery risk to Control Boards, Assurance Teams and Quality Reviews
* Work with key stakeholders to implement short‑ and medium‑term adjustments to resource capacity to maintain delivery commitments and resolve emerging pressures.
* Feeds into and influence the strategic workforce plan owned by business services to ensure we can meet future delivery milestones
* Generate clear, insight‑driven reporting for senior leadership, including resource landscape, risk exposure, resource utilisation trends, and strategic recommendations arising from demand/capacity analysis.
* Provide leadership, direction and line management to the team, building a high‑performing, skilled and engaged function.
* Build organisational capability in resource management through developing team skills, training plans and benchmarking against external best practice.
* Drive continuous improvement, challenging existing practices and identifying new approaches that strengthen PMO effectiveness and project and programme delivery.
* Feed resource and demand insights into the Strategic Workforce Plan to ensure future skills, roles and capacity are aligned to long‑term delivery milestones.
Skillset/experience required:
Essential:
* Deep understanding of P3M environments and recognised best practice, with the ability to apply governance, planning and delivery disciplines effectively.
* Highly skilled in analysing resource capacity, skills availability and future requirements using data-driven modelling to predict constraints and inform decision-making.
* Strong capability to oversee multiple programmes, interpret portfolio-level impacts, and provide clear, actionable insight to governance and senior forums
* Proven ability to influence senior leaders, shape organisational demand, align priorities and drive collaborative decision-making across complex structures.
* Ability to challenge existing practices, introduce improved processes and embed best-practice resource management standards across the PMO.
* Experienced in leading teams, building capability, coaching and motivating others, and creating a high-performance culture.
* Demonstrable experience delivering within complex business transformation environments, implementing innovative operational, tactical and strategic solutions.
* Ability to translate short- and mid‑term delivery pressures into long‑term workforce requirements and contribute meaningfully to organisational workforce planning cycles.
* Strong written and verbal communication ability, with credibility to engage, influence and build productive relationships at all levels of the organisation.
* Confidence and capability to make sound decisions, negotiate effectively, challenge constructively, and remain robust, persuasive and resilient in high‑pressure environments.
* Be able to demonstrate a commitment to Equality through action on Diversity and Inclusion
* Undertake delegated responsibility from the Head of PMO and the Head of Project and Programme Management Capability as and when required within agreed boundaries
