Our client is seeking a PMO Manager for a 6 month contract role based in Hampshire 2 days a week. The position will provide leadership, governance and oversight across a complex, multi-workstream environment spanning technology, operations, retail, clinical and business change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and support the PMO function, establishing robust standards for planning, reporting, governance and risk management
- Maintain the integrated programme framework, ensuring alignment across workstreams, leadership groups and delivery partners
- Track milestones, critical paths, dependencies and key deliverables to provide clear visibility of programme progress
- Lead governance forums and ensure that materials are accurate, consistent, insight-led and decision-ready
- Produce timely reporting for programme, transformation management and executive-level audiences, providing analysis on trends, risks and delivery health
- Oversee RAID management, ensuring that risks, issues and dependencies are identified, owned, mitigated and escalated appropriately
- Monitor resource demand, capacity and constraints, highlighting pressure points that could affect delivery or sequencing
- Influence senior stakeholders, provide evidence-based challenge and drive continuous improvement across PMO processes, tools and standards
Job Requirements:
- Significant experience supporting PMO functions within large, complex transformation programmes
- Strong programme management and senior PMO experience, including planning, governance, reporting, RAID and dependency management
- Experience guiding senior leadership teams across multi-workstream programmes with significant delivery pressure
- Ability to lead, develop and inspire cross-functional PMO teams
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex programme data and provide clear, actionable insight
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise and impactful reports for executive audiences
- Highly organised, resilient and confident working in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
- Strong understanding of PMO and PPM tools, such as Jira, MS Project or Planview, with Power BI knowledge desirable
Desirable Skills:
- Experience working across Agile and Waterfall delivery environments
- Advanced reporting capability using PowerPoint and Excel
- Knowledge of Confluence and Power BI
- Relevant PMO, project or programme management qualifications, such as PRINCE2, PMP, MSP or Scaled Agile
This opportunity would suit an experienced PMO Manager who can work confidently across technology and business change, bring discipline to programme delivery and provide constructive challenge where required.
This role is outside of IR35 and will pay up to £665 per day.
