PMO Lead

We are looking for an experienced PMO Lead to join our UK delivery organisation, responsible for driving PMO excellence across a major client account or operational workstream, ensuring strong governance, transparency, and successful delivery of complex programmes.

Requirements

• Establish and maintain project management standards, methodologies, templates, and best practices.
• Ensure PMO processes align with organisational objectives, contractual obligations, and industry standards.
• Conduct regular project audits and quality assurance reviews to maintain delivery excellence and compliance.
• Lead PMO activities within your assigned workstream, providing clear visibility of initiatives, dependencies, risks, and resource demand.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to guide prioritisation, sequencing, and decision-making across the portfolio.
• Provide assurance and oversight to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards, KPIs, and portfolio performance reports.
• Track progress, financials, risks, and issues, ensuring clear escalation paths are defined and followed.
• Analyse portfolio data and provide actionable insights to improve outcomes and optimise resource utilisation.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project managers, analysts, and coordinators within a matrix delivery structure.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Identify capability gaps and implement training and development initiatives to strengthen PMO maturity.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives and key stakeholders on project and portfolio performance.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and senior reviews.
• Strengthen communication across delivery teams to support alignment, transparency, and effective decision-making.
• Evaluate and improve PMO processes, tools, and technologies to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control.
• Champion change management, process optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the account.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package