PMO Manager

Job Description

PMO Manager - Hybrid, GlasgowUp to £55,000Head Resourcing is looking for an experienced PMO Manager to join a Glasgow based Financial Services Client. This is a hybrid role with working from the office in Glasgow twice per week, please ensure when applying you can commute to Glasgow twice per week.The responsibilities of the PMO include planning, consolidating and co-ordinating activity across the enterprise change agenda, managing and delivering the day-to-day activities in the PMO, providing guidance on PMO policies and processes, running key changegovernance processes, overseeing project management staff, and collaborating with other department leaders to develop projects and programs.Key aptitudes include being well organised and able to work under pressure, with a strong drive to successfully define and deliver continuous improvement.ResponsibilitiesBuild a coherent enterprise change plan.

• Collaborating with other department leaders and the Executive to define, prioritise, and develop projects.
• Determine a logical sequence for change delivery, ensuring key dependencies are captured and tracked.
• Establish and operate a resource assessment model that provides assurance and/or flags issues/risks that need addressed to support the successful delivery of change.
• Regularly check and report on progress against plan, highlighting points for intervention and attention.

Oversee the delivery of change programmes and projects in line with agreed policy, procedures and standards.

• Ensure the accurate documenting of a project/programme through a Programme Implementation Document, including coverage of the projects scope, budget, and justification.
• Planning project management activity, including setting deadlines, prioritising tasks, and work with Project Managers to assign team members to various deliverables.
• Analysing financial data, highlighting risks and issues for action.
• Ensure RAID reporting is operating effectively across project, programme and portfolio reporting.
• Ensure business readiness, benefit and change control processes are actioned effectively when appropriate within a project/programme lifecycle.
• Continuously evaluating projects to ensure they are meeting company standards, adhering to budgets, and meeting deadlines.

Report on portfolio and key programmes.

• Providing portfolio and programme status reports to Sponsors and Executives, covering progress, RAID, financials and ensuring spotlights are to an adequate standard.
• Highlight and intervene in portfolio / programme challenges.

Driving improvement in change capability.

• Build consultative relationships with wider Executive and Senior Management Leadership Teams.
• Design and implement new and improving existing project management office policies, procedures and standards.
• Develop and mature improved capability across programme and project delivery, working in collaboration with colleagues to improve ways of working, process improvements and through effective coaching and development activities with programme and projectprofessionals and other key change stakeholders.

Skills/Experience

• A recognised leader of people with the ability to influence, shape and drive improvement initiatives across PMO teams and the broader change delivery community.
• Exceptional collaboration and relationship development/management skills with the confidence to effectively and constructively challenge others and support in their development.
• Excellent communication and drafting skills with an ability to filter/interpret technical programme updates and provide clear, concise reports for a variety of levels withing a business and for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Attention to detail and an analytical ability to help propose solutions to problems and appropriately prioritise activities.
• Proficient use of PPM applications (e.g. Clarity) and MS applications including Sharepoint, Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Strong initiative and drive, self-motivated with an aptitude to work well under pressure and with low supervision.
• Detailed and strong experience of the following PMO activities:
• Portfolio prioritisation and sequencing.
• Resource planning (people, financial, third party, environments) & issue resolution.
• Portfolio, programme and project governance activity including planning, financial, RAID, business readiness, benefit and change control disciplines.
• Portfolio, programme and project reporting.
• Developing enterprise change management capabilities.
• Experience of driving an improvement in both the design and adoption of change policy, procedures and standards across an enterprise.
• Experience of JIRA would be beneficial.

If this role sounds of interest and you would like to have a confidential chat to find out more, please apply or send your CV to