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The PMO/ Portfolio Planner will be instrumental in defining and maintaining the approach by which change is delivered at our client. This role involves conducting assurance activities to ensure that projects within the Change Portfolio are on track to deliver their objectives while adhering to the clients Change Approach. You will work closely with various stakeholders to support and advise on project delivery, ensuring alignment with our methodology and standards.
Key Responsibilities:- Ensure all Change projects and programmes adhere to the defined change methodology and project delivery lifecycle standards, including Project Lifecycle Management, Planning and Schedule Management, Quality Management, Scope/Requirements Management, Stakeholder Management, and Communications Planning.
- Work closely with the Senior PMO Management and PMO Analyst to ensure comprehensive coverage of delivery by Project/Programme Managers.
- Own and implement controls for milestone tracking and reporting, delivery lifecycle management, and dependency tracking and reporting.
- Collaborate with Programme and Project Managers to ensure plans adhere to planning methodology and standards, supporting planning workshops as required.
- Ensure robust dependency management is embedded in the planning process.
- Align plans with benefits realisation and Risk and Issue logs, ensuring readiness assessment, transition, and closeout planning.
- Produce MI/dashboards on the delivery portfolio and roadmaps/plans using MS Project
- Assist the Head of PMO in running annual and quarterly planning cadences, producing dashboards and metrics for monthly updates and Enterprise Change Steerco.
- Carry out independent quality assurance of project plans, roadmaps, and dependencies.
- Expertise in using MS Project for roadmaps, plan integration, and milestone views.
- Must have minimum of 5 years experience working on large transformation programmes as a planner
- Experience working as a Planner at both portfolio and project/programme levels.
- Prince2 or APM qualified, or a minimum of two years' equivalent experience within a Portfolio Management Office.
- Sound understanding of Waterfall and Agile change methodologies.
- Experience with project management tools and techniques.
- Proficient in data analysis to identify root causes of business problems and propose appropriate solutions.
- Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities to meet stakeholder requirements.
If you have the above experience please apply!
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