Lead PMO

Our client, based in the Telecoms sector, is seeking a strong PMO Lead to support within different change projects.

You will provide support and co-ordination of business activities and processes to support the Head of Business Change and Release Management and Head of Process and Service Design.

The ideal candidate will have experience within a PMO, project based environment and ideally within Change.

Rate: £400-460 per day (inside IR35)Pay Framework: Umbrella CompanyDuration: initially 6 months with scope to extendLocation: Hybrid - 1 day a week in the office - need to be able to commute to Milton Keynes and London office.Role:-

• Provide a tool and process for capturing all new change demand.
• Create a reporting view of progress against the delivery portfolio and supplier activity.
• Providing executive summary views of the overall delivery plans, risks and the interdependencies from across all delivery projects and programmes.
• Recommend and put in place best practice portfolio management that allows the Operational Change and all partners to understand performance against our key deliverables as a function.
• Working with the head of departments in Change, control & coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects where required.
• Champion the cause that all projects are using good governance and control and that projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure change is driven from a Business Case led view.
• Assist head of departments with resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plans to monitor and track progress of PMO activity.
• Collaborated with Lead program managers to make sure changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate programme control techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed, strong visibility of risks and issues. Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, utilising PPM or MS Project software.
• Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Help by being a champion of benefit realisation, using objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders as well as other staff members
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs and plans. Create a library of useful tools for program managers to use.

Requirements:-

• Previous PMO experience
• Experience working within a project environment and ideally within Change
• Knowledge of BPO outsourcers/ tech suppliers working models & practice

Don’t delay, send your CV to Diana Duggan today.