PMO Lead

Supporting a leading brand based in Solihull in their search for a Permanent PMO Lead to join during an exciting period. Hybrid working, up to £60,000 base + great benefits.

Job summary/Purpose

Responsible for establishing and maintaining a PMO and ensuring delivery of agreed outcomes from projects aligned with the company's overall strategic objectives. As a PMO Lead you will play a key role in establishing an effective and efficient PMO and managing the change portfolio controls and processes, including monitoring and reporting on progress against the portfolio plan, long range planning, capacity, financial and resource planning. This role will provide support to Project Managers in scoping, planning, executing, and monitoring their project to keep projects on schedule, within scope, and to budget. Leverage your deep understanding of project management methodologies and tools to establish good practices within the PMO to establish project management standards. This role will also support the development and maintenance of portfolio view of projects - plans, RAID, budgets, etc.

Primary Responsibilities


Development and maintenance of portfolio view of projects and portfolio reporting to inform senior management of the overall health and status of change.
Ensuring all projects and programmes follow and adhere to governance and reporting processes and procedures.
Leverage a deep understanding of project management methodologies and tools to establish best practices within the PMO.
Providing best-in-class resources, guidance and governance to project managers and teams, ensuring they have the necessary support to meet the needs of PMO and delivery.
Ensuring all suppliers and those involved in delivery are providing the required governance and information to enable monitoring and reporting at portfolio level.
Develop and implement PMO processes within the organisation, define goals and objectives, and develop a plan to achieve them.
Providing advice, guidance and insights to Business Partners & Business to inform Business Case development & enable effective prioritisation
Supporting with development and execution of project plans, including scope, timelines, and budgets.
Using visual techniques for project tracking and reporting.
Tracking activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
Agreeing constraints of cost, timescales, quality and scope with the Project Management team.