Job Description
Job Details
* Job Title: PMO Manager
* Band: 5
* Salary: £59,877 – £66,869
* Location: Liverpool, Norwich, Birmingham, Newport
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Hours: Full Time
* Closing Date: 29/03/2026
* Interview Date(s): W/C 20th April 2026 (subject to change)
CCS will become Government Commercial Agency (GCA) on 1 April 2026. Please visit our website for further details.
Call to Action
Do you thrive on building cross‑functional relationships and want to be the 'glue' that ensures our strategic projects hit the mark? Can you excel in a high‑profile position where strategy meets execution? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join us and develop your career in the Project Delivery profession.
Job Summary
As the PMO Manager, this role will support the Head of PMO in creating a proactive, engaging and collaborative approach to Portfolio Management that sets the standards and supports delivery of the business strategy through the execution of well‑managed project delivery, embracing agile and waterfall methodology.
Key Accountabilities
* Strategic Alignment & Connectivity: Act as the connective tissue across the organization, ensuring every project and program is explicitly linked to our overarching strategy.
* Relationship Management: Build and nurture high‑trust relationships with Department Heads and Project Leads to understand their challenges, provide guidance and foster a culture of mutual accountability.
* Cross‑Functional Synthesis: Proactively identify dependencies, risks and blind spots across the portfolio by joining the dots between disparate teams and workstreams.
* Collaborative Governance: Evolve and facilitate governance that adds value and drives focused discussions, ensuring stakeholders are engaged and informed without being overwhelmed by bureaucracy.
* Insights & Storytelling: Move beyond data collection to provide meaningful portfolio insights; translate complex project data into clear, actionable narratives for the Executive Leadership Team.
* Capability Coaching: Act as a mentor and consultant to Project Managers, helping them navigate organisational hurdles and upskill teams in collaborative delivery methods.
* Resource Navigation: Work closely with leads to balance resource demand across the portfolio, facilitating honest conversations and collaborative trade‑offs when priorities shift.
Essential Criteria
* Experience of working within a PMO, producing high‑quality executive reporting.
* Strong communication skills, adept at translating the complex into meaningful, engaging insight for all stakeholders up to Exco.
* Demonstrable experience in problem solving; ability to identify key blockers and collaborate to resolve.
* Working collaboratively within a team and across wider functions.
* Prince 2 or similar project or PMO qualification.
Success Profiles (Interview)
* Seeing the Bigger Picture
* Changing and Improving
* Working Together
* Communicating and Influencing
Technical Skills
* Governance
Benefits
* Competitive salary
* Generous pension scheme
* A discretionary non‑contractual performance‑related bonus
* Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
* Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
* Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service‑related 30 days excluding bank holidays.
We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
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