Senior PMO Lead – Contract Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week on-site (no exceptions) Minimum 2 days in Welwyn Garden City and 1 day in Farringdon, London, OR 3 days in Welwyn Garden City Contract Duration: 12–18 months Day Rate: Competitive (Inside IR35) Start Date: ASAP / Immediate Start Preferred Overview We are seeking a highly capable and hands-on Senior PMO Lead to join a strategic Data, Reporting, Tooling & Quality Assurance team that directly supports the PPMO function. This team’s customer is the PPMO, which oversees a vast portfolio comprising 15 programmes and over 200 projects — a truly large-scale and complex delivery environment. The Senior PMO Lead will play a critical role in improving the tooling, reporting, and process automation that enhances the PPMO’s service delivery, driving maturity and effectiveness across this extensive portfolio of work. This is a multidimensional role covering governance, tooling, reporting, automation, SharePoint, and collaboration, while also requiring the ability to project manage change, create roadmaps, and facilitate delivery. You will be a key driver of change maturity, working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Portfolio Reporting, Dashboards & Insights Act as the Tableau SME, developing dashboards for: Resource management and planning Budget and financial tracking Delivery milestones and timelines RAID logs and governance compliance Source and visualise data from Planview, Jira, and other PPM tools Provide stakeholders with high-quality, actionable insights that support the PPMO’s governance and decision-making Tooling, Automation & Enablement Serve as the tooling lead across Planview, Aha!, Jira, or similar platforms Automate manual and time-consuming processes using Power Automate and Microsoft 365 tools Standardise tool usage and coach delivery teams in best practices Champion continuous improvement and tool optimisation to enhance the PPMO team’s service offerings SharePoint Ownership & Development Lead the refresh, consolidation, and development of SharePoint sites used across the portfolio Improve site structure, content management, permissions, and usability Facilitate better collaboration and knowledge sharing via modern SharePoint design Governance, Assurance & Change Facilitation Own and enhance PPM standards (RAID, benefits management, change control, etc.) Conduct assurance checks and track portfolio compliance Create and maintain delivery roadmaps Initiate and manage change activities, working with project and portfolio leads Support project delivery and portfolio change through light-touch project management activity Stakeholder Engagement Liaise with delivery teams, business owners and exec sponsors to align on standards and performance Promote adoption of tooling, automation and governance practices Act as a trusted advisor on tooling, reporting and PPM maturity to help the PPMO improve their service delivery Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience as a Senior PMO Lead, Senior PMO Manager, or similar governance/change delivery role Strong knowledge of Planview, Aha!, Jira, or equivalent PPM tools Expert-level Tableau experience – designing dashboards across finance, resource, RAID, delivery metrics Advanced Power Automate and Microsoft 365 automation experience Deep SharePoint development capability – site refresh, consolidation, governance and UX Experience creating roadmaps and facilitating change across portfolios Skilled in light-touch project management to enable delivery Understanding of Agile and/or PRINCE2 delivery methodologies Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills Desirable Experience Experience in large-scale change or transformation within enterprise environments Background in finance, data, or reporting-heavy portfolios Familiarity with knowledge management, audit, or compliance Exposure to continuous improvement and Lean principles within a PMO or delivery function Working Pattern On-site presence is mandatory – no exceptions. You must be able to work: 2 days per week in Welwyn Garden City and 1 day in Farringdon, London, OR 3 days per week in Welwyn Garden City What’s on Offer Long-term contract (12–18 months) in a visible and impactful PMO leadership role supporting a major PPMO function with huge portfolio responsibility Competitive day rate ( Inside IR35 ) Opportunity to shape tools, reporting, SharePoint and automation across a large, complex change portfolio Hybrid working with a collaborative and delivery-focused team