Cedar are seeking an experienced PMO Lead to provide strategic governance, planning discipline and delivery oversight across a high-profile, multi-workstream transformation portfolio for a fast growing FS business. This is a senior leadership role within a growing change function, supporting a major strategic agenda focused on strengthening infrastructure, increasing resilience, enhancing service capability, and expanding delivery partnerships across a nationally significant environment. The PMO Lead will ensure programmes are well structured, risk-managed, strategically aligned and appropriately governed. You will establish the frameworks that enable effective oversight, informed decision-making and predictable delivery. This role is ideal for a strong PMO leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and enjoys bringing clarity, control and insight to large-scale change. Key Responsibilities Establish and maintain overarching governance frameworks, ensuring clear oversight, reporting and escalation structures Develop and manage integrated programme plans, aligning milestones, dependencies and critical paths across multiple workstreams Provide high-quality reporting to senior leadership forums, synthesising risks, issues, progress and decisions Oversee risk, issue and dependency management through a disciplined RAID approach Lead and develop the PMO function, coaching analysts and embedding high standards across reporting and documentation Coordinate cross-workstream alignment to ensure coherent and consistent delivery Support readiness and assurance gates, including regulatory, testing and operational readiness requirements Monitor programme financials and resource usage, supporting forecasting, budgeting and vendor oversight Maintain audit-ready documentation with strong version control and quality assurance Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing clear insight into overall programme health Skills & Experience Significant PMO leadership experience within complex, multi-stakeholder or regulated environments Strong governance and control expertise, including reporting design, RAID management and assurance planning Experience managing multi-workstream transformation portfolios Financial oversight capability, including budgets, forecasts and vendor spend management Strong understanding of regulatory, risk and compliance requirements Exceptional organisational and analytical skills Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills at senior level Experience coaching and developing PMO team members Resilient, adaptable and comfortable operating in dynamic delivery environments Desirable Familiarity with enterprise PMO toolsets Experience working within structured delivery methodologies Exposure to regulatory assurance frameworks