PMO Lead - EMEA
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Reports To: Chief Operating Officer
Location: UK
Salary: Competitive + Other Benefits
The EMEA PMO Lead will establish, manage, and continuously improve the Project Management Office (PMO) for Naviam across the EMEA region.
Specific Responsibilities
* PMO Governance & Frameworks: Support in defining, implementing, and maintaining project management standards, methodologies, and tools across EMEA. Establish governance processes, reporting structures, and assurance mechanisms to drive delivery quality.
* Resource & Capacity Planning: Coordinate resource allocation across projects, balancing demand and capacity. Maintain visibility of skillsets and utilisation across EMEA delivery teams, forecast and own recruitment efforts where additional capacity is required, and work with stakeholders to manage resource conflict and prioritisation.
* Stakeholder Management & Reporting: Act as the primary PMO point of contact for senior leadership in EMEA. Produce executive-level dashboards and reporting packs on capacity and resourcing forecasts vs actuals, and engage with clients to provide assurance on delivery quality and governance.
* Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to optimise delivery processes, tools, and ways of working; champion a culture of accountability, transparency, and delivery excellence; and lead PMO-related change initiatives across the business.
Person Specification
* Skills & Personal Qualities – Required:
o Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to drive change and enforce standards.
o Excellent communication (written and verbal), able to simplify complex information for senior stakeholders.
o Highly organised with strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
o Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.
o Resilient, adaptable, and calm under pressure.
* Skills & Personal Qualities – Desired:
o Familiarity with Enterprise IT software and delivery projects.
o Experience working in a scale‑up or rapidly growing services business.
o Strong cultural awareness and ability to manage diverse teams across EMEA.
o Exposure to client‑facing programme governance or assurance roles.
o Knowledge of PMO tools (e.g., Planview, Clarity, MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence, Hubplanner, Hubspot, PSOhub).
o Experience in both direct and in‑direct people management.
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Project Management and Information Technology
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