Overview
Job Title: PMO Manager (Portfolio)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months
Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Park (Wilmslow)
Working Style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 29/01/26
We have a fantastic opportunity for a PMO Manager (Change Portfolio) to join our PMO function at Royal London. The PMO Function translates business strategy into execution through successful delivery of a portfolio of change. The PMO Manager (Portfolio) will be responsible for producing high quality reporting of the Portfolio to senior leaders and will play a pivotal role in enhancing this capability. They will also support Delivery PMO Managers by ensuring governance is adhered to and pragmatic solutions are agreed.
More about the role
* Acts as a champion of best practice, standards, processes, templates, and tools and supports ongoing communication and training to the wider change delivery community.
* Provides independent oversight and challenge on the performance of the overall portfolio.
* Analyses and evaluates sub-portfolio/portfolio data to enable accurate and reflective reporting on the UK Change Portfolio.
* Maintains oversight of the portfolio delivery, highlighting key areas where standards are not being adhered to and reporting on these.
* Review of investment cases and change requests ensuring they are clearly articulated and of sufficient quality to be presented to senior stakeholders.
* Ensure that governance of the Change Portfolio, as set out by the change framework, is followed.
* Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure that business reporting requirements are effectively met.
* May manage Portfolio PMO Lead(s) and/or Analyst(s).
* Maintain a close relationship and collaborate with the Delivery PMO and the Centre of Excellence driving continuous improvement, product enhancement, and capability development.
More about you
* Previous experience of change portfolio delivery within a PMO function is essential
* Strong understanding of P3M principles and techniques
* Experience in reporting to senior audiences
* Experience in the management of portfolio, programme and project lifecycles
* Experience in implementing agile change frameworks, and an understanding of PMO role within a regulated environment (preferably Financial Services)
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to understand and be innovative in approaches to managing budgets and risk
* Experience of procurement and financial budget processes
* Experience of portfolio planning and resource management
* Strong understanding of risk management and assurance frameworks
If you think you would be a great fit for our team at Royal London but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please get in touch as your application will still be considered.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We’re proud to reward employees with great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here – Our Benefits.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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