PMO Senior Consultant
M4 Corridor (within 50 mins Junction 17)
Negotiable Package – Hybrid working.
This PMO role within a growing SME business within Defence, IT and Cyber fields, will combine operational coordination with assured delivery alignment, and people development – so that not only that work is fully aligned and completed, but that the business as a whole continues to grow in capacity, capability, and effectiveness.
Key Functions & Deliverables - Coordination, Synchronisation, Capacity Building
1. Cross-Project Coordination
* Maintains a single view of all active client engagements.
* Aligns timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
* Identifies clashes and sequencing risks early.
* Acts as the coordination hub between project leads.
2. Resource Scheduling & Utilisation
* Allocates consultants across concurrent projects.
* Balances utilisation and avoids over/under-allocation.
* Adjusts assignments dynamically as priorities shift.
3. Delivery Synchronisation
* Aligns interdependent workstreams.
* Coordinates shared SMEs across projects.
* Manages handoffs and ensures continuity.
4. Governance & Standards
* Provides simple, consistent ways of working.
* Supplies practical templates and tools.
* Applies proportionate structure (informed by Project Management Institute practices where useful).
5. Centralised Reporting & Visibility
* Delivers clear oversight across all engagements.
* Tracks progress, risks, and utilisation.
* Enables timely decision-making by leadership.
6. Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
* Identifies and manages cross-project risks.
* Tracks dependencies and resolves conflicts.
* Focuses on fast, pragmatic issue resolution.
7. Client Delivery Assurance
* Supports consistent, high-quality delivery.
* Provides guidance to project leads where needed.
* Intervenes early on at-risk engagements.
8. Financial & Commercial Tracking
* Monitors budgets, cash outflow rates, and margins.
* Tracks utilisation and revenue performance.
* Flags scope and commercial risks.
9. Knowledge Sharing & Reuse
* Promotes reuse of assets, templates, and approaches.
* Shares lessons learned across engagements.
* Improves efficiency and consistency.
10. Capacity Building
* Embeds good project management practices within day-to-day delivery.
* Supports consultants in structuring and executing client work.
* Reinforces consistency in approach across engagements.
* Contributes to a more scalable and self-sufficient delivery model.
* Supports business growth.
11. Training & Development
* Provides targeted, and informal, training on core consulting and project delivery skills.
* Delivers practical sessions (e.g. planning, stakeholder management, risk handling).
* Identifies development needs across the team.
* Supports continuous professional development aligned to business needs.
12. Line/Team Management
* Provides line management for junior consultants.
* Sets objectives, monitors performance, and supports progression.
* Conducts regular feedback and performance reviews.
* Supports wellbeing, engagement, and retention.
* Helps shape career pathways within the consultancy.
13. Software and Workflow Tools
* Effective familiarity with all regular office software products and specific project management toolsets (e.g. Jira, Microsoft Project).
* Ensures consistent and coherent usage and visibility across the business.
Please express an initial interest through the provision of either an up-to-date CV or the link to an appropriately extensive and current Linked In profile.
You must either currently hold UK security clearance to SC level, or be a UK passport holder and have been resident in UK for the last 5 continuous years to be able to gain (or regain) UK SC clearance.