As a PMO Manager, you will be skilled and experienced in a wide variety of project delivery specialisms, supporting the Bank's portfolio, programmes, and projects. You will collaborate with colleagues across Change Delivery and a range of stakeholders and SMEs within the Bank. Your role is crucial in driving project success and contributing to the organisation's strategic goals through excellent PMO frameworks. You will hold colleagues accountable and use data analysis to address challenges. As a line manager, you will coach and mentor your team, develop clear goals, and manage staff matters such as performance and absence.
Primary Outcomes and Accountabilities:
1. Leading governance processes and ensuring compliance with delivery frameworks.
2. Setting up and supervising portfolio or programme plans, facilitating planning workshops.
3. Monitoring projects proactively against time, cost, and quality expectations, providing early warnings of variances.
4. Identifying workload peaks and proposing resource solutions.
5. Producing accurate budget forecasts and monitoring actuals.
6. Leading reporting processes, setting standards, and ensuring reliable management information.
7. Managing programme-level RAID and proposing solutions to issues.
8. Reviewing progress reports and key information to assess overall programme and project progress.
9. Coordinating lessons learned reviews and disseminating insights.
10. Facilitating project initiation and portfolio addition processes.
11. Reviewing business cases for benefits and advising on benefit management.
12. Establishing change control and configuration management processes.
13. Monitoring resource capacity and capability constraints.
14. Managing relationships with senior stakeholders with diverse priorities.
15. Supervising quality management arrangements.
This is a people management role, responsible for daily team management, defining roles, sharing information, coaching, and setting clear, SMART goals aligned with organisational objectives. You will handle staff-related matters including performance, absence, and sickness.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity, and inclusion, aiming for a workforce reflecting societal diversity. We foster an inclusive culture, celebrating all forms of diversity, and support flexible working arrangements, including part-time and job share options. We also provide adjustments during recruitment and encourage flexible work patterns, including a minimum of 40% office presence per month.
Candidate Requirements
* Project Management Office experience including Planning, RAID management, Governance, Reporting, Budget Management, Change Control.
* Proactive self-starter with strong relationship management skills across varying seniority levels and external suppliers.
* Experience managing stakeholder relationships, including senior leaders.
* Risk management experience.
* Ability to analyze data and extract insights.
* Understanding of budgeting, cost control, and financial reporting.
* Experience in governance, meeting follow-ups, and documentation.
* Proven skills in producing documentation, reports, and presentations, with a constructive challenge approach.
* Experience in collaborative work across boundaries.
* Mentoring and coaching experience, including with senior team members.
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience developing PMO frameworks, processes, and governance structures.
* Relevant certifications such as P3O, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean.
Salary and Benefits
Leeds: £44,080 - £49,590
London: £48,960 - £55,080
Additional benefits include a pension, performance awards, benefits allowance, annual leave options, private medical insurance, and income protection. The role requires a National Security Vetting process.
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