Senior PMO Lead – Contract
Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week on-site (no exceptions)
* Minimum 2 days in Welwyn Garden City and 1 day in Farringdon, London,
* OR 3 days in Welwyn Garden City
* Contract Duration: 12–18 months
* Day Rate: Competitive (Inside IR35)
* Start Date: ASAP / Immediate Start Preferred
Overview
We are seeking a highly capable and hands-on Senior PMO Lead to join a strategic Data, Reporting, Tooling & Quality Assurance team that directly supports the PPMO function.
This team’s customer is the PPMO, which oversees a vast portfolio comprising 15 programmes and over 200 projects — a truly large-scale and complex delivery environment.
The Senior PMO Lead will play a critical role in improving the tooling, reporting, and process automation that enhances the PPMO’s service delivery, driving maturity and effectiveness across this extensive portfolio of work.
This is a multidimensional role covering governance, tooling, reporting, automation, SharePoint, and collaboration, while also requiring the ability to project manage change, create roadmaps, and facilitate delivery. You will be a key driver of change maturity, working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Reporting, Dashboards & Insights
* Act as the Tableau SME, developing dashboards for:
* Resource management and planning
* Budget and financial tracking
* Delivery milestones and timelines
* RAID logs and governance compliance
* Source and visualise data from Planview, Jira, and other PPM tools
* Provide stakeholders with high-quality, actionable insights that support the PPMO’s governance and decision-making
Tooling, Automation & Enablement
* Serve as the tooling lead across Planview, Aha!, Jira, or similar platforms
* Automate manual and time-consuming processes using Power Automate and Microsoft 365 tools
* Standardise tool usage and coach delivery teams in best practices
* Champion continuous improvement and tool optimisation to enhance the PPMO team’s service offerings
SharePoint Ownership & Development
* Lead the refresh, consolidation, and development of SharePoint sites used across the portfolio
* Improve site structure, content management, permissions, and usability
* Facilitate better collaboration and knowledge sharing via modern SharePoint design
Governance, Assurance & Change Facilitation
* Own and enhance PPM standards (RAID, benefits management, change control, etc.)
* Conduct assurance checks and track portfolio compliance
* Create and maintain delivery roadmaps
* Initiate and manage change activities, working with project and portfolio leads
* Support project delivery and portfolio change through light-touch project management activity
Stakeholder Engagement
* Liaise with delivery teams, business owners and exec sponsors to align on standards and performance
* Promote adoption of tooling, automation and governance practices
* Act as a trusted advisor on tooling, reporting and PPM maturity to help the PPMO improve their service delivery
Essential Skills and Experience
* Proven experience as a Senior PMO Lead, Senior PMO Manager, or similar governance/change delivery role
* Strong knowledge of Planview, Aha!, Jira, or equivalent PPM tools
* Expert-level Tableau experience – designing dashboards across finance, resource, RAID, delivery metrics
* Advanced Power Automate and Microsoft 365 automation experience
* Deep SharePoint development capability – site refresh, consolidation, governance and UX
* Experience creating roadmaps and facilitating change across portfolios
* Skilled in light-touch project management to enable delivery
* Understanding of Agile and/or PRINCE2 delivery methodologies
* Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
Desirable Experience
* Experience in large-scale change or transformation within enterprise environments
* Background in finance, data, or reporting-heavy portfolios
* Familiarity with knowledge management, audit, or compliance
* Exposure to continuous improvement and Lean principles within a PMO or delivery function
Working Pattern
On-site presence is mandatory – no exceptions.
You must be able to work:
* 2 days per week in Welwyn Garden City and 1 day in Farringdon, London,
* OR 3 days per week in Welwyn Garden City
What’s on Offer
* Long-term contract (12–18 months) in a visible and impactful PMO leadership role supporting a major PPMO function with huge portfolio responsibility
* Competitive day rate (Inside IR35)
* Opportunity to shape tools, reporting, SharePoint and automation across a large, complex change portfolio
* Hybrid working with a collaborative and delivery-focused team