Job description
* Well known Financial Services business based in Bromley
* Are looking for a PMO & Delivery Manager to support on a contract basis
About Our Client
A well known, highly respected Financial Services organisation based in Bromley
Governance, Assurance & Methodology
* Own and maintain the Delivery Governance Framework, including stage‑gates, change control, risk governance, and approval pathways.
* Lead preparation of governance materials, ensuring high-quality, accurate reporting.
* Ensure adherence to governance standards across all projects, including documentation quality.
* Maintain and enhance prioritisation matrices, scoring models, and dependency mapping for organisational decision making.
Portfolio & Programme Delivery Oversight
* Oversee the full cross‑functional delivery portfolio, providing progress summaries, risk assessments, KPI monitoring, forecasting and variance analysis.
* Ensure programme and project delivery aligns with strategic priorities and capacity constraints.
* Run portfolio Kanban reviews, health checks, and delivery runway planning.
PMO Leadership & People Management
* Line‑manage PMO Analysts, Project Managers, and Delivery Team Leaders.
* Oversee recruitment, onboarding, promotions and succession planning within the delivery function.
* Support career development and capability uplift across project managers and analysts.
* Ensure consistency in templates, reporting standards and delivery tooling (e.g., Smartsheets).
Change Control & Release Governance
* Chair (or support) the Change Control Board, ensuring impact assessments, dependency reviews and decisions are documented.
* Coordinate cross‑departmental inputs for strategy and BAU change requests.
Strategic Execution & Prioritisation
* Lead organisational prioritisation activities applying structured weighting across benefits, cost, speed, effort and resource utilisation.
* Support Chief Officers and Workstream Sponsors with planning, sequencing and benefits tracking.
Business Readiness & Implementation Governance
* Ensure projects achieve successful go‑live through structured business readiness and operational readiness assessments.
* Lead (or support) readiness workstreams, including test completion reviews, risk assessments, stakeholder alignment, and sign‑off.
The Successful Applicant
* Significant experience leading a PMO or large delivery function within a regulated or complex organisation.
* Experience managing multi‑disciplinary teams delivering business and IT change.
* Experience facilitating senior leadership forums.
* Demonstrable success in building and embedding governance frameworks.
What's on Offer
* Competitive daily rate
* Hybrid work schedule
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