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Job Title: PMO Lead
Location: Portsmouth (HM Naval Base)
Service Area: Infrastructure Programme
Hours of Work: 37 Per week (Permanent)
What You’ll be doing:
The PMO Lead is responsible for overseeing and coordinating activities within the Infrastructure PMO. This role involves managing the PMO team, coordinating Integrated Delivery Teams (IDTs), aligning client requirements and collaborating with strategic asset teams to manage the programme to successful conclusions. With direct management to manage the KBS PMO team, you’ll provide a collaborative interface to the MOD PMO, to provide up to date data and analysis to the KBS and MOD Senior Management Teams and provide control and stability to the Infrastructure Programme.
By ensuring that client requirements are accurately captured, understood, and incorporated into project plans and deliverables, you’ll collaborate with the PMO Change Manager to manage and implement changes to the programme effectively and coordinate with the PMO Planners and Estimators to ensure accurate and realistic project schedules and cost estimates.
Also, you’ll identify and mitigate risks associated with programme delivery, ensuring minimal impact on timelines and budgets and monitor the performance of programme teams and ensure that programme objectives are met on time and within budget.
You’ll Have:
Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide diverse teams. Project and Programme Management Expertise is essential, specifically experience in project and programme management, particularly in infrastructure projects.
With competency to work effectively with various stakeholders, including clients, strategic asset teams, and programme teams, you’ll also be proficient with in project management software and tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, Power Apps, Power BI) and be able to showcase strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with attention to detail.
About you:
You’ll need to demonstrate people management ability in achieving results, setting targets and reviews against them, leadership, the motivation and empowerment of others, and the encouragement of others. With a perception as a champion for continuous improvement & transition towards a data informed, risk-based decision culture, you’ll ideally be SC cleared, have an organised approach to prioritise and delegate, maximises use of resources and have ability to instil unwavering confidence in existing information custodians and owners across the organisation.
You’ll get:
* A competitive salary
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Enhanced pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Access to our internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
* Cycle to work scheme
* Group income protection
* Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
* Access to our Internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.
* Continued professional career development
* Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
* Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services
* 50% off entry into the Historic Dockyard
Application process:
Applicants are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date of Friday 11th July 2025 with a view of interviews scheduled to commence week commencing Monday 21st July 2025. For all queries, please contact the Recruitment Team in the first instance who will advise accordingly.
About Us:
At KBS Maritime, we're not just another company - we're an exciting and dynamic joint venture between industry leaders BAE Systems and KBR. Our team is dedicated to providing Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Energy Solutions and Alongside Services at His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNBP), the beating heart of the Royal Navy.
With almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships stationed at HMNBP, working with KBS Maritime means being at the forefront of innovation and progress. We operate in a unique and fascinating environment, with a mix of historic dockyards and cutting-edge infrastructure that's unlike any other.
By delivering state of the art solutions to the Royal Navy, KBS Maritime offers the chance to work on projects that make a real difference to the safety, security, and sustainability of the UK's National Defence and Security. But it's not just about the work - at KBS Maritime, we believe in the value of our people. We have the ethos of a small business, which means we value and empower our team members to succeed
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