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Programmes/PMO Manager
Permanent Position
Competitive Salary & Benefits
Monday – Friday (8am - 4:15pm)
Leading Manufacturing Business
Nottinghamshire
My client is a precision engineering business, working very closely with the aerospace and energy markets. The PMO Manager is seen as a key strategic role within the business, and offers an opportunity to really shape the future of a well-established business that prides itself on innovation and continuous improvement.
Programmes/PMO Manager
Purpose
Actively lead all aspects of project delivery including overall PMO governance and management, leading major investment and business process change projects, and guiding functional led project teams to ensure delivery of projects to required scope, schedule, budget and to required quality standards. It is expected that a Project Co-Ordinator will be added to the team in 2025, so an element of direct staff management and development is required.
Programmes/PMO Manager
Job Description
Working with Project Technical Leads, manage project aspects such as cost, schedule, resource, stakeholder engagement, change, benefits realisation, and others
Reporting on project status to key stakeholders and Senior Management in a variety of forums, including presentations, reports and updating KPIs. Key emphasis on cost, schedule, resource and benefits realisation and other parameters where applicable
Coordinate and communicate all project activities effectively with stakeholders across the business and more widely to customer groups, to ensure that key milestones and associated gate reviews are achieved in full and on time to meet the stated business and customer requirements
Perform a key role in defining and approving the annualised and rolling multiyear Capital Investment Plan, including setting parameters for project inclusion
Manage and support project team members with a flexible style suitable to tasks and situations, actively playing a part in developing them and progressing team skills
Work with key stakeholders to translate business and strategic requirements into defined project specifications
Own and develop the creation of a digital platform for managing PMO/Project documentation, business case templates and active project directories
Contribute and offer project governance support to projects led outside of the business PMO where required
Actively manage team members within the function, driving the right attitudes and behaviours to achieve success
Programmes/PMO Manager
Essential Qualifications / Experience / Skills
Experience of managing projects in a complex, highly regulated industry
Hold an active professional Project Management qualification such as Prince2, PMP or APM
Proven ability to use Project Management software such as MS Project, to build and manage project schedules and resource requirements
Programmes/PMO Manager
Desirable Qualifications / Experience / Skills
Ideally (although not mandatory) hold an active professional PMO qualification such as P3O