Project Management Office:
- Development and maintenance of portfolio view of projects and portfolio reporting to inform senior management of the overall health and status of change.
- Ensuring all projects and programmes follow and adhere to governance and reporting processes and procedures.
- Leverage a deep understanding of project management methodologies and tools to establish best practices within the PMO.
- Providing best-in-class resources, guidance and governance to project managers and teams, ensuring they have the necessary support to meet the needs of PMO and delivery.
- Ensuring all suppliers and those involved in delivery are providing the required governance and information to enable monitoring and reporting at portfolio level.
- Develop and implement PMO processes within the organisation, define goals and objectives, and develop a plan to achieve them.
- Providing advice, guidance and insights to Business Partners & Business to inform Business Case development & enable effective prioritisation
Portfolio Implementation & Management
- Supporting with development and execution of project plans, including scope, timelines, and budgets.
- Using visual techniques for project tracking and reporting.
- Tracking activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
- Agreeing constraints of cost, timescales, quality and scope with the Project Management team.
- Reviewing experiences and lessons learned from current and previous projects.
- Identify opportunities for PMO continuous improvements and implement changes.
- Helping with post-implementation review evaluating project success criteria, including client satisfaction.
- Provide support to project managers and teams, implementing policies, methodology, tools and templates for managing projects within the organisation to support successful delivery.
Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements
- 8-12 years of PMO + Project Management experience.
- Experience of setting up or establishing a PMO function
- Experience of building PMO reporting, monitoring or risks, resources and process adherence reporting to Programme Boards, steering groups and Exco
- Experience with projects in multiple technologies, functions (e.g. transaction management, risk management etc.) and industries.
- Proactive, tenacious, inquisitive, organized, solution and delivery orientated mindset with an eye for details and solving problems.
- Analytical and proficient in the use of multiple data analytics tools to produce required reporting. Advanced excel skills.
- Knowledge of various software development methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence and negotiate to ensure governance standards are met. Ability to engage with and communicate to staff at all levels of the organization.
- Knowledge of systems and applications for recording and reporting Portfolio data, such as DevOps, Jira, MS Project etc.