The Senior Project Management Office Specialist underpins the IT PMO & Delivery function by establishing and maintaining the governance standards controls and reporting that keep the project and programme portfolio on track. The role acts as a trusted point of coordination across delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities
Governance & Standards
Maintain and continuously improve the PMO framework methodologies templates and ways of working.
Embed consistent project lifecycle controls (stage gates approvals baselines) across the portfolio.
Champion adherence to delivery standards and coach project teams on best practice.
Portfolio Reporting & Insight
Produce accurate portfolio dashboards and status reporting.
Consolidate project-level data into portfolio-level insight highlighting trends slippage and dependencies.
Planning & Financial Control
Support project planning milestone tracking and resource/capacity management.
Monitor budgets forecasts and actuals; flag variances and support financial governance.
Maintain the portfolio roadmap and ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
Risk Issue & Dependency Management
Maintain RAID logs at portfolio level; ensure risks and issues are escalated and actioned.
Track cross-project dependencies and coordinate resolution with delivery leads.
Assurance & Continuous Improvement
Conduct project health checks and quality reviews.
Drive process improvements and uplift PMO maturity across the function.
Skills & Experience
Essential
Demonstrable experience in a PMO or project controls role ideally within a technology/delivery environment.
Strong working knowledge of project and programme governance lifecycle and methodologies
Advanced reporting and data-handling skills
Confident stakeholder management up to senior leadership level.
Excellent organisation attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
Qualifications :
Key Competencies
Governance and process discipline
Analytical thinking and attention to detail
Clear audience-appropriate communication
Proactive risk identification
Collaboration across delivery teams
Continuous improvement mindset
Desirable
Exposure to financial tracking and resource management at portfolio scale.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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