PMO Manager - Cheshire

FDM Group Ltd.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultancy in the UK seeks an experienced PMO Manager for a hybrid role in financial services. The position involves supporting the Senior PMO Manager, ensuring effective governance and delivery across the portfolio. Candidates should have over 10 years of PMO experience, a strong understanding of P3M principles, and the ability to manage budgets effectively. Join a dynamic team that values transparency and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Career coaching and mentoring

Annual leave and workplace pension

Opportunities to work abroad

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a PMO Manager.
• Strong understanding of portfolio, programme and project lifecycles.
• Experience in procurement and financial budget processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Delivery PMO Leads and Analysts.
• Work closely with Portfolio Office and PMO teams.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to communicate risks.

Skills

P3M principles and techniques

Agile change frameworks

Commercial awareness

Portfolio planning and resource management

Job description

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a PMO Manager to work for our client within the financial services sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Alderley Park, Cheshire.

Our client is looking for a highly experienced PMO Manager who will support the Senior PMO Manager. You will ensure the appropriate Governance, insights, delivery, as well as outcome reporting are timely and accurately in line with methodology to drive decision making across the Portfolio.

The team has an enterprise-wide remit to support the organisation, aligning all change portfolio activities to its strategic objectives. It is an essential partner supporting delivery teams, improving project management performance and success rate. As the PMO you will improve transparency & visibility across the company. The team ensures that an integrated set of outcomes and benefits of change investment are measured, managed, monitored, and refined to ensure optimal investment as well as strategic goals are achieved.

Responsibilities

• Leada small team of Delivery PMO Leads and Analysts driving Portfolio level initiatives
• Work closely with the Portfolio Office and the Centre of Excellence PMO teams, driving continuous improvement, and capability development
• Collaborate and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders, communicating recommendations as well as risks
• Ensure all reports and projects meet regulatory compliance and governance frameworks
• Track and monitor performance metrics and project outcomes while ensuring reports are accurate and timely
• Provide and identify improvements for PMO processes and reports

About You

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a PMO Manager
• Strong understanding of P3M principles and techniques
• Experience in the management of portfolio, programme and project lifecycles
• Proficient in implementing agile change frameworks, and an understanding of PMO role
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to understand and be innovative in their approach to managing budgets and risk
• Experience of procurement and financial budget processes
• Experience of portfolio planning and resource management

About Us

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.