We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Head of Programme Management Office (PMO), to join a fast-paced and complex Programme.

• Lead the PMO to support the programme and central Matrix programme team in the delivery of business case benefits and outcomes. Champion the use of best practice project and programme management standards and processes.
• Support the programme leads and the central Matrix programme team in the development of business case with input from specialists as necessary.
• Work with the Finance Business Partner to forecast, agree and maintain the budgets for programme.
• Provide expert project and programme management guidance, support and insight, and acts as the source of all project and programme information and metrics.
• Establish the project and programme processes and standards for managing risks and issues. Provide assurance across the programme on the effectiveness of risks and issue management arrangements.
• Lead and manage the FESSP programme plan and the supporting DBT aspects of the central Matrix programme plan.
• Proactively maintain a coherent cross programme picture of programme performance including planning, reporting, delivery, finance, risks, issues, dependency management and change management.
• Work with the SEO Governance and Reporting Manager to ensure appropriate governance is in place including arranging internal and external reviews as appropriate.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the programme’s controls and ensure that recommendations from internal and external reviews are acted upon.
• Establish and implement protocols to manage change within the programme including the updating and configuration of documents as required.
• Provide direction and guidance across the programme, through the identifying and sharing of best practice project and programme management processes, tools, templates, and industry standards.
• Identify common capabilities and opportunities for linking up, re-using, and sharing of methods and resources between projects and programmes. Ensure learning from experience is disseminated across the programme.
• Support the programme in the identification, recruitment, development, deployment and reassignment of resources throughout the project and programme lifecycles.
• Provide line management and support to the EO Programme Support Officers and SEO Governance and Reporting Manager.

The Successful candidate will be a practitioner in crafting project approaches, resources and relationships to achieve successful outcomes and benefits. You will:

• Be adaptable when applying your knowledge of project management tools and methodologies, capable of crafting a project structure and organisation to meet the Programme’s requirements.
• Be experienced and credible in dealing with a broad and complex range of partners, with the confidence to engage with senior officials and ministers and a high degree of autonomy where there is ambiguity and change in a project.
• Be able to apply your skills to the management of risk, with a sound understanding of how this relates to wider strategy.
• Be an experienced people manager, able to build capability and develop a successful and motivated team. You will be tuned in to the needs of the business, ready to flex structures to ensure that your programme team remains aligned with delivery goals and wider strategy.
• Have experience of having engaged with assurance reviews, such as the Gateway Review process.
• Have sound planning knowledge and skills to enable deliverables, tasks and dependencies to be effectively controlled and managed.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of managing a PMO team, or as a Senior Project Manager on a large/complex project.
• Experience of developing and maintaining a programme plan within a high-profile technical programme.
• Experience of successful programme assurance and delivery, including effective risk, issue, assumptions, dependency and budget management.
• Strong people management skills, with the ability to build capability and motivate team members.
• Experience in dealing with a broad and complex range of partners, with the confidence to engage with senior officials and a high degree of autonomy where there is ambiguity and change in a project.
• Have sound planning knowledge and skills to enable deliverables, tasks and dependencies to be effectively controlled and managed.
• Have a recognised accreditation in professional project management such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner and P3O Practitioner.

Qualifications

Have a recognised accreditation in professional project management such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner and P3O Practitioner.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing