Head of Portfolio Management Office
Posted 4 days ago by Totaljobs
£700 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Cardiff (CF1)
Summary: The Head of Portfolio Management Office role involves leading a central, enterprise-level PMO for a prominent organization in South Wales. The position focuses on driving governance, prioritization, and delivery across a complex portfolio while providing insights for executive decision-making. The role requires significant experience in managing portfolios and interacting with C-suite stakeholders. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement and is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the enterprise PMO, embedding consistent governance, standards and controls
- Establish and evolve the end to end portfolio framework, including prioritisation, sequencing, assurance, reporting and benefits tracking
- Provide a clear, consolidated view of portfolio performance, risks, dependencies and delivery confidence
- Drive continuous improvement across PMO processes, tooling and reporting
- Support Executive and Board stakeholders with insight on affordability, capacity, risk and investment trade offs
- Lead portfolio prioritisation and re-prioritisation in line with strategic objectives and emerging risks
- Oversee assurance activity, ensuring robust challenge and appropriate escalation
- Work cross-functionally to manage dependencies and mitigate delivery risks
- Build and lead a high performing PMO team
Key Skills:
- Experience operating at an enterprise level, leading portfolio/programme or central PMO functions
- Proven track record of setting up or transforming a Portfolio/Enterprise PMO from the ground up
- Strong experience implementing governance frameworks across large, complex portfolios
- Experience managing both capital and change portfolios
- Regular interaction with C-suite stakeholders, with the ability to influence at Executive and Board level
- Comfortable operating in environments with direct exposure to Board-level forums and decision making
Salary (Rate): £700 daily
City: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Your new company
You will be working with a leading organisation that is based in South Wales.
Your new role
An opportunity for an experienced PMO leader to take ownership of a central, enterprise-level Portfolio Management Office, providing a single, integrated view of investment and change activity. This role will drive effective prioritisation, governance and delivery across a complex portfolio, while enabling Executive-level decision making through clear, data led insight.
What you'll need to succeed
Experience operating at an enterprise level, leading portfolio/programme or central PMO functions
Proven track record of setting up or transforming a Portfolio/Enterprise PMO from the ground up
Strong experience implementing governance frameworks across large, complex portfolios
Experience managing both capital and change portfolios
Regular interaction with C-suite stakeholders, with the ability to influence at Executive and Board level
Comfortable operating in environments with direct exposure to Board-level forums and decision making
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