Head of Portfolio Management Office
Posted 1 week ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£700 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Summary: The Head of Portfolio Management Office role involves leading a central, enterprise-level PMO for a prominent organization in South Wales. The position requires driving governance, prioritization, and delivery across a complex portfolio while providing data-driven insights for executive decision-making. The role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence for 2 or 3 days a week, and is classified as inside IR35. The contract is set to start as soon as possible.
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 per day
City: Cardiff
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Head of Portfolio Management Office Contract - Paying between £500 to £700 Per Day, Inside IR35, Based in South Wales, Hybrid Working (2 or 3 days per week in office), To Start ASAP
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.
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
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
What you need to do now
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