PMO Quality Assurance Analyst

Building a sustainable tomorrow BAM UK&I are looking for an PMO Quality Assurance Analyst to support our ERP project on a FTC for 24 months on a hybrid working from any UK&I office.

Your mission Working within the Strategic Projects function on our exciting ERP strategic change programme, the PMO Quality Assurance Analyst will support the PMO Lead in driving best practise in line with governance, our minimum standards framework and by providing quality assurance challenge, analysis and reporting on project/portfolio data. The QA Analyst will provide challenge, critical thinking and advice to Project Managers / Programme Workstream Leads and their teams to ensure they deliver their projects in line with agreed scope, quality, time and cost and will role-model programme and project delivery best practice and actively contribute towards the development of business change and project delivery capability.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Maintain portfolio and project-level oversight through management processes, data analysis and reporting
• Monitor and challenge project progress against plan and key milestones
• Operate strong proactive financial controls across project accounting
• Collect, analyse and critique project data for informed reporting and preparation of SteerCo
• Support project team in organising and managing project documentation including preparation for stage gate reviews and SteerCos
• Support project team in accuracy and management of risks, dependencies and benefits realisation
• Participate in monthly project reviews providing QA challenge and oversight.
• Carry out stage gate reviews for all projects ensuring 100% adherence to requirements.
• Support key planning, governance and resourcing activities.
• Facilitate/support meetings and workshops e.g. solution design, lessons learned reviews

Who are we looking for?

Minimum of five years’ PMO experience in delivering significant and challenging organisational change, such as business adoption of new processes, digital programmes, organisational design, behavioural programmes and strategic programmes

Specific experience in a Quality Assurance focussed PMO

Recognised PMO/programme/project management qualification / certification

Knowledge and experience of waterfall project/programme management and/or agile and/or hybrid methodologies

Proficient in data, analytics and reporting methodologies, ideally including PowerBi

Experience of working closely with governance functions and senior decision makers

Experience of stakeholder management and conflict resolution across a wide range of stakeholders

Experience of forecasting, managing and validating project budgets

Experience of risk and opportunity management in a complex change environment

Organised and able to prioritise tasks

Strong communication and ability to engage

Experience with PowerBI or equivalent tools is advantageous

What’s in it for you? In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an electric car or car allowance, bonus scheme, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 26 days holiday + 2 wellness days (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership and many more exciting benefits.

Your work environment People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We’re on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics. Be you! Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.

Who are we? The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life. Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar. Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process, what you need to know? BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.