Program Management Office Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Lorien
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The PMO Integration Manager will lead the integration central programme office team, collaborating closely with the Integration Director to ensure the successful execution of the integration programme. This role involves managing various aspects of the programme, including planning, reporting, financial management, and stakeholder communication. The position requires a strong leader who fosters a culture of continuous improvement and is experienced in managing large-scale integration programmes, particularly within the Financial Services sector. The role necessitates in-office work in Coventry for at least 1-2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee execution of the integration programme and drive outcomes in line with objectives.
- Lead the integration central programme office team and coordinate all aspects of the programme.
- Manage programme planning, reporting, governance, financial management, and risk management.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across all workstreams.
- Proactively communicate programme progress, risks, and issues.
- Support the Integration Director in resource allocation and management.
- Enhance ways of working in alignment with programme needs.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices.
- Oversee the use of programme management tools and ensure data accuracy.
- Establish and maintain programme governance structures.
Key Skills:
- Extensive PMO leadership experience across large scale integration programmes.
- Knowledge of delivery control frameworks, including Risk Management and Dependency Management.
- Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
- Prior experience in Financial Services / Banking.
- Experience with integrations, mergers, and acquisitions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
PMO Integration Manager
About the role
Client has an exciting new role for a PMO Integration Manager, in CIDO. The role holder will collaborate with the Integration Director to oversee execution of the integration programme and drive outcomes in line with objectives set for the central programme office The role will lead the integration central programme office team, coordinate all the aspects of the programme including; programme planning, reporting and governance, financial management, value case, risk and issue management, regulatory action tracking and reporting. The PMO Integration Manager will build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across all workstreams, including senior management, project managers, and subject matter experts. Proactively communicating programme progress, risks, and issues This role has a requirement to work in the Coventry office for 1 - 2 days per week as a minimum.
About you
You’ll be an authentic leader who takes responsibility for ensuring the team’s success ahead of your own needs, taking a coaching approach and empowering others to make informed decisions. You’ll be passionate about delivering great outcomes through supporting business goals and objectives, seeking to understand how decisions and dependencies impact delivery. You’ll be a seasoned change management professional who will create a culture of continuous improvement, learning from mistakes and using this experience to change how you and the team respond to similar situations in the future. As someone who is intellectually curious, you’ll encourage innovative ideas, be highly self-aware and emotionally intelligent, understand your impact on others and take time to understand all colleagues and help them to operate at their best. You’ll have proven knowledge of delivery control frameworks, such as Risk Management, Dependency Management and Delivery Frameworks. Extensive experience of process analysis, definition, reporting, and documentation, with lots of experience supporting Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
To be successful in this role, it’s essential that you’re able to:
- Demonstrate extensive PMO leadership experience across large scale integration programmes.
- Support the Integration Director in the allocation and management of resources across the programme, ensuring optimal utilisation and efficiency.
- Enhance ways of working in alignment with emerging needs of the programme.
- Regularly communicate and engage wider programme teams on socialise and facilitate adoption.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement within the programme, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Tool & Technology Management: Oversee the use of programme management tools and technologies, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility.
- Support the establishment and maintenance of programme governance structures, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
- Ensure risks are managed and raised in line with agreed organisational standards including facilitation of resolution management and reporting.
- Prior experience of working in a similar role within Financial Services / Banking.
Desirable skills for this role are:
You’ll ideally have previous experience of integrations, mergers and acquisitions, having worked on large change programmes of work with high levels of complexity.