We are seeking an experienced Enterprise PMO Lead to establish and manage programme governance for a complex strategic transformation programme spanning multiple business units, product teams, technology teams and senior stakeholders. This role is Inside IR35 and Hybrid Onsite for 3 days in London.
The successful candidate will provide executive-level visibility into programme progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and financial performance while driving accountability across multiple workstreams. This is a hands-on leadership role suited to an experienced PMO professional who has operated within large global organisations and is comfortable working directly with VP and SVP-level stakeholders.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Programme governance
- Establish and manage programme governance frameworks
- Define reporting standards, delivery controls and operating rhythms
- Coordinate leadership reviews, steering committees and governance forums
- Maintain clear programme decision-making processes
- Integrated planning
- Develop and manage integrated programme plans across multiple workstreams
- Track milestones, deliverables and critical path activities
- Identify and manage dependencies across business and technology teams
- Drive accountability for programme commitments
- Risk and issue management
- Maintain programme RAID logs
- Lead risk identification, mitigation and escalation activities
- Drive issue resolution with accountable owners
- Provide early visibility of delivery risks and impacts
- Executive reporting
- Produce concise executive dashboards and programme reporting
- Provide clear analysis of progress, risks, dependencies, financial status and decisions required
- Prepare materials for senior leadership and steering committee reviews
- Financial and resource management
- Track programme budgets and forecasts
- Monitor resource allocation across workstreams
- Identify capacity constraints and resource risks
- Support financial governance activities
- Stakeholder management
- Coordinate programme activity across multiple business units
- Work with product, technology, operations, risk, compliance and external partners
- Support senior stakeholder communications and decision-making
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
Essential
10+ years of PMO, programme management or transformation experience
Experience managing PMOs for complex enterprise programmes
Experience supporting executive governance and steering committees
Strong programme controls and reporting expertise
Strong risk, dependency and financial management capabilities
Experience working across business and technology organisations
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Preferred
Financial services or payments industry experience
Product and technology transformation experience
Regulatory programme experience
Experience supporting global programmes across multiple regions