Secure PMO Lead

Detailed Description From Employer:

What We're All About. Do you ever have the urge to do things better than the last time? We do. And it's this urge that drives us every day. Our environment of discovery and innovation means we're able to create deep and valuable relationships with our clients to create real change for them and their industries. It's what got us here - and it's what will make our future. At Quantexa, you'll experience autonomy and support in equal measures allowing you to form a career that matches your ambitions. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 50+ nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all. We're heading in one direction, the future. We'd love you to join us. The opportunity. As our first Delivery PMO Lead, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and shaping a new function that drives consistency, efficiency, and best practice across our public sector project portfolio. This team sits at the heart of delivery excellence, providing strategic support to project managers and enhancing the impact of our work across the organisation. Joining means the opportunity to build something from the ground up, solve complex challenges, and directly influence how we deliver success. This includes:

• Standardisation and methodology: Establish and embed project management methodologies, standards, and templates to ensure consistency across all Secure projects.
• Performance monitoring: Track project progress against baselines, milestones, and KPIs, monitoring time, budget, and scope to provide clear performance insights to management.
• Process improvement: Analyse project delivery to identify areas for improvement and support teams in applying best practices to boost efficiency and scalability across security-cleared projects.
• Training and development: Coach and train project teams on Quantexa's project management framework, building capability and driving continuous improvement in project performance.
• Risk and issue management: Champion a centralised, proactive approach to identifying and managing risks, and provide practical support to Project Managers in resolving issues.
• Reporting and communication: Serve as the central point for portfolio communications, including attestations and reporting across government frameworks. Produce standardised project reports to keep stakeholders and executives informed and aligned.

Day-to-day activities:

• Support the Public Sector Delivery Manager in managing a portfolio of government projects across EMEA, ensuring consistency and control across delivery.
• Partner with Delivery and Go-To-Market teams to plan upcoming projects and establish effective controls for global public sector growth.
• Oversee compliance with internal policies, government frameworks, and customer commitments, coordinating closely with the Information Security and People teams.
• Manage clearance attestation, compliance activities, and resource tracking frameworks to maintain secure delivery environments.
• Coordinate with Finance and Services Operations on portfolio reporting, including financial performance, time tracking, and risk management.
• Develop and maintain governance processes for project onboarding, audit, and Alliance Partner management in sub-contracted work.
• Lead central reporting and communication activities, ensuring framework commitments, KPIs, and compliance dashboards are accurately tracked and delivered.
• Act as a key liaison for mobility and resourcing needs, including visa and accommodation arrangements, to ensure delivery continuity and legal compliance.
• Review government bids to identify reporting and compliance requirements, coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet obligations.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement, driving transparency, efficiency, and scalability across delivery processes.

Requirements What you'll bring. Soft Skills:

• Strategic thinker able to turn vision into actionable delivery plans.
• Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, including executive-level reporting.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, collaboration, and matrix working across teams, customers, and partners.
• Data-driven and analytical, with a focus on continuous improvement and process optimisation.
• Proactive problem-solver with a growth mindset and the ability to navigate complexity.
• Experience working across multiple geographies is beneficial.

Technical Skills:

• Proven experience in setting up and/or leading PMO functions, ideally within a professional services or technology environment.
• Familiarity with Professional Services Automation (PSA) systems and resource management tools.
• Strong Excel skills and proficiency with Power BI (or similar) for dashboards and data visualisation.
• Awareness of Agile or Scrum methodologies and enterprise software delivery lifecycles (desirable but not essential).

This role has a mandatory requirement for Security Check (SC) level clearance. Candidates must already hold SC or be eligible to obtain it. Benefits Our perks and quirks. What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• 25 days annual leave (with the option of buying up to 5 days, and rolling over up to 10), plus national holidays + your birthday off!
• Pension scheme with a company contribution of 6% (when you contribute 3%)
• Private Healthcare with AXA, including dental & optic cover
• Life Insurance and Income Protection
• Regularly bench-marked salary rates
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, or Shared Parental Leave
• Well-being days
• Volunteer Day off
• Work from Home Equipment
• Commuter, Tech and cycle to work schemes
• Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice scheme
• Free Calm App Subscription #1 app for meditation, relaxation and sleep
• Continuous Training and Development, including access to Udemy Business
• Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere' policy
• Employee Referral Program
• Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials

Our mission. We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We're not a start-up. Not anymore. But we've not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction - the future. It's All About You. We want you to feel welcome, valued, and respected—because it's your individuality and passion that make you Q. We see that, and we celebrate it. That's why we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment, continuously improving to ensure everyone belongs. Our recruitment process is designed to be inclusive and accessible. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know—we're happy to assist. No matter your race, beliefs, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, or abilities—whoever you are—if you're a passionate, curious, and caring human eager to push the boundaries of what's possible, we want to hear from you. start. don't stop - Apply