Senior PMO Analyst

Senior PMO Analyst

Posted 1 day ago by Caraffi Limited

£420 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

Summary: The Senior PMO Analyst role involves providing a professional PMO service within the Strategic Programme Office Team, focusing on project and programme design and delivery. The position requires collaboration with the Programme Office Manager to implement governance and assurance processes while maintaining strong relationships across the business. The role is hybrid, requiring travel to Bradford 1-2 days a week, and is classified as inside IR35. The contract is for 6 months with potential extensions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide PMO services supporting project and programme design and delivery.
  • Assist the Programme Office Manager in implementing governance, controls, and assurance processes.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with various business units and change professionals.
  • Prepare presentations for senior management and report on project health metrics.
  • Manage budget and time reporting systems for project teams.
  • Analyze PMO processes for improvements and ensure compliance with frameworks.
  • Produce quality management reports for non-technical audiences.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience as a Senior PMO Analyst/PMO Analyst in an Enterprise environment.
  • Experience in preparing presentations for senior management.
  • Familiarity with project health reporting, metrics, and KPIs.
  • Strong budget management experience.
  • Ability to manage shifting priorities in a high-pressure environment.
  • Experience managing time reporting systems and project/task codes.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent relationship building and communication skills.
  • Advanced MS Office skills (Word, MS Project, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
  • Experience with portfolio management delivery tools (desirable).
  • Qualifications in project PMO disciplines (P3O, MOP) (desirable).

Salary (Rate): £420 per day

City: Bradford

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Senior PMO Analyst - Hybrid working with travel to Bradford (1 - 2 days a week) - Inside IR35, £380 - £420 per day - 6 months + extension

Our client, a leading organisation in the region, has a contract requirement for a Senior PMO Analyst.

You will provide a professional PMO service as part of the Strategic Programme Office Team which support project and programme design and delivery across strategic programmes, contributing to successful delivery to time, cost and quality targets.

You will support the Programme Office Manager in implementing the established governance, controls, and assurance processes across the programmes and projects, ensuring that change is designed and delivered in a controlled way, minimising risk and disruption to the business and operations.

The post holder will need to develop and maintain robust relationships with all parts of the business and will work alongside other change professionals and business representatives to provide a comprehensive support service.

Skills and Qualifications:

Essential:

You will possess proven experience as a Senior PMO Analyst/PMO Analyst within an Enterprise environment, and where the programmes have centred around Technology Change.

  • Demonstrated experience in preparing presentations for senior management
  • Strong familiarity with project health reporting, metrics and KPIs.
  • PMO process analysis and improvement - must have the ability to identify ways of improving the Change Framework and making it more efficient and effective as well as ensuring compliance to the Framework processes.
  • Strong Budget management experience.
  • Ability to manage shifting priorities, demands and timelines effectively prioritising and executing tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Experienced in managing a time reporting system, managing time entries for project teams, establishing correct project/task codes, ensuring appropriate project set-up for reporting.
  • Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail including ability to review, analyse and produce data for quality management reports in simple and comprehensible form for non-technical audience.
  • Strong relationship building, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
  • Excellent IT skills. Advanced MS Office user - Word, MS Project, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint user

Desirable:

  • Experience using portfolio management delivery tools
  • Achieved qualifications in project PMO disciplines (P3O, MOP)