PMO Manager

PMO Manager required by our market leading, award-winning client based in Central Bristol. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week onsite with some flexibility. The head office is based a short 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads.

The PMO Manager will provide governance, oversight, and support across a range of projects, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s overall business strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive professional to play a pivotal role in improving project delivery standards.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter, highly organised, and able to build strong collaborative relationships. They will have a customer-focused mindset and the ability to balance both strategic and detailed project considerations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure adoption of best practice aligned to PMO governance frameworks, including regular reviews and audits
• Support programme and project planning, providing assurance on quality and completeness of plans
• Connect projects with the wider portfolio, ensuring effective information flow and alignment
• Understand interdependencies between projects and their impact on the portfolio
• Schedule and lead governance and gateway meetings, capturing notes and actions
• Maintain project documentation, SharePoint and Teams workspaces, and document control procedures
• Monitor and co-ordinate RAID logs, risks, issues, actions, dependencies, changes, and lessons learned
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and implement lessons learned across the organisation

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing a programme of projects within a business function
• Knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Strong ability to identify and manage portfolio-level risks, issues, and dependencies
• Experience in project planning and scheduling, evaluating feasibility in light of change volume and resources
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £45,000 – £50,000 + 10% discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• 27 days annual leave
• Flexible hybrid working: 3 days onsite in Bristol

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced PMO professional to join a forward-thinking organisation, contribute to transformative projects, and help strengthen project delivery across the business.