PMO Manager

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a PMO Manager to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is an initial 6-month contract with strong potential to extend. The role will be hybrid, based in Edinburgh, with 2–3 days per week on site.

Our client is undergoing a major Lean Agile transformation, and the PMO Manager will play a critical role in enabling programme governance, shaping delivery rhythms, and supporting Agile adoption across the Ways of Working (WoW) programme.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and manage lightweight, Agile-aligned programme governance that enables transparency and effective decision-making.
• Support the Sponsor and Programme Director with Steering Group and Executive Oversight forums.
• Ensure timely, accurate and insight-driven reporting across the programme.
• Support the definition, tracking and reporting of programme outcomes, OKRs and benefits.
• Lead effective risk, issue and dependency management, including facilitation of RAID reviews.
• Support quarterly planning events and maintain visibility of cross-team dependencies and capacity constraints.
• Ensure high-quality document and information management aligned to pragmatic Agile standards.
• Enable consistent stakeholder engagement and a clear programme-wide engagement model.

• Proven experience supporting Agile transformation or Ways of Working programmes within a PMO environment.
• Strong understanding of Agile and hybrid delivery models within complex or regulated organisations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting highly Agile teams and programmes.
• Experience with Lean Portfolio Management and value-based delivery (desirable).
• Strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira and Confluence; ServiceNow experience desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence without authority.

Personal Capabilities:

• Pragmatic, outcome-focused, and able to balance governance with empowerment.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity across teams.
• Credible and confident when engaging senior leaders.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset.
• Confident working with Agile tooling, financial controls and structured problem-solving methods.

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading graduate employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us:

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension