PMO Manager- Reebok EU

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a globally recognised brand?

Reebok EU is seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Management Office (PMO) Manager to join their team in Central London. This position offers the chance to lead high-impact projects and drive strategic initiatives within a world-renowned company, making it an ideal fit for a driven professional looking to make a significant impact.

This role is perfect for a seasoned PMO professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about driving project success.

Experience within retail, sportswear or licensed fashion is a must.

PMO Manager- Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Priority Execution

• Translate strategic priorities and management decisions into structured implementation plans with clear deliverables, owners and deadlines.
• Maintain the central roadmap for key business initiatives and transformation projects.
• Ensure projects remain aligned with the company's strategic and financial objectives.
• Establish appropriate KPIs and measures of success for major initiatives.
• Track progress from initial decision through to implementation and measurable outcome.

Project Management

• Independently manage defined projects and workstreams across functions including Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Retail, eCommerce and IT.
• Develop and maintain project plans covering scope, deliverables, timelines, responsibilities and dependencies.
• Maintain clear project governance and reporting standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure projects remain on track.
• Ensure project owners understand their responsibilities and commitments.
• Challenge delays and ensure appropriate recovery plans are established where delivery is off-track.
• Support larger strategic and transformation programmes led by the CSO and senior management.

Governance & Reporting

• Maintain appropriate PMO governance, including project trackers, RAID logs, RACIs and decision logs.
• Produce concise management reporting on the status of strategic priorities and key projects.
• Provide senior management with clear visibility of progress, upcoming milestones, risks, blockers, dependencies and decisions required.
• Create clear escalation mechanisms for overdue or at-risk initiatives.
• Support leadership in creating greater accountability for delivery across functions.
• Support preparation of management and Board materials relating to strategic execution.

Risk & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks and cross-functional dependencies.
• Work with project owners to resolve issues and develop appropriate mitigation actions.
• Facilitate project meetings where required, ensuring clear decisions, ownership and follow-up.
• Track key decisions and ensure agreed actions are implemented.
• Highlight where projects require additional resource, management intervention or changes in scope.
• Escalate significant delivery risks or resource constraints to the CSO.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, governance and ways of working.
• Support functional leaders in documenting and implementing improved processes.
• Document future-state processes, governance structures and ownership where required.
• Support implementation of new systems, reporting tools and operating processes.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned where appropriate.

Key Deliverables

The PMO Manager will be expected to establish and maintain:

• Reebok Europe strategic initiatives roadmap
• Central project and milestone tracker
• Senior management action tracker
• RAID log covering risks, actions, issues and dependencies
• Clear RACI / ownership structures for major programmes
• Monthly strategic execution reporting
• Project status dashboards and RAG reporting
• Decision and escalation logs
• Post-implementation reviews for significant initiatives

PMO Manager- Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years' experience in PMO, programme management, transformation, strategy execution, consulting or a similar role.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with experience coordinating cross functional stakeholders.
• Experience supporting business transformation, systems implementation or process improvement programmes would be beneficial.
• Strong passion for strategy and business development.Ability to translate broad objectives into structured and executable plans.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with good commercial judgement.
• Ability to summarise/simplify complex issues – “big picture thinking”.
• Confident communicating with and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of defined projects and workstreams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel capability.
• Experience within retail, sportswear or licensed fashion is a must.
• Experience with project management tools such as Monday.com, Asana, Smartsheet or Jira would be beneficial.