Senior PMO

**Senior PMO** (Contract)

Duration: 12 Months (Possibility for extension)

Location: Chester/Hybrid (3 days on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate or Salary is available for suitable candidates

Role Profile

As a Senior PMO, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and evolving our PMO frameworks, tools, standards, and processes across the technology portfolio. Your expertise will help define project governance structures, reporting cadence, and portfolio controls, ensuring alignment with our technology and business goals. You will track and report on portfolio performance, ensuring consistent delivery practices and providing guidance to programme and project managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and enhance PMO frameworks, tools, and processes to support the technology portfolio.
• Define and implement project governance structures and reporting cadences.
• Support strategic planning and investment prioritization in line with business objectives.
• Monitor and report on portfolio performance, focusing on scope, cost, schedule, risk, and benefits.
• Ensure adherence to delivery practices, including stage gates, RAID logs, dependency mapping, and benefits tracking.
• Maintain a centralized view of all technology projects and their interdependencies.
• Lead periodic portfolio reviews with senior stakeholders.
• Support resource planning, capacity tracking, and skills allocation across projects.
• Manage financial aspects, risk and change control, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in managing or leading a PMO within a technology, IT, or digital environment.
• Strong knowledge of project/programme management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, PRINCE2, PMI).
• Experience managing a portfolio of large, complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Strong financial, risk, and performance management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with project/portfolio management tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Clarity, Planview, (url removed), Smartsheet).
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, or a related field.
• PMO certifications (e.g., P3O, MoP) or project management certifications (PMP, MSP, SAFe, Agile).
• Experience in investment banking is highly desirable.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

If you feel you have the skills and experience and want to hear more about this role 'apply now' to declare your interest in this opportunity with our client. Your application will be observed by our dedicated team.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

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As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.