Technology PMO Analyst

Salary - £50,480 Work Type - Hybrid Job Location - Lingley Mere (UU), Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP Role Type - Permanent Employment Type - Full Time Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.

We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution."

Benefits

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• ShareBuy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Job Purpose

As Technology PMO Analyst you will embed and uphold the Technology Project Management Office (PMO) ways of working across the technology portfolio, ensuring consistent application of programme and project management delivery and governance through defined processes, procedures, tools, and techniques.

The role will collaborate with delivery management teams to drive adoption of these standards and maintain accurate project information, enabling visibility and informed decision-making at all levels. Additionally, the position provides assurance across programmes and portfolios by monitoring financial and schedule performance, identifying and mitigating risks, and supporting robust governance practices.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Delivery: Responsible for demonstrating a good understanding of the overall portfolio and tracking the overall progress against baseline and the proactive identification and mitigation of risks.
• Planning: Responsible for providing and embedding the planning standards to give a consistent and effective approach to project planning with milestone reporting to provide early sight of potential delays.
• Resource Management: Responsible for establishing the portfolio’s overall resource needs to meet the proposed schedule. Achieving visibility is critical to ensuring the right resources are available at the right time. Supports the delivery teams by providing visibility of potential resource constraints/challenges where prioritisation may be required.
• Dependency Mgmt: Responsible for ensuring dependencies are clearly defined, captured and agreed with all parties and effectively tracked and reported.
• Reporting: Responsible for creating accurate and insightful status/ad-hoc reports.
• Assurance: Responsible for providing an internal level of assurance to ensure consistent application of the project governance and standards across the portfolio/programme.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Strong coordination skills to be able to rationalise the many and varied requirements of the role.
• Ability to administer systems and provide detailed and accurate reporting.
• Problem solving ability to identify issues or inconsistencies and demonstrate the curiosity to understand the problem, its impact and to determine the required corrective action.
• Strong customer focus demonstrable through activities undertaken and behaviours adopted.
• Good confidence and collaboration to take the lead in meetings, working with varied delivery resources to challenge where required.
• Good knowledge of different IT methodologies, standards and reporting frameworks. 
• Advanced excel and MS PowerPoint skills.
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to organise and map large information sets to form insights.

• This role may not be eligible for visa sponsorship

Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications

• Proven PMO / Project delivery related experience.
• Ideally but not essential, recognised Project Management Qualification – P3O / APMP / MSP / Prince2 / SAFe or equivalent. 

We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.