IT Portfolio PMO Manager

Building a sustainable tomorrow
BAM UK & Ireland is recruiting an IT Portfolio PMO Manager. The position will involve a mixture of working from home, and any UK&I Regional office location. Occasional travel will be required across the UK. This role will fulfil a vital hands-on role managing multiple complex concurrent IT projects within BAM IT’s portfolio and project management team across the UK&I division.

This role is working Monday-Friday, 8.30am-4.45pm, 36.25 hours a week.
 

Your mission

• Manage the PMO, embed and ensure that all project and programme management  processes and procedures are beneficial, adhered to in line with business and IT requirements
• Define and maintain the portfolio lifecycle, ensuring it aligns with the strategic objectives
• Maintain a view of IT change activity across the division with a clear understanding of interdependencies and opportunities
• Monitor portfolio, programme and project performance, reviews and report on progress to stakeholders on a regular basis
• Manage risks and issues, ensuring that appropriate action is taken to mitigate any potential problems
• Manage budgets and ensure that projects are delivered within budget
• Build and maintain the relationship between the IT PMO and the wider IT delivery services to support the service delivery to our organisation.
• Act as confidante, coach and constructive challenger to support the wider IT PMO team, leaders and managers in the delivery of our IT projects
• Be accountable for a planned resourcing model
• Provide leadership and guidance to project managers and teams, ensuring that they have the necessary resource, budgets and support to delivery projects successfully
• Management of people and career development and progression

Who are we looking for?

• Previous experience working in PMO management and portfolio management
• Excellent knowledge of project management processes and procedures
• Leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent attention to detail
• MSP, MoP, P30 would be beneficial for the role.
•You will be a proven leader with significant insight and experience of planning and delivering IT change in a multidiscipline organisation, including the delivery of successful programmes and projects and their associated benefits to demonstrate return on investment.
• You will be capable of solving complex problems and have experience of working collaboratively with key senior stakeholders.
• With a highly developed networking, communication and influencing skills, you will have real strength in your ability to forge effective and influential working relationships at all levels and have the ability to influence a range or internal and external stakeholders.
• You will be competent and confident in preparing and presenting reports and information to senior members of the organisation and have demonstrable experience of budgetary planning and management.
• You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications, in particular, Project Online.
• Your credibility as a the IT Portfolio PMO Manager will be critical to your success in this role; you will therefore be able to demonstrate how you combine your strong professional knowledge and insight, with personal credibility and flair, in order to engage colleagues and stakeholders through significant and often complex IT change.

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an electric car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership and many more exciting benefits.

Your work environment

People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We’re on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Be you! Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.
 

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process, what you need to know?

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

Closing date for applications is Thursday 30th May 2024