Senior Project Management Office Specialist

The Senior Project Management Office Specialist underpins the IT – PMO & Delivery function by establishing and maintaining the governance, standards, controls, and reporting that keep the project and programme portfolio on track. The role acts as a trusted point of coordination across delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Governance & Standards - Maintain and continuously improve the PMO framework, methodologies, templates, and ways of working. - Embed consistent project lifecycle controls (stage gates, approvals, baselines) across the portfolio. - Champion adherence to delivery standards and coach project teams on best practice. Portfolio Reporting & Insight - Produce accurate portfolio dashboards and status reporting. - Consolidate project-level data into portfolio-level insight, highlighting trends, slippage, and dependencies. Planning & Financial Control - Support project planning, milestone tracking, and resource/capacity management. - Monitor budgets, forecasts, and actuals; flag variances and support financial governance. - Maintain the portfolio roadmap and ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Risk, Issue & Dependency Management - Maintain RAID logs at portfolio level; ensure risks and issues are escalated and actioned. - Track cross-project dependencies and coordinate resolution with delivery leads. Assurance & Continuous Improvement - Conduct project health checks and quality reviews. - Drive process improvements and uplift PMO maturity across the function. Skills & Experience Essential - Demonstrable experience in a PMO or project controls role, ideally within a technology/delivery environment. - Strong working knowledge of project and programme governance, lifecycle, and methodologies - Advanced reporting and data-handling skills - Confident stakeholder management up to senior leadership level. - Excellent organisation, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities. Key Competencies - Governance and process discipline - Analytical thinking and attention to detail - Clear, audience-appropriate communication - Proactive risk identification - Collaboration across delivery teams - Continuous improvement mindset Desirable - Experience with portfolio/PPM and Jira-based delivery tooling. - Exposure to financial tracking and resource management at portfolio scale.