PMO Lead

The PMO Lead coordinates the organisation-wide delivery framework. Working with Executive Directors, the role ensures priorities are reflected in plans, progress is measured consistently, and strategic reporting provides a clear view of delivery, risks and required decisions.

Client Details

The PMO Lead coordinates the organisation-wide delivery framework. Working with Executive Directors, the role ensures priorities are reflected in plans, progress is measured consistently, and strategic reporting provides a clear view of delivery, risks and required decisions.

Description

Strategy Execution & Planning

Lead and coordinate the annual planning cycle, ensuring supporting plans across the organisation are aligned to strategic priorities.
Work with Directors and leadership teams to improve the quality, consistency and credibility of supporting plans, ensuring they include clear objectives, milestones, success measures and ownership.
Coordinate and maintain the organisation's five-year strategic roadmap, ensuring agreed changes are reflected consistently across supporting plans and reporting
Support the review of strategic initiatives and major programmes, providing analysis of their alignment with strategy priorities and identifying dependencies and opportunities for collaboration across strategic initiatives, functions and departments.
Provide planning and performance information to support prioritisation and investment decisions.

Performance Management & Measurement

Coordinate and continuously improve the strategy performance framework, including maintaining the strategic metrics library, definitions and reporting standards.
Work with Directors, data owners and analysts to ensure strategic reporting is trusted, accurate and capable of supporting senior decision-making.
Support the setting and review of annual targets that contribute to delivery of the strategy.
Monitor progress against strategic goals, identifying emerging risks, opportunities and areas requiring Executive or Board attention.
Support consistent tracking of outcomes and benefits across strategic programmes, initiatives and investments.
Promote a culture of evidence-based decision making through the effective use of strategic performance information.

Governance & Reporting

Manage the annual strategy governance calendar, ensuring alignment across Executive, Committees and Board reporting cycles.
Produce high-quality strategy reports, dashboards and performance updates for senior leadership, Committees and the Board.
Coordinate organisational input into strategic reporting, ensuring information is accurate, timely and presented to a consistently high standard.
Ensure consistent reporting against strategy ambitions, strategic goals, must-wins and enabling outcomes.
Support the Technology Director in maintaining an integrated view of strategic delivery across supporting plans, programmes, investments and organisational performance measures.
Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, quality and impact of strategic performance reporting and governance processes.

Strategic Insight & Organisational Engagement

Support the preparation of Board, Committee and Executive discussions relating to strategic performance and organisational priorities.
Collaborate across the organisation to build organisational understanding of how objectives and activities contribute to delivery of the strategy
Support preparation of organisational updates, presentations and strategic communications.
Escalate performance concerns, delivery risks and strategic issues requiring Executive or Board attention.
Present strategic information, performance insights and delivery risks clearly and appropriately for senior stakeholders.Profile

Essential

Experience in strategic planning, corporate performance, PMO, portfolio management, transformation or business planning roles.
Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complex information into meaningful insight.
Strong project coordination and organisational skills.
Experience developing and managing KPI and performance reporting frameworks.
Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with experience producing high-quality reporting and presentations for senior stakeholders.
High levels of attention to detail and accuracy.

Desirable

Experience using strategy execution tools and/or performance management platforms.
Experience of benefits realisation and performance measurement methodologies.
Knowledge of OKRs, balanced scorecards or similar performance frameworks.
Experience supporting Board or Committee governance processes.

Personal Attributes

Strategic thinker with strong delivery focus.
Highly organised and proactive.
Able to challenge constructively and influence effectively.
Strong collaborator with excellent relationship-building skills.
Comfortable working across both strategic and operational levels.
Curious, analytical and solutions-focused.
Resilient and adaptable in a dynamic environment.Job Offer

A competitive salary and benefits package, and a hybrid working schedule (50% of the time in office)