PMO Lead

Requisition
527762
-Posted
- Western Europe

- Tarmac

- Full Time

- Information Technology

- United Kingdom

- Leicestershire

CRH is a global leader in building materials solutions, and Tarmac is a leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business in the UK

Location: Flexible :
Hybrid/Mountsorrel - 3 days per week

Help Shape One of Tarmac's Most Significant Transformation Programmes

We're looking for an experienced
PMO Lead to play a pivotal role in
Project Falcon
, Tarmac's major transformation programme.

This is an opportunity to join a high-profile strategic initiative at the heart of our business, ensuring the programme operates with robust governance, clear visibility, strong controls and effective decision - making.

As PMO Lead , you'll be the driving force behind the programme's governance framework, establishing the standards, processes and disciplines that enable leadership teams and work streams to deliver with confidence.

You'll work closely with senior stakeholders across the programme, ensuring risks, actions, decisions and reporting are managed consistently and transparently.

If you're organised, detail-focused, confident engaging with senior leaders and passionate about operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Establish and maintain governance standards, processes and procedures across all Project Falcon work streams.
• Embed consistent reporting standards, escalation protocols, decision authorities and evidence requirements.
• Continuously improve PMO controls, templates and governance processes through assurance reviews and lessons learned.

• Manage the governance calendar and reporting cadence across Steering Committees, leadership forums and workstream meetings.
• Prepare and quality-assure governance packs, ensuring submissions are accurate, complete and delivered on time.
• Support programme leadership with clear, reliable information and reporting.

• Maintain programme risk, assumption, issue, dependency, decision and action logs.
• Follow up with owners to ensure information remains accurate and current.
• Challenge incomplete updates and elevate governance or compliance concerns where required.
• Organise agendas, papers, invitations and meeting logistics.
• Capture meeting outputs, decisions and actions accurately and issue records promptly.
• Ensure governance forums operate effectively and consistently.

• Manage programme repositories, document control standards, version management and audit trails.
• Support assurance reviews, stage gates and governance activities.
• Promote governance excellence through guidance, coaching and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide day-to-day PMO coordination and administration support to the Programme Manager and workstream leads.
• Assist with governance-related Capex submissions and programme documentation.
• Enable delivery teams while ensuring accountability remains with delivery owners.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who brings a strong PMO and governance background within complex transformation environments.

• Proven experience in a PMO, Programme Office or Project Coordination role.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation, ERP or systems implementation programmes.
• Demonstrable governance pack preparation and reporting cycle management experience.
• Demonstrable experience maintaining RAID, decision and action logs.
• Excellent meeting management, minute-taking and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Experience working across multiple work streams and managing competing priorities.
• Demonstrable document control, version management and audit-trail administration experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, SharePoint and project collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting S/4
  
  HANA, ERP or digital transformation programmes.
• Exposure to stage gates, assurance reviews, Capex submissions or structured governance environments.
• Experience with in logistics, operational transformation, construction materials or related industries.

Who You Are

You'll be:

• Highly organised and able to manage multiple deadlines and reporting cycles
• Detail-oriented with a passion for accuracy, governance and control
• Confident challenging stakeholders and following through on actions
• Resilient and able to maintain quality under pressure
• Continuous improvement focused, always looking for smarter ways of working
• Professional and discreet when handling sensitive business information
• Committed to safe, secure and sustainable delivery aligned with the Tarmac Way

Project Falcon is one of Tarmac's most significant business transformation programmes, offering the chance to work at the centre of a complex and high-impact initiative.

You'll collaborate with senior leaders, influence programme governance at scale and help shape the successful delivery of a transformation that will support the future of the business.

If you're ready to take ownership of governance excellence on a flagship programme, we'd…