Senior PMO Manager

Senior PMO Manager (Retail)

Location: Manchester (3 days on-site per week)

Duration: 3 months initial plus extenisons for long term programme

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A business-critical opportunity to help an enterprise resilience programme move from mobilisation into controlled delivery-strengthening governance, transparency, and decision-ready reporting across multiple work streams. Hiring for a reputed client, this role focuses on closing out identified risks and embedding disciplined controls for lasting resilience.

• Establish and operate a programme controls framework for a large-scale Enterprise Resilience Programme
• Set up programme governance structures and a clear operating cadence, including Steering Committees and executive review forums
• Build and maintain an integrated programme plan, including re-baselining schedules and tracking milestones and critical path
• Create delivery work streams (including dependencies and "swimlanes") and drive alignment across business, technology and supplier teams
• Lead RAID management (Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency): facilitate reviews, drive escalations, and ensure actions are completed
• Produce concise, executive-ready reporting packs for senior audiences, with dashboards, KPIs and evidence-led updates
• Support budgeting, forecasting and financial tracking, including resource demand vs capacity and utilisation across PMO/BA/delivery resources
• Implement assurance and controls-maintaining audit-ready documentation and coordinating stage-gate and delivery assurance checks
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships and provide confident challenge/independent oversight where required

• Significant PMO experience across large-scale transformation programmes, including establishing PMO controls from mobilisation through delivery
• Strong governance and portfolio/management disciplines, with a proven track record of managing cross-functional interdependencies
• Experience producing executive-level reporting for CIO/ExCo/Board audiences, focused on exposure, evidence and decision needs
• Demonstrable ability to lead RAID processes and drive issue resolution to accountable owners and completion
• Excellent facilitation, communication and influencing skills-especially in environments with complex personalities and strong stakeholder groups