Head of Investment Programme Management Office; IPMO

Position: Head of Investment Programme Management Office (IPMO)
Summary:

Are you a seasoned PMO leader looking to make a lasting impact on vital infrastructure?

Do you want to lead a high performing team where your expertise in complex project delivery is valued?

This is a newly created position as Head of Investment PMO to join our Investment Delivery Directorate. This is a pivotal role where you will be responsible for setting, managing, and change controlling our enterprise investment baselines throughout the strategic portfolio lifecycle, providing essential oversight and assurance across the Asset Management and Engineering lifecycle.

You will lead a professional, centralised PMO function, ensuring that our £1.9 billion portfolio of engineering and capital investment programmes is delivered with optimal efficiency and effectiveness.

This role requires a deep background in infrastructure, construction, or engineering (EPC) to successfully navigate the complexities of our capital delivery requirements.

By developing advanced reporting and insights capabilities, you will measure performance to date and forecast future trends, enabling the business to make both retrospective and prospective evidence-based decisions.

In this role you are responsible for setting, managing and change controlling the enterprise investment baselines throughout the strategic portfolio lifecycle, including providing oversight and assurance across the Asset Management and Engineering lifecycle.

Main responsibilities:

Oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of a diverse portfolio of related projects across various departments while creating a team that delivers a repeatable, scalable project platform.
Ensures that statutory and regulatory requirements are monitored and reported in all investment projects, and risks are managed.
Provides the centre of expertise on capital investment PMO activity across the business.
Develop and govern programme and portfolio management processes, uses of dashboards, templates, ensuring alignment with corporate metrics.
Develop a PMO department and build a team that aligns with the Management of Portfolios P3M3 Maturity Model.
Implement project control metrics and insights that aim to drive efficiencies that meet or exceed the financial expectations established at project initiation.
Monitor portfolio to ensure schedules, budgets and outcome expectations are being met.
Coordinate deliverables with other key stakeholders across the business to ensure the portfolio outcomes are delivered.
Assume ownership of SEW's Investment project management maturity, owning internal processes, good practice documents and ensure stakeholders engagement.
Works with the business to assess and decide on which investment options have the highest potential value, impact, regulatory and strategic alignment for capital projects and in alignment with the Change PMO.
Identify portfolio priorities, deal with challenges and communicate portfolio risks and opportunities.
Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement within the project management Community.
Drive innovation through the investment lifecycle, implementing the latest digital tools and technology.
Coach and mentor immediate and wider team and share knowledge and best practices.

You'll need:
Skills / Qualifications / Experience
The Head of PMO must have a background in infrastructure, construction, EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) or related.
A degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
A relevant professional qualification in project, programme, or portfolio management (e.g. MSP, MoP, PRINCE2, APM Chartered Project Professional, or equivalent), and/or substantial equivalent experience in leading PMO activities across, high-value infrastructure projects or programmes.

Experience of the core Project Controls disciplines (Scheduling, Risk Management, Change Control & Budget Control).
Significant experience in Programme/Portfolio management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing complex projects.
Proven track record of successfully managing multiple large-scale, cross-functional projects from initiation through completion.
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