Cno Control And Assurance Governance Manager

• Manage the key project/programme governance controls for CNO including but not limited to: standard Project management tasks (finance, RAID, lifecycle, demand, change, training, data quality, Project administration)
• Implement and embed new processes, tools, templates & guidance for project and programme delivery into BAU governance.
• Support company-wide activities such as annual and quarterly planning, TowerCo governance, finance and spend management processes, trending analysis, and change management.

• Working for the Head of Governance and Planning, you will have line management for the Programme Coordination and the Project Coordination teams – line management of approximately 2-5 people.

Manage the key governance controls for CNO, This will include (not limited to)

• Portfolio investment approvals process governance – ensuring the team deliver the governance to successfully manage the projects through the processes.
• Manage the governance of new demand into the portfolio’s, working with the wider business and coordinating the planning of new initiatives against the company investment portfolio.
• Capex receipting process for the portfolio, owning the governance for approval the receipt/spend Capex to forecast.
• CNO project data quality: own the reporting on data quality and drive improvement into a data driven analytical function.
• Drive the portfolio to ensure risks, dependencies and planning is in place across the Programmes of work and ensuring interdependencies are mapped, owned and tracked.
• Manage a Project Coordination function, a team of embedded coordinators to drive purchasing & financial governance at project level.

• Implement and embed new processes, tools, templates & guidance for project and programme delivery into BAU governance.
• Support company-wide activities such as annual and quarterly planning, TowerCo governance, finance and spend management processes, trending analysis, and change management.
• Coordination, organisation and governance of the quarterly forecasting cycle and the annual planning cycles.
• Support the development and maintenance of an information hub and training repository for the project and programme communities.

• Experience of rolling out automated analytical tools and migration to data focused analytics.
• Strong people skills, able to collaborate at most levels of the business and display effective influencing and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability
• Previous experience of leading within a large PMO team.
• Proactive and can-do attitude and committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to prioritise workload, delegate where appropriate and ensure expectations are set and commitments met.
• Drive for change – actively seeking out opportunities to do more but smarter.
• Take the initiative/leadership engaging within the CNO team and across the matrix organisation to achieve the goals and ensure continuous improvement
• Telco business understanding
• Proven stakeholder management at all levels: providing service to internal or external stakeholders to achieve successful programme and project outcomes
• Experience in the creation, deployment, and management of process, tools and frameworks to deliver change and reporting on delivery / financials data.
• Preferred experience of Planning and RAID across Programmes

• Competitive annual salary, car cash allowance, a performance based annual bonus & an additional 'flexible allowance' to spend on additional benefits, topping up your pension, or to be added to your salary.
• Hybrid working between your home (2-3 days a week) and our brand new Reading HQ office at Green Park (2-3 days a week)
• 28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 3 personal days annually, which increases with length of service
• Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Free mobile phone package & unlimited sim-card
• Free on-site car parking (including electric!)
• Plus lots more including well-being and learning & development benefits!

Salary range for this role start's at £53,760, and exact salary will differ by job and experience

Our people make us who we are. We’re a diverse and inclusive bunch, and it’s important you can feel you belong here. We value everybody for who they are and what they bring to the table, supporting one another as we continue to deliver for our customers.
At Three we have a hybrid working arrangement in place as standard for office based employees, where employees work from a mix of office based location and working from their home in the UK to carry on their role.
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