Pmo- Project Manager

Title: PMO Project Manager
Salary: £50,000
Location: Must be located within travelling distance of either Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Taunton
Hybrid: Yes
Benefits: Gym membership, Cycle to work, Eye care vouchers, 26 days annual leave rising to 29.
Vacancy details
Sitting within the PMO and working collaboratively with the relevant Project Sponsors and key stakeholders, take responsibility for the Agile planning and delivery of several projects. This includes scoping, management of delivery timescales, budget and resources, reporting, communications, and efficient hand over to BAU, maintaining a rigorous eye on scope creep, RoI and best practice sharing.
Of key importance is to maintain and execute the structure and framework, from the newly created Project Management Office, to maintain PM best practices and continuous improvement.
Day to day, you'll be successful in this role by:
Project managing and delivering high profile, approved projects
Maintaining effective governance, documentation, and controls
Project planning, reporting, risk management and financial controls
Providing targeted and timely Management Information on all primary activities
Providing input into the development of a common framework of good-practice standards, tools, templates and processes for running and governing the portfolio of projects and programmes
Collaboration with senior business stakeholders to ensure smooth process and project change delivery and maximum benefits realisation
Undertake regular reviews to ensure that completed change programmes deliver the expected business benefit as identified in the initial business case
Effective change management planning to support the delivery of projectsRegular duties will include:
Ensure each project / programme has agreed aims and (where possible) measurable KPIs on inception so that the success of each project can be assessed and reported upon post implementation
Exercise rigorous change control and guard against scope creep, whilst ensuring means of engagement for future opportunities and appropriate capture of such are provided
Manage complex risks and issues through to a logical resolution
For your projects, ensure the business case has proper coverage of all appropriate areas of activities, reasons, options, benefits expected, risks, costs, phases and timescales, investment appraisal and evaluation; ensure that it is agreed by all relevant stakeholders; and ensure that it is regularly reviewed
Communication and engagement of stakeholders and expectation management.Qualification:
Process mapping experienceSkills, abilities, knowledge and experience:
Around 3-4 years experience in Project Management & Change Management
Experience of delivering and overseeing projects using a range of project methodologies, particularly Agile
The ability to engage and create rapport with stakeholders firm-wide
The enthusiasm and application to ensure that the PMO supports all aspects of the firm's business
Able to juggle multiple tasks and projects successfully, maintaining quality
Able to present information and ideas effectively, engaging the audience