PMO Manager

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure the successful implementation of the PMO’s strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables.
• Monitor Program reporting and assist the team in reporting to Senior Management and stakeholders.
• Establish frameworks and standards for Program and Project Management Manage and compile Program related financial and KPI information Oversee project costs and ensure finances are well managed
• Provide and maintain a capacity planning and resource tracking service across the Program
• Update and maintain the Risk Log, Action Log, Decisions Log, and Issue Register
• planned Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the program and projects adhere to the agreed budget
• Ensure cross-program dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained.
• Coordinate project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged.
• Build an effective connection within the team and motivate team to produce quality work.
• Define and embed project control and governance
• Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting;
• Financial Management; Change Management across the project portfolio
• Prepare regular status reporting for the engagement leadership

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Proven track record for planning, executing, controlling and closing projects and the ability to manage a project and its components simultaneously with mínimal supervision
• Experience of managing a PMO office
• Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams
• Experience of project management using waterfall methodology for medium to large sized projects
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and program plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
• Highly efficient in resource planning and tasks assignment
• Knowledge of benefits and dependency mapping, risk management and resource planning
• Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS project
• Line management or team leader experience
• Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations
• Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business
• Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions
• Experience of Program and project level financial management
• Experience of defining and delivering benefits realization for projects and program