Your new company

A leading recruitment organisation with over 50 years of experience recruiting across multiple specialisms and over 30 countries. They employ over 10,000 people worldwide and prioritise a people-centred approach, helping both organisations and individuals to meet their goals. They currently have a need to bring in a Head of PMO to establish and lead a Project management office for the Technology, Operations and Optimisation programme, which is a high-profile programme to transform the technology landscape of the organisation.

Your new role

The Head of PMO will be required to establish a consistent delivery governance model, ensuring disciplined execution of the portfolio and providing transparency across scope, schedule, cost, risk and benefits. The Head of PMO will enable delivery outcomes by co-ordinating cross-programme execution, managing dependencies across global regions and ensuring operational readiness for go-lives and transitions into run. The Head of PMO will be required to lead and develop a team of technical Project Managers, fostering a high-performance engineering culture with accountability and continuous improvement.

The Head of PMO will be required to ensure consistent planning, RAID/ dependency management, cutover governance, stakeholder reporting and executive steering preparation. In partnership with the Technology Enterprise Portfolio Management, the roleholder will ensure alignment of project methodologies, templates, KPI's, auditability, deliver cadence and quarterly portfolio reviews.

The Head of PMO will co-ordinate project developers across global regions (America, APAC, UK&I & CEMEA) and will ensure regulatory and operational needs are addressed. They will work with Infrastructure, Platform, Service Desk, IM & Tooling to align roadmaps, dependencies and readiness. They will also be required to ensure vendor-led activities meet delivery criteria, milestones and documentation standards.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience working in a Head of PMO capacity previously

• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage and mentor a team of Technical Project Managers

• Strong experience supporting a large technology transformation programme previously

• 3rd party vendor relationship management skills

• Experience working on global transformation programmes

• Knowledge of the recruitment industry nice to have

What you'll get in return

Competitive basic salary up to £117,000
Various benefits
Hybrid working

What you need to do now

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