PMO Specialist

To advance this mission, we are seeking a proactive, high-calibre PMO Specialist to join our Data Change Centre of Excellence. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining governance, metrics, and quality reporting across our Data & Analytics change portfolio, providing independent assurance and challenge to ensure projects are delivered safely and efficiently. You will liaise with stakeholders across all levels, from Project Managers to Managing Directors.

Initial Assignment:

You will support a high-profile Data Regulatory Transformation Programme (RegX) addressing Data Quality (DQ) remediation, regulatory risk initiatives (e.g., IRR, BCBS), and data lineage controls to monitor and protect critical regulatory data.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Governance & Framework:

  • Support Programme and Project Managers in executing business plans within agreed cost, quality, and timeline constraints.

  • Implement and oversee change governance arrangements, serving as an internal Subject Matter Expert (SME) on enterprise change management frameworks and delivery standards.

  • Conduct quality assurance checks across the entire delivery lifecycle.

• Tracking, Budgeting & Reporting:

  • Own end-to-end RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) tracking, reporting, and escalation to resolution.

  • Monitor delivery budgets, resource allocations, and actual expenditures.

  • Track business benefits and OKRs proactively against established targets.

  • Drive reporting excellence for milestones, progress status, and KPIs following established PMO standards.

• Process & Tooling Enablement:

  • Manage, standardize, and maintain project artifacts, process repositories, and knowledge hubs.

  • Facilitate delivery onboarding, phase tracking, project closure, and independent Post-Implementation Reviews (PIR).

  • Champion Agile methodologies and best practices; provide coaching and advice on collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.

  • Contribute to the continuous evolution of the PMO Centre of Excellence by identifying process inconsistencies and sharing lessons learned.

• Stakeholder Management:

  • Build strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional internal and external stakeholders.

  • Record and cascade minutes, decisions, and action items from key governance forums and steering committees.