Project Management Officer - #2197294

Position: Enterprise PMO

Permanent

Salary: £70,000-£100,000 + Bonus & Benefits

Hybrid role: 3 days a week in Birmingham

This position will work across a portfolio of business projects and initiatives, supporting and facilitating successful delivery across varying levels of complexity, scale, value and organisational impact.

The individual will provide consistent project management discipline, governance, oversight and reporting across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring that appropriate controls, processes and delivery standards are maintained.

Working collaboratively with project sponsors, business stakeholders, project managers, delivery teams and senior leadership, the role will help drive accountability, manage dependencies, identify and escalate risks and issues, and ensure that projects remain aligned with wider business objectives.

The individual will need to demonstrate the flexibility to adapt their approach depending on the size, complexity, risk profile and strategic importance of each project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Governance: Establish and maintain appropriate project plans, governance frameworks, controls and reporting processes to ensure effective oversight and delivery assurance.
• Financial and Risk Management: Monitor project budgets, forecasts, risks, issues and dependencies, proactively identifying challenges and ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.
• Governance, Controls and Assurance: Ensure robust project governance and control frameworks are consistently applied across the portfolio, maintaining appropriate project documentation, stage gates, approval processes and assurance activities.
• Stakeholder Management: Work collaboratively with project sponsors, senior stakeholders, business teams and external suppliers to drive engagement, alignment and successful project delivery.
• Performance and Reporting: Provide clear and accurate reporting on project progress, financial performance, key milestones, risks and overall delivery status.
• Project Delivery: Manage and support multiple projects concurrently, varying in scale, complexity, financial value and strategic importance, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives, timescales, budgets and quality standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote consistent project management practices, identify opportunities to improve delivery effectiveness and ensure projects remain aligned with wider organisational priorities.
• Adaptability and Resilience: Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous and evolving environment, demonstrating flexibility, resilience and the ability to navigate changing priorities while maintaining strategic focus and momentum.

Background and Experience:

• Proven experience across a portfolio of enterprise wide project management, PMO or programme delivery, ideally within a large, complex, multi-project business environment.
• Experience managing or supporting projects of varying scale, complexity, financial value and business impact.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, financial controls and delivery assurance.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, cross-functional teams and external suppliers.
• Demonstrable ability to manage competing priorities, identify delivery risks and drive projects through to successful completion.
• Relevant project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM or equivalent) would be advantageous.

If you feel you meet the above criteria, please do apply. Unfortunately given the number of applications, we may be unable to respond to all unsuccessful applications.