
Head of Project Management Office
System C
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leeds • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £55,000 - £65,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Run the PMO: standards, gating, controls and continuous improvement.
- Build utilisation, performance and benefits reporting; produce board-level MI and minutes/actions.
- Drive portfolio planning, dependency/risk management and resource forecasting.
- Challenge financial variances, support business cases and assure delivery milestones.
- Coach, support and upskill PSOs and delivery leaders; champion lessons learned.
- Maintain high data quality across tools to enable predictive analytics and early-warning insights.
Requirements
- Senior PMO leadership in complex environments, with strong stakeholder influence.
- Depth in RAID, change control, benefits realisation and resource management.
- Advanced analytics skills: Excel (pivots), Power BI (exec dashboards); familiarity with Precursive ideal.
- Working knowledge of MS Project, Jira/Confluence, PSA (OpenAir/Precursive) and PPM tools (e.g., Monday.com).
- PRINCE2 (essential); Agile exposure (APM Agile/SAFe) desirable.
- A pragmatic, delivery-focused style with humility, ownership, collaboration and integrity at the core.
Benefits
- Purposeful work
- hybrid flexibility
- supportive colleagues who “own it” and “do the right thing”
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio planningdependency managementrisk managementresource forecastingfinancial variance analysisbenefits realisationadvanced analyticsdata quality managementpredictive analyticschange control
Soft Skills
stakeholder influencecoachingsupportingupskillingcollaborationhumilityownershipintegritydelivery-focusedcontinuous improvement
Certifications
PRINCE2APM AgileSAFe