Senior PMO

Project description

As an experienced PMO you must have a strong track record delivering large-scale transformation programmes across complex, multi-stakeholder environments. You will be comfortable operating at the intersection of business and technology while providing control, structure and clarity to senior leadership. We're looking for a Senior PMO to: • Act as the programme control lead for our Loans transformation programme, ensuring consistent execution across all workstreams • Provide a single, accurate view of programme health, risks, dependencies and delivery status • Own programme governance, reporting, and planning disciplines across a global stakeholder landscape • Partner directly with the Programme Lead to enable senior stakeholder management and decision-making • Drive structure, accountability and consistency across business, technology, operations and vendor stakeholders

Responsibilities

Own / maintain the central programme plan, including milestones, dependencies, and critical path across all workstreams
Maintain and govern programme-wide RAID logs, ensuring risks and issues are proactively identified and managed
Drive consistent and high-quality status reporting, including executive-level summaries and steering materials
Establish and help run governance forums (Steering Committee, Programme Working Group, Workstream forums, vendor governance) including agenda, actions, and decision tracking
Ensure all programme decisions are clearly documented with ownership, rationale and follow-up
Manage cross-workstream dependencies and surface conflicts or delivery risks early
Provide transparency on resource capacity, gaps and alignment to delivery timelines
Coordinate stakeholder engagement across business, technology and operations groups
Support vendor management processes, including tracking contractual deliverables and escalations
Act as a trusted partner to the Programme Lead, ensuring they have clear, concise, and actionable information to drive decisions

SKILLS

Must have

7+ years of experience in PMO, programme management, or delivery roles within large-scale transformation initiatives
Proven experience supporting complex, multi-year programmes with distributed global stakeholders
Strong understanding of programme governance, planning, and control disciplines
Experience operating in both Agile and traditional delivery environments
Strong stakeholder management skills, including exposure to senior leadership and steering committees
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex delivery information into clear executive messaging
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail
Ability to challenge constructively and drive accountability across teams
Experience with financial services and large-scale platform transformations (LoanIQ or similar) is highly desirable
Advanced skills in tools such as Excel, PowerPoint and programme planning tools

Nice to have

MS Copilot