PMO Analyst
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Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values Beliefs and Expectations by which we select recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.
Inspired to make a difference we are committed to solving the worlds toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers needs as if they were our own.
United as a team we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for aPMO Analyst to support a defence programe based in the UK at Leidos. This is a hybrid position with some travel requirements to Cambridgeshire and Heathrow.
Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better constantly adapt and learn new technologies. Were a passionate team and are committed to developing and growing our staff.
Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in the defence intelligence homeland security civil and health markets. The companys 38000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.
Your role and responsibilities
We currently have a permanent vacancy for a PMO Analyst to work alongside the Programme Management Team for our Government client. This position is a full time permanent role and applicants must have DV clearance or be willing to undergo the clearance process.
The programme are looking for a detail oriented and proactive individual to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of a large and complex programme of work helping to successfully deliver by ensuring adherence to governance standards and best practices. Youll provide valuable analytical insights manage project documentation to ensure it stays accurate and up to date and enable clear and effective reporting to support programme leadership and senior stakeholders. You will be expected to build close working relationships with the team to drive delivery at pace and adapt your approach to the needs of a large programme of work across multiple sites.
What youll do:
Ensure that robust programme documentation is maintained and applied in accordance with industry best practice
Maintain (and help implement) processes to collect monitor and analyse data to support financial and resource management and planning across the programme
Develop manage or maintain high quality reports dashboards and performance metrics to support senior leadership decisions and forecasting ensuring outputs are timely accurate and aligned with governance cycles
Support the design and delivery of engaging user-friendly dashboards and reports using tools such as Power BI and Excel
Build strong working relationships with the programme delivery teams to ensure outputs are fit-for-purpose accurate and timely
Support PM and Engineers with scoping Work Packages with clearly defined inputs and outputs risks assumptions dependencies.
Appreciation of Risk Management through robust mitigations and burn down tracking.
Support key programme stakeholders to triage contract changes ensuring new work proposals are developed at pace
Provide guidance and training to project teams on PMO tools processes and best practices
You will be self-motivated and be able to work autonomously to achieve day to day objectives with significant results on project or operational deliverables. You must be an effective written and verbal communicator comfortable directly engaging with customers and colleagues. You must also demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to technical challenges.
WHO DO WE NEED
Able to demonstrate experience in a PMO or Project role successfully delivering PMO outputs.
Strong attention to detail capable of interpreting complex information.
Good interpersonal skills and judgement for dealing with both internal and external stakeholders to develop strong working relations to support achieving objectives.
Ability to engage and work within a multi-functional programme team comprising both customer supplier and internal staff (awareness of engineering principles desirable)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstratable experience in document writing reporting presenting facilitating and requirements gathering
Strong analytical and investigative skills with a keen eye to detail and ability to see trends and interdependencies
Works within deadlines priositises effectively and delivers at pace
Proficient in Microsoft Office Apps (Such as Excel Power BI PowerPoint MS Project Teams Outlook)
Qualifications in recognised project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2 Foundation APM PMQ) or equivalent experience (2yrs) in a project/PMO environment with demonstrable delivery experience
Experience working on an Agile Programme
Are you ready to make an impact Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career share your CV with us today!
Everything we do is built on our commitment to do the right thing for our customers our employees and our communities. Learn more about the values and culture that are the foundations of our business. Our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in national security defence government logistics and operations transportation and energy.
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
Flexi-Time Working
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
IC
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.