PMO Lead | London | Odgers Executive Search

PMO Lead London Odgers Executive Search

About the role

The PMO Lead is responsible for establishing managing and continuously improving project programme and portfolio management standards across the organisation. This role ensures effective planning governance delivery assurance resource planning and performance reporting to enable predictable highquality project outcomes aligned with strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Defining and maintaining the project programme and portfolio governance framework and tooling.
• Ensuring consistent quality standards across all delivery initiatives.
• Leading portfolio reporting including status risk financial and benefit tracking.
• Supporting prioritisation and investment decisions through robust analysis.
• Facilitating steering committees and governance boards.
• Providing delivery assurance reviews health checks and project audits.
• Enforcing compliance with policies while enabling practical flexible delivery.
• Ensuring resource management processes are effective and transparent.
• Providing project management support and training where required.

Outcomes

The PMO Lead will be accountable for delivering the following measurable outcomes:

• A consistently applied project and programme delivery framework across all initiatives.
• Accurate timely and actionable reporting on portfolio performance risks financials and resource utilisation.
• Improved project delivery success rates (on time on budget within scope and aligned to quality standards).
• A mature and simple governance structure with clear decision-making pathways and controls.
• A wellsupported Project and Product community with access to tools templates guidance and coaching.
• Predictable resource planning and forecasting to support prioritisation and capacity management.
• Well-defined project and program plans across the portfolio.
• Enhanced visibility of strategic alignment across the project portfolio including facilitation of planning and consolidation of portfolio reporting.

Competencies

• Planning and portfolio management
• Project and programme governance
• Delivery assurance and quality management
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Change and transformation leadership
• Financial acumen contract and cost management
• Datadriven decisionmaking and reporting excellence

Knowledge of

• Understanding of Agile methodology.
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks and risk management practices.
• Familiarity with organisational strategy portfolio prioritisation and business case evaluation.
• Experience with PPM tools (e.g. Power BI Jira).
• Knowledge of resource management approaches forecasting and capacity planning.
• Vendor and contract management.

Skills

• Ability to design implement and optimise PMO processes.
• Skilled in multiproject reporting dashboard creation and performance metrics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication including executivelevel reporting.
• Strong facilitation skills to support steering committees and governance forums.
• Analytical skills for evaluating project data risks and financials.
• Coaching and mentoring project and product delivery teams.
• Able to challenge constructively and drive adoption of standards.
• Ability to design implement and optimise PMO processes.
• Skilled in multiproject reporting dashboard creation and performance metrics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication including executivelevel reporting.
• Strong facilitation skills to support steering committees and governance forums.
• Analytical skills for evaluating project data risks and financials.
• Coaching and mentoring project and product delivery teams.
• Able to challenge constructively and drive adoption of standards.

Behaviours

• Proactive structured and detailoriented.
• Collaborative approach with strong relationshipbuilding capability.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in fastchanging ambiguous environments.
• Outcomefocused with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Confident in engaging senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrates integrity transparency and accountability.
• Willingness to get hands on with project and program management where necessary.

Odgers is one of the worlds leading Global Executive Search firms. Our reputation for excellence and integrity has been established over 60 years and we are a partnership-driven by the client candidate and employee experience. We function as trusted advisors to our clients and candidates and engage with a diverse range of leaders for the most influential roles across a wide variety of industries. The service we deliver is creative insightful and most importantly in partnership; we pride ourselves on maintaining personal relationships.

At Odgers we are proud of our progressive diverse meritocratic and collaborative culture where you will find support training and career development working with colleagues striving for excellence in all they do. We are UK headquartered with colleagues across 58 Offices in 32 countries specialising in over 50 sectors and functions.

Hybrid Working

Our Hybrid working policy is based on the principles of empowerment mutual trust and flexibility recognising that we work best when we make choices about when where and how we work. At the same time we are reminded that time together is so important. We are a client-service business in which our relationships and our culture provide a significant advantage. Our offices remain critical to how we work; they are a place for collaboration learning and support and an anchor for the culture of which we are so proud.

We operate a hybrid working model which would typically see you spending a minimum of 3 days working from the office and the rest remotely. Your work pattern will be reliant on business demands and we would expect you to manage your time accordingly.

At Odgers we are committed to fostering a work environment that is safe and respectful of all individuals. We have and will always stand with and support the inclusion and equity of our colleagues candidates and clients and are committed to improving diversity in all its forms within Odgers.

Unlimited embodies this philosophy and our commitment to inclusion.

We have several initiatives that ensure equity is practised at all levels of our organisation including our Allies programme an equitable recruitment process designed to ensure opportunity our Next Generation council and a meritocratic promotion process.

Sustainability

Modern businesses have a duty to be environmentally responsible and operate sustainably. We believe this represents not only sound commercial sense but also recognises our ethical responsibility to minimise the impact of our activities on the environment and to leave a positive legacy for future generations.

We have committed to and set science-based decarbonisationtargets and have received verification of these goals from the Science Based Targets initiative(SBTi). These targets will hold us accountable to our sustainability strategy while enabling us to measure our progress. This is complemented by us continuing to provide sustainability insight to our clients and cultivating a track record within sustainable businesses and in placing sustainability leaders.

Corporate Social Responsibility

We take Charity seriously but like to have fun too. Our CSR team are always thinking up new events and activities to get involved in and raise funds for our chosen charityBritish Heart Foundation.

We also have a variety of social clubs and learning opportunities to suit everyone such as the Brunch and Learn Session Odgers choir the book club or one of the many sports clubs

Whats on offer

A competitive base salary supplemented by our benefits package and discretionary bonus

• 25 days Annual leave 3 gift days for the Christmas closure bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance with Bupa and cash plan with Simply Health
• Group Company Pension
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to work scheme
• Give As You Earn
• Group Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Charity Day
• Wellbeing Programmes support and speakers
• On-boarding induction training and ongoing professional development
• Corporate member discounts and benefits available through Bupa and Simply Health including Gyms Discounts

Applications

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Eligibility

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK