PMO Project Manager

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At AECOM we are currently recruiting for a PMO Project Manager to join our team in London .This role plays a key part in shaping and embedding an automated systemsdriven PMO capability supporting global workplace programmes for our global tech client

The role requires strong capability in Smartsheet including managing workflows automations and portfoliolevel reporting alongside advanced proficiency with Microsoft O365 and Copilot.

Your day-to-day will include but not be limited to the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation of global standards templates and best practices for programme delivery.
• Coordinate and maintain programme documentation reporting and archiving.
• Assist in the rollout and adoption of new processes and tools across teams.
• Facilitate accurate and timely reporting (monthly quarterly) for portfolio status risks and milestones.
• Gather and analyze lessons learned contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide onboarding and training support for external project management teams.
• Act as a central point of contact for programme-related queries supporting collaboration and communication.
• Help manage programme management tools (e.g. Smartsheet SharePoint) and troubleshoot access or data issues.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and support supplier diversity initiatives as needed.
• Support the development structuring and ongoing improvement of workplace design guidelines.
• Ensure guidelines are integrated into SharePoint and accessible to global teams.
• Gather feedback from project teams and stakeholders to refine and update guidelines for future projects.

Governance & Standardization

• Develop and implement global standards best practices and processes for programme delivery.
• Maintain and update the Project Delivery Playbook to ensure consistency and continuous improvement across all regions.

Template & Process Development

• Lead focus groups to develop new processes especially for cross-functional and global initiatives
• Lessons Learned reviews to update Playbook and Workplace Design Guidelines
• Drive change management for the rollout of new standards and processes.
• Create maintain and centrally store templates for standardized reporting and documentation.

Qualifications :

As the successful candidate you will have experience working within our construction markets along with having the following qualifications and experience.

• Have a strong focus on building and operating an automated PMO
• Be proactive and driven to implement embed and continuously improve systems and tools
• Demonstrate strategic thinking with the ability to operate at portfolio level
• Be confident in change management supporting teams through new ways of working
• Be extremely competent with Microsoft O365 including Copilot and comfortable applying automation and AIenabled tools in a PMO environment
• Have handson experience with Smartsheet including workflows automations and reporting

Additional Information :

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For further information about the role reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract