Senior ePMO Analyst

Internal use only - Grade E

About us

Were the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the Role

The SeniorePMOAnalyst plays a pivotal role in assuringand supportingeffective delivery of portfolio outcomes across The Very Group.

Operating at enterprise portfolio level this role partners closely with Delivery ManagersPortfolio Managers Senior stakeholders Finance People and Strategyto provide a holistic cross-cutting view of change.

Acting as a critical friend the SeniorePMOAnalyst challenges constructively supports decision-making and proactivelyidentifiescross-portfolio risks dependencies and delivery constraints.

The role drives consistency maturity and value across governance reporting and delivery frameworks elevating performance across multiple portfolios spanning retail and financial services

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Governance and Reporting:

• Provide insight and assurance forportfolio-level reporting providing insights into risks issues dependencies and delivery progressfor the areas supported

• Define and refine portfolio governance standards and rhythms ensuring adherence to agreed methodologies (agile hybrid waterfall) and controls across multiple delivery areas.

• Provide objective delivery assurance through evidence-led health checks stage gate readiness reviews and proactive recommendations for course correction.

• Translate complex portfolio data into clear narratives for senior leadership highlighting trends hotspots trade-offs and required decisions

Programme Support:

• Partner with Delivery Managers and Portfolio Managers to shape portfolio plans prioritisation and resource strategies that optimise value and manage constraints.

• Drive integrated dependency and risk management across the portfolio ensuring linkages are captured owned and actively managed across vertical delivery lines.

• Coordinate and continuously improve portfolio-level reporting cycles ensuring alignment between enterprise priorities funding benefits realisation and delivery roadmaps.

• Facilitate and support portfolio forums decision boards and cross-portfolio working groups ensuring actions outcomes and accountabilities are clear and tracked.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identifyand lead opportunities to automate simplify and standardiseePMOprocesses tooling and templates to increase efficiency and reduce friction.

• Champion continuous improvement practices promoting consistent adoption of best practice and embedding lessons learned across portfolios and programmes.

• Evolve andmaintainthe enterprise change framework and playbook ensuring it supports both agile and hybrid delivery contexts and is understood by stakeholders.

• Implement and refine portfolio metrics and KPIs (delivery financial benefits capacity) to enable data-driven decision-making.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders Portfolio Managers Delivery Managers Finance RiskStrategy PeopleTeamand other control functions acting as a credible advisor and critical friend.

• Provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders balancinggovernanceand pace to enable outcomes while safeguarding delivery confidence.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to resolve enterprise-wide constraints ensuring alignment on priorities and trade-offs.

• Communicate complex information succinctly and diplomatically tailoring messages to executive and delivery audiences

About you

• Deep understanding of portfolio programme and project management methodologies (agile hybrid waterfall) and enterprise portfolio management practices
• Significant experiencein a PMO/ePMOor portfolio management role within a complex fast-paced corporate environment ideally retail or financial services
• Proven ability tooperateat portfolio level synthesising data across multiple programmes toprovideactionable insights and strategic recommendations
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills witha track recordof providing constructive challenge to senior leaders in a supportive solutions-oriented manner
• Strong analytical and data storytelling skills; ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear decision-ready insights
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel PowerPoint SharePoint) and strong experience with SharePoint-based governance repositories
• Proficiencyin JIRA (administration and day-to-day use) and associated tooling across agile at scale environments(highly desirable)
• Experience of resource and capacity management at portfolio level including demand/supply analysis and scenario planning (highly desirable)
• Experience with data visualisation and BI tools (e.g. Power BI) to build portfolio dashboards and KPIs (desirable)
• Relevant professional qualifications such as P3O MSP PRINCE2MoPSAFe or equivalent (desirable)

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews

• 1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday bank holidays
• Udemy learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be foundon our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

1st Stage - Initial Teams call with Hiring Team.

2nd Stage- A one-hour formal interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.

Please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Senior IC