Head of PMO

Centrica are going through an exciting period of change. We are evolving to become a truly purpose-led organisation, helping millions of customers to live more sustainably, simply, and affordably. We believe that we have a huge role to play in helping the nation to cut carbon emissions and prepare for a net zero future, it is a role of which we are immensely proud of.

**The day to Day**
- Manage the DTS PMO Waterfall or Agile applicable processes (such as strategic prioritisation and KPIs, classification, demand management, portfolio, and project management.
- Control delivery standards, governance for technology delivery across all technology and business areas.
- Set and manage DTS Delivery governance.
- Ensure DTS resources compliance to PMO set standards and governance.
- Deliver the overall DTS resource demand.
- Execute the DTS project delivery framework.
- Set and manage financial controls and management processes for project, program, and portfolios.
- Deliver guidance and tools to allow Project Managers to accurately manage and monitor project finances ensuring that these are adhered to.
- Manage the DTS Change Plan quarterly, annual, and 3-year strategy planning cycle, and identify any strategic dependencies for resolution.
- Show responsibility for creation of the aggregated DTS delivery plan based on demand and plans generated by various delivery portfolios teams.
- Ensure that portfolios of work support delivery of DTS strategy and achievement of targeted benefits.
- Ensure optimisation of the return on investment and consideration of all options and alternatives throughout the program or portfolio lifecycle.
- Deliver the implementation of the initiatives underpinning DTS strategic direction.
- Provide PMO quality assurance for delivery of projects and programs across all technology and business areas.
- Ensure adherence to the Project Lifecycle governance and methodologies.
- Drive decision making, identifying, and removing obstacles to progress, resolving any conflicting stakeholder issues, supported by comprehensive reporting.
- Undertake structured quality assurance and health check reviews of programmes and projects as required.
- Provide advice and support on risks and issues to the relevant individuals and governance bodies.
- Ensure projects use appropriate project methodology, techniques, and processes, throughout the entire project lifecycle and provides feedback accordingly.
- Ensure the completion of Quality Reviews of projects and programs.
- Provides a coordinated register of all IS projects from initial request to closure.
- Ensures the maintenance and action of a log of changes required, to standards and procedures.
- Ensures project management process documentation is maintained.
- Own Service Now tool as a tech delivery super-user.
- Ensure its effective use for project/program and portfolio management and reporting.
- Regularly report on the PMO processes and status of work to all team members.
- organisation to deliver successful program or portfolio outcomes.
- Establish PMO as a trusted business partner for delivery advice and guidance.
- Direct senior stakeholder communications and change management activity to ensure changes embed within the business organisation to drive benefit realisation in line with the business case.
- Manage the inter-relationship of the programme or portfolio with the wider business portfolio and business as usual business and technical operations.

**What's in it for you**
- Competitive salary and bonus potential.
- Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap.
- Pension scheme.
- Company Funded Healthcare Plan.
- 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
- Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance.

**_ At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team - a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it_**

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