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Director of Project Management

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Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Worknest Full time

As the Head of Financial Operations, you'll be at the forefront of our company's transformation and growth journey, driving strategic projects that align with our long-term vision. This pivotal role requires a forward-thinking leader who thrives in a dynamic environment, where agility and innovation are key to success. You will lead our project management office, ensuring that all projects are delivered efficiently, on time, and within budget, while continuously enhancing our project management capabilities.

Strategic Leadership: Own and drive the project delivery roadmap, managing dependencies across multiple workstreams and ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives.

Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with business stakeholders, sponsors, and project managers to instil robust, agile project management practices that yield superior outcomes.

Executive Engagement: Prepare and lead Executive Steering Committee meetings and project review boards, ensuring clear communication and alignment at the highest levels.

Transparency & Accountability: Implement cutting-edge reporting structures and toolkits that promote transparency and accountability across all projects.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with functional teams on process landscape assessments, gap analysis, and the development of agile process transformation plans.

Continuous Improvement: Apply Lean Six Sigma and other agile methodologies to streamline processes, reduce waste, and accelerate delivery.

Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing PMO team, fostering a collaborative, agile, and high-performance results-driven culture.

Decision-Making: Maintain a comprehensive view of all strategic activities to improve visibility and inform agile decision-making.

This role requires extensive experience in project management methodology, with a deep understanding of PMO, Agile, and related PPM processes. You should have a proven track record of delivering large programmes in a project/programme management capacity, ideally within a matrixed organization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement project management methodologies and best practices
  • Lead and manage a high-performing PMO team
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to drive strategic projects
  • Implement cutting-edge reporting structures and toolkits
  • Apply Lean Six Sigma and other agile methodologies to streamline processes

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience in project management methodology
  • Deep understanding of PMO, Agile, and related PPM processes
  • Proven track record of delivering large programmes
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills
  • Leadership and team management experience
  • Financial management skills

This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of two days per week in the office and the rest of the week remote. The salary for this role is £80,000 - £90,000 per annum, depending on experience, and includes an attractive company benefits package.