Head of Programme Management Office

3 days ago

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom McLaren Group Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Head of Programme Management Office

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Programme Management Office (PMO) leader to join our team at McLaren Racing. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the PMO, establishing clear methodologies and governance, and embedding the team as a key support function of all areas of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and grow the PMO with appropriate structure, budget management, and resource to successfully support the business.
  • Develop the pipeline of future Project Management professionals for McLaren Racing.
  • Be the face and champion of the PMO, building and maintaining excellent relationships across McLaren Racing to empower the team to support and enable clear decision making and lead successful programme and project delivery.
  • Support the McLaren Racing Executive team with the strategic vision for McLaren, acting as curator for their individual plans and tracking, updating, and reporting as required.
  • Embed project standardisation and structured documentation, including scoping documents, business cases, timelines, and risk logs to provide consistency and clarity throughout the business.
  • Ensure programme and project governance frameworks are applied consistently across all work undertaken within the PMO.
  • Develop reporting templates and embed their use to deliver key structured updates to McLaren Racing Executive, key stakeholders, and leadership teams.
  • Work closely with leadership teams to define strategic plans in all areas, identifying critical projects to be delivered along the way.
  • Take a leading role in the delivery of some business-critical projects as required, to ensure successful delivery and outcomes.
  • Support the production of critical business cases for projects as required.
  • Conduct and support lessons learned exercises, documenting, and then implementing key action points from these reviews.
  • Identify opportunities to improve project delivery efficiency and effectiveness within the PMO and throughout the wider business.

Requirements:

  • Extensive broad, multi-discipline experience in complex programme and project management.
  • Multiple years' experience of leadership and management of a PMO, with a proven track record of success in leading complex programmes and projects in a high-pressure and fast-paced environment.
  • Strong experience in strategic thinking, business acumen, prioritisation of programmes of work in line with resource profiles, business demand, and impact of outcomes.
  • PRINCE2/APM or equivalent qualification.
  • Experts in MS Project and project planning tools.
  • Industry experience in engineering, technical, or infrastructure would be beneficial.
  • Strong change management knowledge and experience of developing standard practices, templates, and frameworks in areas where project experience is less apparent. Demonstrated expertise in project management methodologies.
  • Excellent risk management, mitigation, escalation, and reporting experience essential.
  • Strong understanding of commercial and financial basics, including capital investment, operational costs, cash flow, product lifecycle management, business case development, resource allocation.
  • Highly skilled in producing various reports to a high standard for a variety of audiences – including RAG status, monthly progress, quarterly reviews, etc.
  • Ability to build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of the business.
  • An engaging leader with demonstrated ability to motivate and influence a high-performing team of project management professionals.
  • Confident communicator with the ability to translate and present complex information succinctly to suit the audience and stakeholders of all levels.
  • Ability to review and interpret operational and financial data and derive decisions and conclusions from it.

What We Offer:

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state-of-the-art, sustainable campus offers many facilities, including a gym, restaurant, and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30-minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance, and generous pension contributions.

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