Project Management Office Lead

6 days ago


York, York City, United Kingdom Aviva Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Project Management Office Lead to join our team at Aviva. As a key member of our Transformation community, you will be responsible for overseeing and assuring the delivery of our UKGI portfolio of change, which typically totals over £100m annually.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide strategic leadership and direction to our PMO team, ensuring the provision of a high-quality service to programmes in line with proportionate governance.
  • Use portfolio data and your knowledge and experience to provide insight into overall performance, identifying key themes across areas such as resourcing, risks, and dependencies.
  • Challenging process inefficiencies and/or underperformance, and recommending actions to address.
  • Leading a team of PMO professionals, ensuring the efficient deployment of resources to the most critical and strategic deliveries.
  • Driving the continued embedment of PPM tooling into the area, and taking accountability for ensuring we get the required value and efficiency from the tool.

Requirements:

  • Financial Services industry experience and ability to understand customer, commercial, and people measures and metrics.
  • Proven team leader with good people management experience.
  • Good awareness of risk, control, and governance requirements, and ideally have worked in a highly regulated environment.
  • Ability to build strong relationships with both peers and senior stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of change delivery methodologies and frameworks, including Planview or similar PPM tool knowledge.

What We Offer:

  • Starting salary between £60,000 and £80,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  • Bonus opportunity – 12% of annual salary; Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's
  • Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
  • 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
  • Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
  • Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
  • Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
  • Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
  • We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools


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