Head of Project Management

3 days ago

Manchester, New Hampshire, United Kingdom BoxTwo Full time £90,000 - £120,000 per year

Location:
Flexible (with travel across regional offices)

Reports to:
Group CEO

Type:
Full-time, Permanent

Overview

The Head of PMO (Programme Management Office) will be responsible for establishing and leading the Group PMO to ensure the effective governance, prioritisation, delivery, and reporting of all strategic and operational programmes across the Group. This includes integration of newly acquired businesses, delivery of value-creation initiatives, system and process transformation, and performance improvement projects.

This role will play a critical part in supporting the Group CEO and Executive Team to deliver the buy-and-build strategy, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to defined outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic PMO Leadership

  • Design, implement and lead a Group-wide PMO framework covering programme governance, reporting standards, risk management, and change control.
  • Prioritise and sequence key initiatives within the Group Transformation Roadmap (integration, ERP/finance system roll-out, operational improvement, data and reporting, sales transformation, etc.).
  • Support the Group CEO and CFO in building visibility of progress against value-creation targets.

Programme Delivery & Governance

  • Oversee a portfolio of strategic programmes and ensure alignment with business objectives and investor expectations.
  • Provide structure and discipline to programme planning, budgeting, and delivery, ensuring robust milestone tracking and early identification of risk or slippage.
  • Facilitate effective steering committees and ensure clear decision-making and accountability across the executive team.

M&A Integration

  • Lead the integration planning and execution of newly acquired businesses, ensuring consistent processes, systems, and reporting standards.
  • Develop integration playbooks and ensure lessons learned are applied across future acquisitions.

Reporting & Insight

  • Develop and manage a single source of truth for programme performance, benefits realisation, and KPI tracking.
  • Prepare concise updates and dashboards for the Board, CEO, and investors, focusing on outcomes, issues, and next steps.

Team & Capability Development

  • Build and mentor a small central PMO team with matrixed relationships into divisional leaders and project managers.
  • Promote a culture of delivery excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the Group.

Skills & Experience Required

  • Proven experience leading a PMO or Transformation Office in a multi-site, operationally complex business (FM, Construction, Engineering, or similar).
  • Strong track record in programme and portfolio management, ideally within a PE-backed or high-growth environment.
  • Deep understanding of project management methodologies (Agile, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent).
  • Experience in integration and change management following M&A transactions.
  • Excellent financial and analytical acumen with an ability to link programme delivery to EBITDA and value creation.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior executives and investors.
  • Highly organised, delivery-focused, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment.

Personal Attributes

  • Commercially astute and data-driven, with a bias for action and clarity.
  • Collaborative and pragmatic — able to balance structure with flexibility.
  • Confident, credible, and able to engage at Board level.
  • Passionate about building scalable systems, processes, and teams that drive sustainable growth.

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