Senior Transformation

Closing Date

Job Title: Senior Transformation (PMO) Analyst

Location: Worthing, West Sussex

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37/ week

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint

(Please note: we are unable to offer sponsorship on this role)
Are you a senior Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Analyst who is passionate about driving transformation through data, insight, and collaboration? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy solving complex problems? Are you ready to take your skills to the next level in a dynamic business transformation environment?

Southern Water is seeking a
Senior Transformation PMO Analyst
to join our dynamic Transformation Office team.

About The Role
Known internally as Senior Transformation Office Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in enabling and improving key processes across our transformation portfolio. You'll lead performance reporting, manage our PPM tool (Wave), and act as the main interface with our strategic partner McKinsey to ensure the successful delivery of system enhancements.

You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure consistent adoption of transformation processes, support workstream leads, and produce insight-driven reports and dashboards that help drive decision-making and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of Transformation Office (TO) processes and Wave configuration
• Own performance reporting across hygiene, delivery, and outcomes.
• Act as the subject matter expert and point of contact for Wave.
• Support TO meetings, including preparation, facilitation, and follow-up.
• Produce monthly reporting packs and dashboards for executive review.
• Maintain transformation documentation including change logs, risk logs, and the TO handbook.
• Provide assurance reviews and support communication across the transformation portfolio.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in PMO, project management, or transformation analyst roles.
• A pragmatic problem solver with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Curious, proactive, and highly organised.
• Comfortable working in a high-paced, change-driven environment.
• Good working knowledge of project management, PMO, and change management processes.
• PPM tool subject matter experience including configuration and management of enhancements.
• Experience with data visualisation and reporting tools, such as Power BI, is highly desirable .

Why Join Us?
At Southern Water, transformation is at the heart of everything we do. You'll be part of a collaborative team that values innovation, insight, and continuous improvement. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact and grow your career in a forward-thinking organisation.

Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Worthing office and home, 2-3 days a week (with Monday to Wednesday being the preferred office days).

Benefits
We are offering a salary of £45,000 - £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Join our Transformation Office and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

If this role isn't quite what you're looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself )

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.