PMO Lead

Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited
Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.
We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.
Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.
Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

**Requirements**:
The role
The PMO Lead role has responsibilities for client delivery, developing our PMO delivery practice and people, alongside the maturing of supporting approaches and standards. The post-holder will be part of the growing Change Delivery practice, reporting to the Head of Change Delivery and will be expected to work across the Change & Innovation Portfolio.

The Change & Innovation Portfolio brings together the capabilities to analyse, design and develop innovative solutions and services, with the project and programme management expertise to deliver business change. We support our public sector clients to deliver sustainable change and innovation, using knowledge transfer and co-delivery to build their internal capabilities and create positive impact.

The Change Delivery Practice’s mission is to support our clients design and delivery successful change through quality P3M (Portfolio, Programme and Project Management) consultancy and knowledge transfer that builds sustainable capability across the public sector

Successful applicants will have experience of large-scale transformation programmes and a broad understanding of the UK public services landscape with experience in different sectors. In addition to demonstrable client engagement skills, they will have a good understanding about the challenges faced in public sector delivery and an interest in innovating with new techniques and technology to support the more efficient delivery of improved outcomes.

**The role will be based around the following key capabilities**:

- Delivery - designing, managing and assuring high achieving PMO functions for clients
- Establishing the PMO offering as an integral delivery product for our success
- Building and managing a PMO team of support officers, analysts and consultants
- Internal guidance to the Delivery Support and Assurance team to mature our delivery practice

Delivery
- Providing PMO delivery leadership and direction, ensuring work is properly designed with sufficient client engagement.
- Managing and monitoring project performance, progress against milestones, and appropriateness and quality of work, and where necessary taking corrective action.
- Establishing PMO functions and portfolio / programme governance in line with client maturity
- Overseeing the development of proportionate assurance mechanisms
- Overseeing protocols to change the scope of projects and/or programmes and ensuring updates to configuration documents as required.
- Having the ability to confidently engage and work with stakeholders across the business including internal stakeholder up to C-level and external stakeholders.
- Providing strategic leadership to the Programme or Portfolio Management Office teams, both employed Methods staff and other resources and acting as a thought leader across the wider delivery environment
- Ensuring that an effective and appropriate culture of continuous improvement is established and embedded into the ways of working of the PMO function and wider delivery programme.

Establishing the PMO offering
- Developing and maturing our PMO approaches and collateral to support high quality delivery and so that knowledge is retained and reused.
- Supporting the development of new PMO products and services and evolve existing products and services in line with market knowledge and company capability
- Proactively identifying new client prospects and work with the sales team to develop and convert active opportunities
- Leading on PMO proposal development, working collaboratively with the bid team in preparing and reviewing proposals
- Establishing a PMO Community of Practice, knowledge sharing and mentoring where appropriate
- Publish thought leadership on specified market, product and service issues and actively participate in PMO and wider PPM events to gain and share industry knowledge

Team development
- Creating high performing PMO teams to optimise delivery for clients’ specific needs
- Shaping PMO teams including delivery insight and challenge, where required.
- Recruiting suitably skilled professionals with balance of different areas of experience and interest
- Coordinating the development of career pathways for PMO staff
- Supporting each team members pro