PMO Manager

A leading organisation is investing heavily in a major, long-term capital portfolio and is strengthening its PMO to ensure projects deliver with robust governance, transparent reporting and disciplined financial control.We''re recruiting a Programme Controls Manager to lead the assurance, planning and controls capability across high-value, high-risk projects where delivery performance matters.The opportunityThis is a senior PMO leadership role with genuine scope to set direction, embed standards and raise maturity across an integrated project controls function. You''ll lead a specialist team and work closely with delivery leaders, finance and commercial teams to ensure accurate forecasting, strong governance and consistent assurance across a complex portfolio.What you''ll be doing:Owning and maturing an integrated project controls approach covering schedule, cost, change and progress measurementSetting and embedding governance expectations, including approvals, gateways, assurance activity and "right-first-time" delivery processesLeading the planning and controls service, including oversight of the master schedule and the standards by which schedules are developed and maintained.Ensuring project performance data is accurate, consistent and useful - providing clear insight to senior stakeholdersDriving assurance activity, including health checks, quality reviews, adherence reporting and non-conformance audits on critical processesActing as a visible leader within the PMO ..... full job details .....