PMO Specialist

Role: PMO Specialist

Location: London or Bristol (Hybrid 3 days per week on-site)

Duration: 6 Months

Day rate: -420 Inside Ir35

Description:

Being involved in any portfolio is special however working on a portfolio delivering within one of the largest Capital Expenditure portfolios in the county has something a little bit extra.
This role will be critical to the success of key Strategic Portfolios by bringing structure to a complex set of work across the business. The Networks PMO is a delivery focused PMO that supports projects to achieve the best outcomes for all our customers.
Our number one focus is to deliver value to the business and work with projects to deliver value to customers sooner.

What you will be doing:

Strategic Portfolio Management:
Support the Portfolio Director in structuring and aligning the portfolio and programmes with strategic objectives, including effective collaboration with Delivery Directors

Portfolio Insight Management:
Drive the development and execution of strategic plans to increase portfolio value add and delivery excellence, providing actionable insights and recommendations that enhance decision-making and maximise outcomes

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:
Engage proactively with key stakeholders-Portfolio Directors, Programme Managers, Project Management Community, Commercial Team, and the wider PMO Team-providing regular updates and maintaining strong working relationships to ensure effective delivery

Risk, Issue, and Dependency Management:
Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and issues, developing mitigations and ensuring appropriate reporting

Roadmap Management:
Creation, maintenance, and communication of portfolio roadmaps, ensuring clear visibility of delivery timelines and key milestones, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions

Mandatory experiences:

• Extensive Project Experience (Process, Methodologies, Ways of Working)
• Strong experience with Agile Methodologies, and SCRUM Framework
• Strong leadership skills.
• Communicate/Influence effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Understand the business environment.
• Change management / Process Improvement

Desirable experience:

• Previous Telco experience
• Network or Mobile experience