Lead PMO Manager

Job Title: Lead PMO Manager

Location: Nottingham

Contract: Perm

Recruiter: Noaman Hussain

About the role

We're looking for a Lead PMO Manager to join the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) who are part of the IT Planning and Governance function within International Technology & Advanced Analytics (IT2A). We're responsible for setting the standards and governing the portfolio of projects delivered within IT2A.

Your responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the IT2A delivery framework and processes that support it.
• Decide the appropriate delivery route for each project to follow, and lead governance forums to ensure projects are being managed effectively and in line with the delivery framework.
• Develop and implement monitoring and reporting to measure the success of project delivery, and to provide lead indicators of issues that may arise in future. Lead on the development of dashboards to provide visibility of the state of the portfolio of projects.
• Lead initiatives to improve the transparency and visibility of the portfolio of projects – highlighting concerns and focusing senior management time where it is most required.
• Define and lead initiatives to lead best practice and increase capabilities across the Project Management community, such as risk & issue management, planning, and estimation.
• Lead the IT2A portfolio management tool, KeyedIn, including the creation of projects and resources. Develop and implement a roadmap of improvements to the tool, ensuring that KeyedIn remains a single source of truth for the IT portfolio and taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the data maintained within it.
• Contribute to new and improved processes and ways of working to ensure the services provided by the Portfolio Management Office are effective and value-adding to the organisation.

What you’ll need to have

• Experience of delivering one or more central PMO services to multiple delivery teams, or of managing the end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects.
• Experience of IT project delivery frameworks and processes.
• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills and the confidence in presenting to large, senior audiences.
• Expert data analysis, problem-solving and interpretation skills, including proficiency with MS Excel.
• Excellent numerical skills, understanding of basic accounting principles and experience managing and governing budgets.
• Experience leading multi-national teams, with mixed employment types.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience of managing projects with a team comprised of onshore and offshore resources.
• Experience of a retail organisation.
• Expert knowledge of processes in relevant business areas (e.g. Portfolio planning, Enterprise Resource Management, Quality Assurance).
• Agile scrum master or product owner experience and accreditation.
• Project management qualification, e.g. APMP, Prince2, MSP.
• Experience with analytics tools and applications (e.g. PowerBI).

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous employee discounts.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

What's next

If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

You will complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location, you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.