The role requires you to have strong leadership and management skills coupled with strong programme management skills to ensure the integrity of the change portfolio. You will need to develop and maintain robust relationships with all parts of the business as well as with the project and projects, to ensure that all initiatives meet the requirements of the Change Portfolio and can identify any gaps. Experience of implementation or working in a scalable Agile framework.
You will need to have credibility within the environment and be able to influence others. You must be able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with senior managers, the project and programme teams.
Visible Leadership the ability to effectively lead people through cultural change/transformation. Collaboratively establishing a strong shared vision for change and engaging with people with integrity.
Effective Planning and Organisation - showing the ability to define and prioritise the fundamental components of the Change Portfolio in terms of its scope, deliverables, time scale, resource requirements and budget to develop and manage the programme plan. It also includes the production of broader plans incorporating risk and quality to provide a consolidated overview of a project.
Risk and Issue Management showing the ability to identify and monitor Change Portfolio risks & issues, planning how to mitigate / respond to those risks and issues and implement identified actions.
Dependency mapping - creating visual representation that illustrate the relationships and dependencies between projects and programmes across the Change Portfolio.
Benefits management - showing the ability to identify, quantify, map and track transformation benefits to evidence the investment in projects/programmes and across the portfolio and to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be realised.
Critical thinker and problem-solver develop strategies to address and resolveissues andchallenges that may arise in the planning, execution of delivery of project and programmes across the Change portfolio.
Data driven Leading with data can influence the Programme Board and stakeholders, encouraging them to value the recommendations and information that PMO leaders provide. Data and KPIs form the basis of efficient and effective programme reporting to support quality decision making and instil confidence across the Board.
Can work with ambiguity Coping effectively with change, shift gears comfortably, make decision and act without having the total picture, and handle risk and uncertainty.
