Job Title: PMO Lead
Location: Leeds - 1/2 days onsite per week
Contract: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract
Salary: £65,000 – £75,000 + benefits
Industry: Financial Services
About the Company
We recruiting for a leading financial services organisation undergoing an exciting period of transformation. To support a growing portfolio of strategic change initiatives, we are seeking a highly capable PMO Lead to strengthen programme governance, enhance delivery discipline and provide hands-on support across projects and programmes.
The Role
As the PMO Lead, you will play a critical role in shaping and maintaining high-quality programme governance across a complex change portfolio. You will combine strategic oversight with a practical, delivery-focused approach—supporting Programme Managers with robust reporting, risk and issue management, planning, and assurance.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys getting into the detail, and can influence senior stakeholders to drive meaningful change.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead PMO activities across multiple programmes and projects, ensuring governance standards are consistently applied.
- Drive the creation and maintenance of programme plans, RAID logs, dependency maps and resource forecasts.
- Produce high-quality programme and portfolio reporting, including dashboards, KPIs, and executive updates.
- Provide hands-on support to programme and project teams to improve delivery accuracy, predictability, and control.
- Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and change boards; ensure decisions are well-documented and followed through.
- Champion best practice across the change community, continuously improving tools, templates and processes.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders—including programme leads and business unit heads—to ensure transparency, alignment, and effective challenge.
About You
- Strong experience in PMO, programme governance or portfolio management within financial services or another regulated sector.
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels—able to see the bigger picture while getting hands-on when needed.
- Excellent reporting capability, with advanced proficiency in producing clear, insightful and accurate management information.
- Strong understanding of project and programme delivery methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, hybrid).
- Confident stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
- Proactive, organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about driving good practice.
- MUST have experience working within financial services
What We Offer
- Salary of £65k–£75k + Benefits
- 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension
- Hybrid working model
- Opportunity to make a tangible impact across a high-profile portfolio of change
