Hays are recruiting an IT PMO Lead to help create and shape the Project Management Office function for a SME based in Aston.
This role will be to work with the Senior Management team to create and design templates, governance and documentation across the business and for the onboarding of new clients.

• Please provide the most important responsibilities, including an overall responsibility the role will require.
• To assist in the creation and implementation of PMO and PPM best practice and standards to maximise adoption and usage to minimise resistance across the wider business.
• To provide a centre of expertise and develop consistent standards and procedures, including training materials, templates, and guidance in their tailoring across a range of programme and project sizes.
• To design and support governance and reporting for strategic initiatives and programmes.
• To evaluate those programmes and projects, we follow good practice and note any factors that unnecessarily adversely affect the duration or outcome of a programme or project, so that these can be avoided in the future.
• Balance and optimise the portfolio, in terms of strategic goal attainment vs. delivery capacity/capability and business as usual priorities.
• Evaluate the benefits across several programmes and projects to identify gaps, overlaps, and conflicts, and eliminate double counting.
• Provide an aggregated analysis of gated reviews for formal boards,
• To collect, collate and consolidate data, report upwards to the Executive Management Board (EMB) and undertake check and challenge sessions with key stakeholders.
• To provide secretariat support to relevant key strategic initiative meetings, preparing agendas and collation of papers, scribing minutes and actions and follow up on progress.
• To be the custodian of the document management system (including team channels) and provide the relevant artefacts where appropriate.
• To oversee the PMO mailbox, ensuring queries are dealt with in a timely manner.