PMO Specialist
12-Month FTC in Southampton
Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week
£60,000 - £65,000 Base + Benefits
Are you a dynamic PMO professional looking to make a significant impact within a leading UK wealth management firm? This is a rare opportunity to join a business that is actively transforming, modernising, and placing the customer at the very heart of everything they do. If you are bold, ambitious, and ready to challenge the status quo, this 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) in Southampton is the perfect platform for your career.
As a PMO Specialist, you will move beyond basic project tracking to drive a sophisticated Enterprise-wide Change Portfolio. You will work within a department that values curiosity and collaboration, ensuring strategic goals are met through expert governance and high-level portfolio insights.
Your Impact and Responsibilities
In this role, you will be the backbone of the Change Management Office, providing the structure and assurance needed for the entire enterprise portfolio to succeed.
- Enterprise Planning & Governance: Maintain and enhance Change Management controls and frameworks, overseeing planning at the portfolio level to ensure alignment with business strategy.
- Dependency & Risk Management: Take ownership of capturing and managing complex dependencies across the enterprise, ensuring a clear view of interconnected risks.
- Resource Management: Lead resource management at the portfolio level, monitoring capacity and allocation to ensure the right talent is on the right priority at the right time.
- Reporting & MI: Deliver a "single source of truth" by monitoring budgets and slippage, translating complex portfolio data into actionable insights for senior executives.
- Tool Administration: Manage and optimise project management tools to improve data quality, user experience, and overall reporting functionality
What You Bring to the Team
You are a confident team player who thrives in fast-paced environments and takes full ownership of high-level portfolio functions.
- Financial Services Expertise: Essential practical experience in a PMO or project professional role within the Financial Services, Wealth, or Asset Management sectors.
- Portfolio Specialist: Proven skills in enterprise-level planning, resource management, and complex dependence mapping across multiple workstreams.
- Technical Proficiency: Essential intermediate Excel skills and a high level of comfort utilising AI tools where appropriate to drive efficiency.
- Communication & Drive: Excellent communication skills with the ability to build collaborative relationships and maintain a positive, proactive attitude under pressure.
- Desirables: Basic Power BI skills are preferred
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If you’ve held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: PMO Analyst, Enterprise PMO Specialist, Portfolio Planning Manager, Change Management, Dependency Management, Resource Planning, Financial Services PMO, Wealth Management, Project Governance, Excel, Power BI, and Portfolio Assurance.
