Reports to: Heathrow Project Execution Lead
Location: London Heathrow
Introduction to role
As a PMO Manager, reporting into the PMO Lead and Project Execution Lead, you will be responsible for planning all project activities. In a project execution environment, the PMO manager plays a pivotal role. They oversee the project portfolio, standardise processes, analyse data, and ensure alignment with business objectives. Their expertise ensures efficient project delivery, informed decision-making, and strategic alignment across the organisation.
Role Responsibilities
The PMO manager will acts as a bridge between project teams and senior leadership. They facilitate communication, ensuring that project progress, risks, and resource needs are transparently conveyed to decision-makers. By aligning projects with strategic objectives, the PMO manager guides resource allocation, monitors performance, and fosters collaboration. Their role extends beyond administrative tasks; they empower project success by providing insights, resolving bottlenecks, and promoting best practices.
Your responsibilities and activities will include:
- Schedule PMS (monthly performance report) pre-review meetings and do integrity checks
- Ensure PMS submission on time
- Take meeting minutes and actions at internal and external reviews
- Follow up the actions taken at the PMS reviews
- Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment, and
- Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the monthly reporting output
- Schedule finance board meeting
- Maintain finance board report
- Ensure lessons learned data base is kept updated
- Facilitate risk and issues management process
- Schedule project board meetings, log meeting minutes
- Ensure CER are correctly populated prior to board meetings
- Follow up the actions from the Project Board meetings-
- Maintain reporting calendar
- Maintain project execution RACI
- Support PMO Lead to implement effective governance and assurance processes
- Produce various reports to analyse performance data
- Support project teams to use correct tools and processes
Role Qualification and Skills
- Experience in the application of reporting, planning (ideally P6), cost estimation, risk and change management
- Experience in managing Stakeholders.
- Expert in using MS office tools (Proficiency in Excel is desirable)
- Knowledge of PowerBI
- Effective communicator, ability to work with a wide project/portfolio teams and client
- Ability to deliver to strict deadlines as required, self starter and quick thinker
- Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
What we offer
- 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Bupa Medical Cover
- YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
- A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension with Aviva
- Achievers – Employee Recognition Platform and discount of everyday shopping!
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualifies applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.