PMO Manager
Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow
Salary up to £65,500 per year, with a strong benefits package including an 15% Annual Bonus (performance related) and Private Healthcare.
Closing Date: 1st July 2025
Full Time / Permanent
Flexible /Hybrid options
Help us create a better future, quicker
At Scottish Power we know that our people are our strongest asset, so we’re always looking for individuals whose energy, intelligence and passion can help us reach our goals.
At the heart of all business visions and activities are the people whose individual efforts and performance make it happen. We encourage our people to be proud of where they work, to share their ideas and to own their careers. We promote a safe working environment and push people to shape and progress their careers so that we grow our talent within the company.
Role
The PMO Manager role will form part of the Cyber Programme office and be responsible for supporting the maintenance of key controls and reporting associated to the SPEN Cyber change agenda.
The role will support the NIS Programme Office Manager to oversee the adherence and effective management of defined change governance controls across multiple programmes delivering the Cyber change agenda, as well as collating progress and financial reporting for senior stakeholders.
The role will build strong relationships across the programme team, as well as with wider business stakeholder, ensuring alignment to key delivery requirements.
What You Will Be Doing
You will be able to:
Lead the PMO team in supporting projects to ensure good practice standards and processes are aligned and adhered to.
Apply critical decision making to progress PMO deliverables, and identify risk and issues.
Take decisions within the scope of the role and escalate as appropriate.
Challenge stakeholders of all grades to ensure timely adherence to department and corporate controls.
Produce detailed documentation within challenging timelines.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders across functions and grades.
Prioritise and manage C-Suite stakeholder expectations.
Motivate or influence stakeholders to follow a course of action.
Effectively time manage, prioritise and organise workloads in a fluid environment.
Use Microsoft office applications effectively.
What You Will Bring
You will have experience in:
Leading a PMO team.
Management and development of junior PMO staff.
Prioritise team workloads to meet shifting delivery demands.
Working in a regulatory controlled environment.
Project reporting & control, and budgetary controls.
Tracking and reporting project management deliverables.
The use of artefacts utilised to support programme / project delivery.
Design and development of PMO controls to support the department change agenda.
Liaising with multiple parties including programme/project managers, internal stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
Capable of producing accurate, relevant work to tight deadlines.
Being able to push back and challenge project managers to maintain reporting assurance levels, and accurate financial analysis.
Minimum Requirement
- Previous Project Management Office Experience.
- Previous experience of leading a PMO team.
- Proven ability to work within a fluid working environment to agreed timescales.
- Commercial awareness and experience.
- Understanding of the UK IT footprint.
- Be a proficient user of the MS Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
- HND or Degree level qualification preferable
- Recognised industry standard project management qualifications
What’s In It For You
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
Benefits
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.
We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to
[email protected].
Mobility
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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