PMO Manager

Weightmans’ IT team plays a pivotal role in the firm’s innovation strategy, enabling digital transformation across departments.

The PMO manager will be responsible for establishing and leading the IT Project Management Office, managing our project portfolio, and matrix managing project and workstream delivery leads to ensure an effective oversight and delivery of our IT portfolio.

This role involves designing and implementing the project management framework, developing and embedding a robust business case and prioritisation process, and overseeing portfolio management to ensure optimal resource and budget allocation and strategic alignment.

This position sits in the Strategic Planning and Governance practice alongside the architecture, testing, IT relationship management and IT vendor management practices. The role holder should demonstrate confidence and experience in establishing best practice frameworks and documentation, ensuring these are adopted by matrixed teams as well as day to day management of their specialism.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management Framework

• Define and implement standardised project management methodologies, tools, and templates.
• Ensure gated project lifecycle phases are in place for effective planning, execution, and closure.
• Provide training and mentoring to project/delivery managers and stakeholders on best practices.

Business Case and Prioritisation Framework

• Develop a structured approach for creating and evaluating business cases, including cost, value, and resource metrics adapting and adopting firm wide approaches where relevant.
• Facilitate prioritisation workshops with senior stakeholders to align project selection with strategic goals.
• Maintain transparency and consistency in decision-making across all initiatives.

Portfolio Management

• Build and maintain a centralised portfolio of projects and programmes.
• Monitor resource demand and availability, ensuring capacity aligns with delivery expectations.
• Provide portfolio-level reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and strategic insights appropriate for executive leadership.
• Support investment decisions and risk management through robust governance processes.

Governance and Reporting

• Establish governance structures to oversee project performance, risks, and benefits realisation.
• Maintain RAID logs at portfolio level and ensure regular updates across all projects.
• Lead monthly and quarterly reporting cycles to senior leadership and governance boards.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a strategic partner, ensuring project delivery meets stakeholder expectations.
• Collaborate with architecture, testing, delivery and vendor management teams to ensure integrated delivery.

Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing PMO team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Provide coaching and development opportunities for team members.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of this role.

About You

• Proven experience in setting up and running a PMO in a matrixed organisational environment.
• Strong knowledge of project and portfolio management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, Agile, MoP or demonstrable experience).
• Excellent strategic thinking, governance design, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in business case development and prioritisation frameworks.
• Strong leadership and communication capabilities with the ability to bring calm whilst progressing maturity.
• Able to balance pragmatism, agility and business need, with the need for governance.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

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