PMO Specialist (9 month FTC)

About Starling

At Starling, we are on a mission to provide people with a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to traditional banks. We are building a leading digital bank, driven by fast technology, fair service, and honest values. Our vision is to create a banking industry that serves everyone, which we accomplish by developing best-in-class proprietary technology, offering an exceptional customer experience, and establishing a strong, sustainable business.

Our five core values - Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim for Greatness - are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our strategy and shaping our culture. We're a branchless, largely paperless bank, committed to responsible banking, sustainability, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Location: London

Hybrid working: All Starling colleagues spend a minimum of 10 days per month in the office with flexibility to work the rest from home.

Reporting to: Chief of Staff to the COO

Closing date: Monday 23rd March, 12pm

The Opportunity:

As our PMO Specialist within the Enterprise Change team, you'll be the backbone of Starling's strategic programmes and projects, providing the governance, control, and structure needed to keep us on track. This position is deployed on-demand to support various initiatives, from major regulatory programmes to new product launches, ensuring consistent, best-practice PMO frameworks are applied where they are needed most.

Key Accountabilities or Responsibilities:

• Provide on-demand PMO support across a diverse portfolio of change projects
• Champion project governance by ensuring adherence to established standards, processes, and templates
• Own RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management, including the facilitation of identification, tracking, and reporting
• Deliver clear, concise, and high-quality status reports and dashboards for various audiences, including senior leadership

Support project planning activities, including the creation and maintenance of project plans and milestone tracking

Manage the change control process to ensure all changes are properly documented and approved

Facilitate key meetings and workshops, ensuring outcomes and actions are captured and progressed effectively

Perform quality assurance checks on project deliverables to ensure they meet high standards

Requirements

Behaviours & Competencies:

• Demonstrates the ability to switch context rapidly between different projects and tasks with a willingness to learn
• Possesses excellent communication skills with the ability to build rapport quickly and engage with stakeholders at all organisational levels
• A proactive, can-do attitude with a focus on identifying solutions and getting things done
• An attitude that reflects Starling's core value of "Own It," taking responsibility for seeing tasks through to completion
• Aligns with the core value to "Keep It Simple" by delivering clear and concise reporting and communication
  
  

Skills & Experience:

• Solid track record in a PMO role supporting large-scale transformation programmes, ideally within Financial Services
• Strong grasp of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and ability to apply them practically
• Hands-on experience with RAID management, change control, and project reporting
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, with a particular focus on Sheets for data analysis and reporting
  
  

Benefits

Why Join Starling?

• Make an Impact: Work on projects that directly shape the future of banking and improve the financial lives of our customers. Starling is technology-led, and you'll have the freedom to accomplish your goals in innovative ways
• Culture of Excellence: Be part of a collaborative, empowered, and forward-thinking team. We encourage experimentation, ownership, and a relentless focus on "doing the right thing."

Growth and Development: We are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities to learn new technologies, take on new challenges, and own interesting things from day one

A Bank That Cares: We're a Living Wage employer, committed to flexible working, and dedicated to creating a fair, open, and safe working environment with compassion and inclusion at its core

Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Company-enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme (7% employer contribution)
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day's holiday for your birthday
• Life Insurance at 4x your salary
• 16 hours of paid volunteering time a year
• Ability to buy or sell annual leave
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• Incentivised refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasingOur Commitment to Equality
  

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