Senior Manager / Assistant Director, Transformation PMO Lead, SRTA Transformation – 18 Month Secondment/ FTC

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Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory (SRTA) helps organisations navigate uncertainty, unlock growth, deliver complex transactions and lead large-scale transformation. Our services span strategy, risk, transactions, M&A, value creation and advisory, helping clients tackle some of their most important opportunities and challenges.

This is a unique opportunity to join the SRTA Transformation team and play a central role in shaping and delivering SRTA's transformation agenda. Working closely with Partners, Directors and senior leaders across the business, you will lead the PMO and delivery management for a complex portfolio of delivery transformation and operational change initiatives.

This role offers the opportunity to influence senior stakeholders, bring pace and structure to large-scale change, and help turn ambitious transformation goals into tangible commercial impact.

We're looking for an experienced transformation, programme or PMO leader who thrives in complex environments, enjoys bringing clarity to ambiguity and has a track record of driving delivery across multiple interconnected workstreams. If you're motivated by creating momentum, enabling better decisions and delivering meaningful change, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact across SRTA.

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We are seeking an experienced Transformation PMO Lead to run SRTA’s AI and Delivery Transformation Programme. This is a critical leadership role supporting a complex, multi-year transformation portfolio focused on improving productivity, delivery quality, margin performance and commercial outcomes through AI adoption, delivery transformation, global delivery, standardisation and operational change.

The successful candidate will lead the planning, coordination and delivery of SRTA’s Delivery Transformation Programme, drive governance and delivery discipline, manage interdependencies across the programme, and provide senior stakeholders with clear, data-driven insights to support decision-making. The individual will be expected to bring pace, challenge and structure to deliver on the business outcome aligned to the Delivery Transformation agenda.

What you will do

Programme Leadership and Delivery

• Develop and maintain the integrated transformation roadmap, ensuring workstreams are aligned to clear outcomes, milestones, accountabilities and measurable benefits.
• Establish and operate a fit-for-purpose PMO framework, governance structure and delivery cadence that supports effective oversight and decision-making.
• Drive delivery discipline across multiple concurrent Delivery Transformation activities creating transparency on progress, dependencies and critical path activities.
• Proactively identify risks, escalate and help resolve issues, and remove barriers where possible to maintain pace, accountability and delivery confidence.

Agile Delivery and Sprint Management

• Lead portfolio-level sprint planning and integrated delivery management.
• Establish practical agile ways of working across workstreams, including sprint planning, reviews, prioritised backlogs and dependency management.
• Track progress, impediments and benefits realisation to support rapid decision-making and keep delivery aligned to agreed business outcomes.
• Bring practical experience of agile, hybrid and traditional delivery methodologies to suit the needs of different workstreams.

Governance and Reporting

• Manage governance forums including Steering Committees, Programme Boards and working groups.
• Produce high-quality executive reporting for senior leadership, including Partners and Executive teams.
• Develop and maintain programme dashboards covering delivery status, risks, issues, dependencies, benefits and financial performance.
• Maintain programme controls including RAID management, milestone tracking and dependency management.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with Partners, Directors, Programme Leads and functional teams.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple service lines and functions to drive alignment and action.
• Support constructive conversations across stakeholders, helping surface risks, trade-offs and decisions in a clear and timely way.
• Navigate ambiguity and competing priorities while maintaining programme momentum.

Value Realisation

• Support the establishment of baselines and value tracking mechanisms.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to monitor realised value and business outcomes.
• Ensure transformation activity remains connected to measurable commercial impact focused on value creation, not activity completion.

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Essential experience

• Demonstrable experience leading PMO, programme management or transformation delivery within large, complex organisations.
• Proven PMO experience supporting large-scale technology, digital or AI-enabled transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of programme governance, delivery frameworks and portfolio management.
• Demonstrable experience of agile delivery, sprint planning, backlog management and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing multiple interdependent workstreams and senior stakeholder groups.
• Strong executive-level communication and reporting skills.
• Able to work independently and manage competing priorities while knowing when to escalate, seek input and align with senior stakeholders
• Exceptional influencing, relationship-building and facilitation skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience linking delivery activity to business outcomes.

Desirable experience

• Understanding of SRTA, its stakeholders, service lines and operating environment.
• Experience within a large, matrixed professional services organisation.
• Exposure to technology, digital, product or data-led delivery environments, with the ability to work confidently alongside technical and business teams.
• Basic awareness of, and curiosity about, technical AI and data concepts, with an interest in how AI-enabled solutions are adopted and embedded in day-to-day work.

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In an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

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You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

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