Senior PMO Manager

Location: Leeds or London

As a Senior PMO Manager you will be critical in ensuring the successful delivery of strategic programmes or overseeing the PMO activities for a portfolio of projects. You will work with closely with a Programme or Portfolio Manager and with other colleagues across Change Delivery, as well as a wide range of stakeholders and SMEs in different areas of the Bank.

You will play a crucial role in driving project success and contributing to the overall strategic goals of the organisation through the delivery of excellent PMO frameworks.

You will be required to hold colleagues at all levels to account for their part in delivery, and use data and analysis to back up any challenges you forsee or need to raise.

As a line manager within Change Delivery, you will coach and mentor your team, ensuring that they have development plans and are constantly seeking to build their skills.

Primary Outcomes and Accountabilities:

Strategic Planning & Governance

• Work with the PPA leadership team to establish and maintain the PMO framework, methodologies and standards to ensure consistency and quality across all projects
• Ensure all projects adhere to the agreed standards and frameworks through coaching and mentoring team members
• Work with PPA, Finance and Portfolio Manager to support annual portfolio planning

Facilitate and support Projects

• Actively monitor complex projects against time, cost and quality expectations,
• Providing regular updates to senior managers and stakeholders which challenge and identifying areas of delivery risk
• Lead and manage proportionate project controls including: RAIDs management, status reporting, decisions log, stakeholder management
• Lead RAID processes, identifying risk themes and trends, and producing / interpreting risk MI
• Manage the allocation of resources across projects, ensuring efficient utilisation and ensuring that a capacity plan is in place to address future project demands
• Define and track key performance indications to measure project success and PMO effectiveness.

Governance

• Lead project reporting to governance and other stakeholders
• Define and manage appropriate stakeholder management approach, processes and artefacts; working closely with Comms and Engagement team

Finance

• Ensure programme financial reporting adheres to agreed standards, monitor costs and benefit realisation, ensure accurate forecasting and identify options for addressing budget variances.
• Co-ordinates with suppliers and / or the Commercial Delivery Team to manage costs and escalate issues when required.

Team management

• Support alignment and collaboration across workstreams and wider team e.g. forward look of key project activities. Coach and upskill PMs, PMO and wider team in the project
• Support continuous improvement e.g. through coordinating lessons learned reviews, identifying skills gaps etc
• Lead and mentor the PMO team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide training and development opportunities to enhance the skills and capabilities of the PMO team.

Minimum Criteria

• Project Management Office experience - extensive experience as a PMO in complex portfolios/programmes using a range of different project management methodologies
• Track record of establishing and managing PMO teams
• Demonstrated ability to engage and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leaders and team members
• Experience in risk management
• Proven ability to analyse data and draw insights from it.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, cost control and financial reporting.
  

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of developing PMO frameworks, processes and governance structure
• Relevant certifications such as P3O, PRINCE2, Agile certifications, Lean

This is a people management role. You will be responsible for day to day management of the team and for defining roles and responsibilities. You will develop your team through sharing information effectively, coaching and communicating a clear vision to ensure that your staff are productive, engaged and motivated to deliver the area's aims. This will include setting clear goals and smart stretching objectives that are aligned to those of the team, division and directorate. You will also be responsible for managing all staff-related matters that may arise including performance, absence and sickness.

Number of direct reports: 2-8

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.

This role offers a salary of:

• Leeds, £59,520 - £66,960 per annum
• London, £66,160 - £74,430 per annum

In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
• 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.

The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.

This role closes on 5th September 2025

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.