12th February 2025
Vice President, ePMO Specialist
Project Management
London
Up to £90,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
Vice President, ePMO Specialist
London, Docklands (hybrid)
Up to £90,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
On behalf of a Spencer Rose key client who are a Leader in the financial services industry, I am seeking an experienced ePMO Specialist at Vice President level. You will be responsible for ensuring the project team execute the change initiatives (project, program, small change) in adherence to the Project Management Policy and Pegasus governance of projects.
The organisation operate hybrid working where you will be required in their London offices 2 days a week, therefore you must be within reasonable commutable distance of London.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures the project team execute the change initiatives (project, program, small change) in adherence to the Project Management Policy and Pegasus governance of projects.
- Ensures that the project team effectively monitor and report on the execution and tracking progress of individual projects, track milestones, schedule deviations, overall costs, risk and issues, budget, etc.
- Provide advice and guidance to the project manager to ensure the project adheres to procedures
- Deploy and apply a set of consistent ePMO processes, tools and templates across projects and overall portfolio
- Ongoing independent quality assurance of projects within the portfolio, working with all stakeholders to define, develop and implement a quality framework
- Provide guidance in identification and tracking the RAID (Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies) process
- Interface with 2nd and 3rd lined of defence
- Effectively implement ePMO best practices
- Provide coaching, mentoring and training on ePMO controls and Project Management practices
- Ensure consistency of governance, reporting and control disciplines across projects
- Brings to resolution any potential problems and escalates issues to the appropriate stakeholder or governance forum
- Lead change initiatives and carry out ad hoc tasks as required.
Skills/experience required:
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in a Senior PMO/ePMO capacity
- Experience within a regulated financial services envrionment is essential
- Formal training or certification in Project Management Certification (MSP/PRINCE2/PMI/P3O/etc) – preferred
- Understands and has practical experience of both running projects/programs, and supporting portfolio/programs/projects in an ePMO capacity
- Strong Change Management skillset
- Proven experience supporting major programs, projects and portfolios, preferably requiring interaction with regulators, either from a policy or supervisory perspective.
- Proficiency with project tools including but not limited to MS Project, Enterprise PPM tools (eg Planview PPMPro, Smartsheet, Jira, Clarity PPM etc.)
- Advanced in Microsoft: PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
- Experience in solutions planning, project management methodologies, and performance metrics
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Confident, assertive with the ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
- Demonstrable ability to work in a pressurized and challenging environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Have professional presentation skills, including excellent public speaking capabilities
- Ability to lead (eg individual stakeholder sessions, group workshops etc.).
Consultant - Brendan Connolly
Telephone: 0207 392 7512
Email: brendan.connolly@spencer-rose.com
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