Delivery PMO Manager

Sainsbury's ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Delivery PMO Manager Sainsbury's Bank/AFS - Lochside, Edinburgh In a nutshell This role will be responsible for supporting change delivery to ensure effective and appropriate controls over it, oversee provision of clear, quality visibility & MI on the dimensions of change delivery performance, and will lead the Delivery PMO team. The team are responsible for: * Providing oversight of the change initiatives and key governance forums (with Head of Delivery) * Challenging, assuring and working with delivery management to achieve effective performance, governance and visibility * Building aggregated views of delivery MI (e.g. Performance, risk, plans, resources) and providing thematic insight from them * Ensuring reporting & assurance across the initiatives / change delivery are providing the right inputs and escalations into delivery leadership, Corporate PMO and senior/exec management * Owning effectiveness of the Change Delivery Framework and its application * Shaping of controls and guiding their appropriate application, driving quality * Engaging with business leads and support function business partners to provide a clear picture of delivery performance and ensure the needs of change delivery are understood and supported What you need to do * Drive implementation of the Change Delivery Framework to underpin safe, controlled and effective delivery * Drive the embedding and effective running of change delivery governance structures to provide appropriate decision making, oversight and control * Shape and implement standards and guidance across the main dimensions of change performance and MI (e.g. planning, RAID, cost, benefit, change management, resourcing) * Implement and maintain a reporting and assurance regime that supports effective governance of the corporate portfolio of projects and programmes * Ensure senior stakeholders and management have the right information to make informed decisions * Build aggregated views of delivery reporting & MI and provide thematic insight from them * Lead the assurance of sub-portfolio/programme/project reporting and performance * Pro-actively manage sub-portfolio and programme dependencies through PM/PMO community * Provide visibility, challenge and escalation of key RAID items across the sub-portfolios and initiatives, ensuring top RAID items are managed at the right level and that a forward-looking view is maintained * Oversee application of financial controls in delivery * Manage Investment Board/Stage Gate assessments and ensure effectiveness of the process * Develop and maintain service proposition for the team * Agree & maintain specific role profiles/ assignment briefs for the team * Collaborate closely with the Argos Financial Services Delivery PMO to ensure consistency of approach and sharing of good practice * Work closely with Corporate PMO to ensure creation of a suite of overall portfolio MI and insight for senior and executive management What you need to know and show * Demonstrable experience in PMO management, effective running and oversight of change delivery and governance * Can lead and drive results self-sufficiently * Engages and manages stakeholders effectively, resolving issues and understanding drivers/needs * Able to define and apply standards, governance and frameworks that enable and control successful delivery of change * Able to constructively hold others to account, whilst maintaining positive relationships * Able to engage, develop and empower their PMO team through skilled people management * Responds to priorities with a sense of urgency and pace. * Communicates openly and honestly. Promotes integrity and will both voice and welcome views that challenge the majority view appropriately * Reflects a true picture of change delivery performance, does not attempt to communicate only good news or what people want to hear and avoids expressing personal view * Ability to plan, and to take a pragmatic approach to meet required deadlines * Good knowledge of programme and project complexity * Proven experience of change delivery management * Knowledge of project lifecycles and frameworks Colleague Conduct Rules The individual performing this role is expected to adhere to the conduct rules as specified by our regulators (PRA and FCA). Our benefits In addition to the all-important competitive salary, pension & bonus offering, we totally get that life outside work is important to us all. So we want to shout out some of our other great benefits... * We offer flexible working to help you achieve a good work/life balance. * Opportunity to buy extra holidays is on the table. * Discounts on your weekly shop, buying a laptop or sofa? We've got it covered through your Sainsbury's, Argos and Habitat store discount card. * Cycle to work scheme and great coffee and cake! A little about us & our culture We're proud of our heritage as the UK's first supermarket bank. As digital technology drives the banking landscape we want to be at the cutting edge of this t

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