PMO Manager

The Team

The M&I PMO is a centralised team set up to support the successful delivery of the strategic goals and objectives for the Group Function, Marketing and Innovation (M&I), by setting project management standards, guidelines and governance structures and therefore providing project assurance to support on time and to budget delivery. The M&I PMO function also supports, guides and trains the M&I team with regards to all areas of governance and project delivery.

The Role The M&I PMO Manager leads the M&I PMO function, with a team of three direct reports, and is accountable for ensuring there is a relevant project management framework (PMF) in place to support project delivery, that overall progress and health of projects and portfolios can be tracked and monitored, and the PMO provides the business with appropriate processes, documentation, project management tooling, MI reporting and training.

The M&I PMO Manager is specifically responsible for leading on all continuous improvement initiatives for the M&I PMO and will act as an independent advisor to the M&I Leadership teams. They will also work closely with Group Finance and the IT PMO.

Key Responsibilities

● Oversee the M&I PMO function on a day to day basis, providing project and finance governance services and documentation, managing and maintaining all project management tools and providing MI reporting

● Line management for PMO Analyst, PMO Systems Analyst and PMO Administrator

● Work with and support Project Managers, Project Leads, Leadership teams and various other stakeholders across M&I and other supporting functions such as, but not limited to, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality and Legal.

● Support the business to track, monitor and report on the status of their project, time, cost and scope

● Responsible for project gate reviews and providing project assurance

● Responsible for M&I Investment Committee (MIIC) and all associated SOX controls and compliance

● Support the M&I team with creation of good quality business cases, working closely with Group Finance

● Provision of documentation, document control, templates, document storage

● Accountable for the provision of training and support on all project delivery and governance processes and procedures

● Share best practices and ensure all current processes are documented and published to the M&I PMO Intranet or similar

● Responsible for leading all continuous improvement initiatives across all processes and tools, working closely with all stakeholders and managing all change effectively with appropriate planning, communication and training

● Accountable for Non PO payments process for Group Finance and the associated SOX controls

● Key Liaison for the annual M&I R&D Tax credit claim

● Other areas of governance covered, including Intellectual Property, Commercial and Legal documentation such as NDAs

Requirements:

Essential

● Proven track record of project management and delivery, including agile

● Proactive approach to continuous improvement, with experience in Change Management

● A competent leader, influencer and motivator

● Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to think effectively under pressure

● Strong communicator and ability to interact with colleagues at all levels, collaborative and supportive, team player, able to hold others to account

● Strong Budget Management and commercial awareness, experience creating business cases

● Aptitude for problem solving and solution-based thinking ● Natural organiser, able to multitask and pays attention to detail

● Strong aptitude for tools and system development processes

● Highly skilled at process creation and simplification, documentation, version control and structuring data

● Experience with Google GSuite, MS Office, JIRA

● Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

● A current project management qualification is preferred (such as APM / PRINCE2 or equivalent) and/or PMO qualification

● Understanding of Innovation and/or Product Development environment an advantage

● Any additional experience or exposure with tools such as Anaplan, Navision, Command Centre, Qlik Sense

● Any experience with Sarbanes Oxley compliance (SOX)

● Full current driving licence

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Hybrid working
• Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
• 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service benefit
• Healthcare
• Free parking

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