PMO Leader - (Temporary 12 month contract-covering maternity leave)

Job Description

PMO Leader - (12 month temporary contract)

Derby/ Hybrid

Full time

What you will be doing:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PMO Leader to join our team.

As PMO Leader, you will define and maintain the standards for project management within your team. This includes the implementation and sharing of best practice as well as the development and application of project procedures, tools and techniques. You will provide guidance, support and insight on the project, and act as a source of project information and metrics. You will have effective and proven leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and have demonstrated key stakeholder management.

You will provide guidance, support and insight on the project, and act as a source of project information and metrics.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery and Leadership – Lead the PMO to support the project in the delivery of business case benefits and outcomes.
• Budget – Develop and agree budgets for projects and/or programmes and forecast actual costs against them.
• Resources – Provide support to the PMO team and support the programme in the identification, recruitment, development deployment and reassignment of resources throughout the product lifecycle.
• Risks and issues – Maintain the project processes and standards for managing risks and issues by following RR Group standards. Provide assurance to the Programme on the effectiveness of risk and issue management arrangements.
• Governance and Assurance – Ensure appropriate governance is in place and arrange external reviews e.g. gateway reviews at appropriate points in the project lifecycle. Monitor the effectiveness of controls and ensure that recommendations from external reviews are acted.
• Project/Performance & controls – Establish and operate project controls on behalf of the Programme, reporting on project progress and status to appropriate bodies.
• Guidance and support – identify, develop and share best practice project management processes, tools and templates. Provides direction and guidance to the project team.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Proven leadership, and people management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills.
• Detailed knowledge of project management standards/processes/controls.
• Ability to build great relationships both internally and externally.
• Knowledge of P6 desirable.
• SAP desirable.
• AMPPQ desirable
• PM Chartership desirable

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Grade Level 7-10.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Grade: Level 7-10

Closing Date: Midnight 7th May 2025

For further information please contact: Tracey Eyre

Recruiter: [email protected]

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

23 Apr 2025; 00:04Posting End Date06 May 2025