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Job DescriptionLGC Group is seeking an experienced PMO Manager to establish and lead the Project Management Office (PMO) for our Evergreen Transition Programme. This senior leadership role offers the opportunity to deliver strategic impact, mentor PMO staff and engage directly with executive stakeholders within a complex, multi workstream programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and manage the PMO, delivering robust programme management capabilities
- Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan, coordinating workstreams and ensuring alignment with milestones, dependencies and deliverables
- Lead risk, issue and dependency management processes, maintaining high quality RAID logs to support timely decision making
- Oversee financial tracking, ensuring accuracy in budgets, cost models, forecasts and reporting
- Manage the Change Control process, capturing, evaluating and approving programme changes
- Ensure document management complies with GMG standards, including security and regulatory requirements
- Produce management reports, governance papers and board updates for the Head of Transition
- Lead and mentor up to two PMO support analysts, developing skills and embedding PMO best practices
- Collaborate with other PMO roles to ensure cohesive delivery across the wider programme
Essential Criteria
- Proven experience in PMO set up and management
- Expertise in project management controls, including planning, risk, issue, RAID and change management
- Experience managing and developing PMO support staff
- Track record of delivering complex, multi-workstream programmes, ideally transitions (e.g., outsource/re-tender projects)
- Experience supporting governance forums and reporting to senior leadership
- Strong document management skills, ensuring compliance and security standards are maintained
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Desired & Core Competencies
- Programme Planning & Control - develop and maintain integrated programme plans across multiple workstreams
- Risk & Issue Management - Identify, log and mitigate risks and issues with robust governance
- Financial Analysis & Reporting - Oversee budgets, cost models and management reporting
- Change Control & Governance - Manage programme changes and ensure compliance with standards
- Stakeholder Engagement - Communicate effectively with senior executives and cross functional teams
- Analytical Problem Solving & Attention to Detail - Apply a structured approach to complex challenges and programme delivery
- Reporting & Documentation - Produce high quality management reports, board papers and compliance documentation
Compensation, Benefits & Working Arrangements:
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: Twickenham, London / Hybrid working model
Contract Type: 12-month fixed-term contract, 1.0 FTE
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 25 days, plus UK public holidays
Employee Benefits Include:
Annual, discretionary bonus
Enhanced Contributory Pension Scheme
Life Insurance Cover
Benenden Healthcare Membership
Training and Development Opportunities
Season Ticket Loan
Hybrid Work Note: This is an office based hybrid role. Employees are expected to attend the office at least one day per week. Hybrid working arrangements are agreed locally with your line manager and may be subject to change based on service delivery and team requirements.
Application
If you are excited about joining our team and meet the criteria, please submit your CV along with a Statement of Suitability, demonstrating your skills and experience against the essential and desirable criteria. Include your enthusiasm for working with the LGC Group.
NB: Closing date for applications is 9am on the 30th March 2026
Inclusion and Diversity
LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in PMO set up and management
- Expertise in project management controls
- Experience managing and developing PMO support staff
- Track record of delivering complex, multi-workstream programmes
- Experience supporting governance forums and reporting to senior leadership
- Strong document management skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
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The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LGC and has not been reviewed or approved by LGC.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage with FSA/HSA options are consistently part of the package, and private medical is cited where applicable in the UK. Coverage is often characterized as solid alongside other core benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer contribution in the U.S. and pension schemes in the UK, complemented by life and disability insurance. These elements are highlighted as part of a standard-to-competitive core package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and family leave are broadly available, with some sites offering a year‑end shutdown. Flexibility and local leave programs contribute to a generally well-rounded time‑off offering.
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What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range. LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products. LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
