PMO Lead - SC Cleared in Rugby, Warwickshire

Location: Rugby (Hybrid working - with potential travel to Bristol and Malvern)
Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential for a long-term extension
Security Clearance: Active UK Security Clearance required
Project: Large-scale Government Digital Transformation

We are seeking an experienced PMO Lead / Senior PMO Consultant to support a large-scale Digital Transformation programme within a UK government entity.
This is an opportunity for an established PMO professional with a strong track record of supporting complex, high-value transformation programmes, ideally within defence, government or other highly regulated environments.
Working closely with senior programme stakeholders, you will provide strategic PMO leadership, governance and oversight, ensuring effective programme controls, reporting and delivery assurance across a complex transformation environment.

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  Lead PMO activities across a large-scale Digital Transformation programme.
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  Establish and maintain programme governance, controls and reporting frameworks.
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  Provide oversight of programme plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, issues and decisions (RAID).
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  Produce accurate and insightful programme reporting for senior stakeholders and leadership teams.
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  Support programme planning, resource management and delivery assurance.
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  Monitor programme performance, identifying potential risks, issues and delivery challenges.
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  Facilitate programme governance meetings, steering groups and stakeholder reviews.
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  Work closely with programme managers, workstream leads and senior stakeholders to maintain delivery alignment.
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  Drive consistency, accountability and continuous improvement across PMO processes.

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  Extensive experience operating as a PMO Lead, Senior PMO Consultant or equivalent.
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  Proven track record supporting large-scale, complex transformation programmes.
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  Strong understanding of programme governance, controls and delivery methodologies.
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  Experience managing RAID logs, dependencies, milestones and programme reporting.
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  Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
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  Strong planning, organisational and analytical capabilities.
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  Experience working within defence, central government or similarly complex environments.
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  Active UK Security Clearance (SC or DV).