Project Manager PMO

Elevation Recruitment Group are supporting a major UK industrial business through a significant period of investment, transformation and organisational change.

As part of this growth and transformation, they are looking to appoint an experienced Project Manager to establish and lead a new Project Management Office, creating the structure, governance and standards required to improve project and programme delivery across the organisation. This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who enjoys building a PMO from the ground up, working across a complex operational environment and influencing senior stakeholders.

As Project/PMO Manager, you will:

• Establish and lead the PMO function across the organisation.
• Develop and implement project, programme and portfolio governance frameworks.
• Establish consistent reporting, controls and project management standards.
• Oversee project performance, risks, costs, benefits, milestones and dependencies.
• Support senior leadership with investment prioritisation and portfolio decision-making.
• Drive improved project management capability and best practice.
• Provide clear insight and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across project and programme delivery.

We are looking for an experienced PMO / Programme professional with a background in large-scale transformation, operational improvement, or complex engineering projects.

You will ideally bring:

• Strong PMO, portfolio management or programme management experience.
• Experience establishing, developing or significantly improving a PMO function.
• A strong understanding of project governance, controls and portfolio management.
• Experience managing project financials, risks, benefits and dependencies.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Experience working within a large-scale industrial, engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure or similarly complex environment.
• PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent qualification.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a new PMO function at a genuinely transformational point in the organisation's development. Rather than inheriting an established framework, you will have the opportunity to shape how projects and programmes are governed, reported and delivered, with direct exposure to senior leadership and major strategic investment decisions.