Portfolio PMO Manager - Inside IR35

Portfolio PMO Manager - Inside IR35

Our client, a leading financial services business, are recruiting for a Portfolio PMO Manager to join the team on a contract basis

Inside IR35 / Hybrid working

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the enterprise portfolio of initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, priorities, and funding constraints.
• Support portfolio planning, prioritisation, demand management, and capacity planning processes.
• Track portfolio-level performance, benefits realisation, risks, and dependencies.
• Facilitate portfolio reviews and governance forums with senior leadership.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve PMO frameworks, methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Ensure consistent application of project and program management standards across the organisation.
• Establish and maintain portfolio-level dashboards, KPIs, and reporting cadence.
• Drive compliance with governance, financial, and risk management requirements.
• Support portfolio budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking in partnership with Finance.
• Monitor investment performance, cost vs. benefit, and return on investment (ROI).
• Collaborate with functional leaders to optimise resource utilisation and capacity.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives and senior stakeholders on portfolio health and decision-making.
• Communicate portfolio status, insights, and recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Build strong relationships across business, IT, and delivery teams.

Key Experience:

• Experience in PMO, portfolio management, program management, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supporting enterprise-level project portfolios.
• Strong understanding of project, program, and portfolio management frameworks (e.g., PMO, PPM).
• Experience with portfolio reporting, governance, and executive-level communication.
• Experience working in matrixed or complex organisational environments.
• Exposure to Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models.
• Experience with portfolio management tools (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Jira Align, MS Project Online).

Please apply!

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.