About the Role
This role involves working across an assigned portfolio of divisional and departmental PMO teams, taking ownership of the integrity of the value case from baseline to booked benefit. This includes challenging assumptions at the initiation stage, protecting value during execution, validating realization with Business Finance, and intervening where value is at risk. The position requires close collaboration with Corporate Development, Transformation, and Process Excellence to ensure initiatives are integrated, non-duplicative, and additive to Group performance.
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Job Responsibilities
Strategic
- Assist in establishing and governing the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) as a central oversight function for the company Group programmes, ensuring structured execution and governance.
- Position the EPMO team as the “go-to” business partner for the assigned portfolio of departments and divisions, supporting them in implementing, measuring, and improving their plans and associated benefits (KPIs, OKRs).
Operational
- Drive adoption of EPMO tools and maintain a single source of truth for portfolio and benefits reporting.
- Define, maintain, and continuously enhance Group-wide project, programme, and portfolio management standards, frameworks, and governance methodologies.
- Drive consistent project delivery practices, tools, templates, and reporting across all divisions and departments.
- Manage stage-gate reviews to ensure initiatives have sufficient evidence and value justification before progressing.
- Lead the ongoing improvement of PMO maturity across the organisation, embedding best practices in planning, governance, benefits management, risk management, and reporting.
- Perform other department duties related to the position as directed by the Head of the Department.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as a program management partner for involved Heads of Department, providing tools and resources for project status, risks, and issues, including the involvement of Transformation business partners as appropriate.
- Lead internal engagement and integrated road mapping initiatives, embedding program management as an integral part of business-as-usual operations.
- Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met through effective communication and collaboration.
Qualification
About You
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 8 years of experience in a job-related role.
- Strong command of the English language with expertise in effective communication and presentation.
- Managerial skills, including the ability to delegate work, set clear direction, and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills with the ability to train and develop subordinates' skills and foster teamwork among team members.
- Experience in enterprise program management, project governance, and leadership reporting within medium to large multinational organizations.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale programs or projects with significant scope and leadership.
- Strong understanding of financial principles related to project/program budgeting.
- Stakeholder management expertise developed in complex multi-cultural organizations.
Be Part of an Extraordinary Story
Your skills, imagination, and ambition can make a significant impact here. You will find infinite opportunities to grow and take on the most rewarding challenges that will develop your skills and experience. Join us and be part of a future where impossible is merely a challenge, and together, everything is possible.
