Job description Posted 11 October 2021

PMO Manager.

Location – London/ Remote Working

Pay rate - £440/Day PAYE to £564/Day Umbrella

Duration – Dec 2022

Start date - ASAP


The role will report to CMB CTA PM and Market Participation Programme Lead (role is split 50:50 across the two). This is a key role responsible for the moving the programme forward as well as playing a critical role in driving and managing the programme’s delivery performance.

  

In this role, you will: 

  • The role of the PMO Manager will be to support the CTA Programme PM’s, co-ordinate all status report submissions, manage risks and issues and coordinate plans across the CMB Core Team
  • Additional responsibilities will include coordinating governance and reporting for the CMB CTA Portfolio and responding to ad hoc queries and requests as needed.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring alignment with the Group Transformation Programme (GTP) processes and the Change Framework
  • Working closely with Programme PM’s and broader CMB CTA stakeholders across a number of Programme Management activities
  • Proactively monitors project execution to effectively identify and track risks, issues and dependencies.
  • Takes ownership of risks and issues where appropriate and ensures resolution according to agreed timescales and escalates where appropriate
  • Proposes recommendations to aid decision making in order maintain progress towards delivery and ultimate benefits realisation
  • Ensures alignment to the prescribed processes and change methodologies used within the programme, including Change Framework and other TOEC related processes.
  • Collaborate and builds positive stakeholder relationships across CTA Portfolio, including within CMB and wider Group teams within GTP
  • Ensuring governance controls and procedures are embedded and tracked, proposing improvements where necessary.
  • Supporting core governance processes for CTA Portfolio alongside ePMO Resource

 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

  • Project or Portfolio Management experience within HSBC (preferably within Commercial Banking), which includes communications capabilities, decision making and problem solving skills.
  • Understanding and proven experience of Programme and Project Management methodologies, including planning and tracking.
  • Excellent understanding of risk, issues and dependency tracking.
  • Pro-active and positive attitude to planning and engagement, working across teams and functions.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation.
  • Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions across functions.
  • Experience in relevant tooling, including Jira and Clarity.
  • Understanding of benefits tracking against outcomes.
  • Excellent time-management and ability to manage own workload.