PMO Lead

Locations:York, Norwich, Bristol and London

Starting Salary: c. £75,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

This is a great job for someone with experience of delivering large scale organisational change and a respected member of the change profession in transformation, portfolio, programme management or PMO considering customer, market and internal factors. Are you someone who can lead a team brilliantly and is comfortable in a complex/ambiguous environment, working at pace and at times to tight deadlines?

A bit about the job:

You’ll work closely with the  Head of Change enablement and the broader CIO community to oversight and assure the delivery of the IWR portfolio of change, typically totalling over £250 million annually. Using portfolio data and your knowledge and experience, you will provide insight into overall performance, identifying key thematics across areas such as resourcing, risks and dependencies. This will also include challenging process inefficiencies and/or underperformance and recommending actions to address.

Leading a team of PMO, you will ensure the provision of a high-quality service to programmes in line with proportionate governance. You’ll ensure that PMO are deployed to the most critical and strategic deliveries in the most efficient manner. You’ll also drive the continued embedment of PPM tooling into the area and take accountability for ensuring we get the required value and efficiency from the tool. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Financial Services industry experience with the ability to understand customer, commercial, and people measures and metrics, while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven team leader with strong people management experience and a commitment to fostering a culture of learning and development.
• Good awareness of risk, control & governance requirements, ideally with experience in highly regulated environments and applying agile principles to ensure compliance and adaptability.
• Ability to build strong relationships with both peers and senior stakeholders, promoting collaboration and continuous feedback loops.
• Knowledge of change delivery methodologies and frameworks, including agile delivery practices and tools such as Planview or similar PPM solutions.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary circa £75,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Amber Britton a call on 07775546100 or send an email to amber.britton@aviva.com