PMO Manager

 

Permanent

 

Vyoma Gandhi - vyoma.gandhi@boots.com

 

About the role

 

This is an exciting opportunity and time to join our Transformation management office as a PMO Manager. We are looking for a highly organised, proactive and collaborative individual to be at the heart of delivering our transformation change agenda. Boots UK has a significant portfolio of transformational change comprising multiple large scale business change programmes.

As the PMO Manager you will be responsible for collating the portfolio view of these programmes across all the disciplines of MSP best practice.

 

Key responsibilities

 

· Programme portfolio monitoring, tracking and reporting across milestones, risks, financials, dependencies and deliverables ensuring clear and transparent reporting to senior stakeholders

· Providing programme assurance by conducting health checks and reviews with programmes to evaluate and identify their effectiveness, then coach and support teams to implement improvements

· Maintain centralised repositories, holding the central Transformation Management office information strategy and plan for all key programme documentation

· Managing the standardisation of key programme management methodologies (utilising MSP industry best practice), ensuring they are implemented consistently and maintained across the portfolio of programmes. Able to challenge where standards are not met and have a continual improvement mindset to learn from and improve processes, templates and tools

· Proactive future planning for transformation team events from company wide communication of transformation updates through to management of local team events

· Tracking and monitoring of all key actions relating to the central transformation office, ensuring actions followed up and completed to time and quality.

 

What you'll need to have

 

You will have 5+ years experience of working in large transformation programme environments either as a Programme Manager or PMO Manager with a proven track record of successful delivery.

· Working in complex change programmes, such as organisation design, culture, process or systems changes

· Working in the broader field of project, programme and portfolio management and strategic planning

· Working with a diverse range of senior stakeholders and able to communicate clearly at all levels.

 

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

 

· High level of attention to detail

· Highly planful, forward looking and proactive

· Brings structure and discipline to the TMO

· Ability to challenge at all levels of seniority

 

Our benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

 

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

 

What's next

 

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

 

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

 

 

#LI-Onsite