PMO Manager

PMO Manager

Remote role with regular travel to our Exeter & Milton Keynes branches.

Offering a salary of up to £60,000 depending on experience, plus either a company car or car allowance and great company benefits.

Due to company development, we are looking for a tenacious, robust and detail orientated PMO Manager, to join our team. This is brand new role within Mears so having experience and time in role as a PMO Manager is essential, someone who has previously established a PMO function would be ideal.  

The successful PMO manager will be responsible for the governance strategy and delivery assurance for the project and change portfolio across the Mears Group. The role will have primary responsibility for ensuring the Groups’ approach to change is managed in a controlled way. 

Mears is one of the UK’s leading housing providers to both the public and private sector, with over 5,500 employees, working with clients to help develop, fund and implement their placemaking ambitions. With 30 years of delivering market-leading repairs and maintenance services, Mears is trusted to deliver in excess of 6,000 repairs daily to a portfolio of more than 1,000,000 homes nationwide.  We provide tailored rapid-response and planned maintenance services through partnering arrangements with more than 70 local authorities, Arm’s Length Management Organisations and Housing Associations.

About the Role:

The PMO Manager will lead on the development and maintenance of the Group’s change roadmap to ensure accurate reporting of the portfolio of work. You will be responsible for working with the IT and Business Transformation Teams to report on project and business planning activities, identifying and taking action on risks. 

As a PMO Manager you must be able to support and motivate your colleagues’ managing projects, identifying and taking forward coaching and development needs for everyone ensuring that best practice is at the forefront of all that we do.
 

The successful PMO Manager must be a self-starter and have the ability and knowledge to take the foundations of what has been created and establish it into a successful business function.

Role Criteria:

• Time Experience as a PMO Manager
• P30 PMO Qualification
• Must have used and be familiar with  portfolio management systems
• Ability to quickly absorb and understand complex written information and summarise it concisely
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
• The ability to present arguments in a fluid and persuasive manner and to participate effectively in meetings
• The ability to work individually or as part of a team
• The ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy whilst working on a number of different priorities simultaneously
• The ability to escalate issues appropriately
• The ability to prioritise workloads effectively in order to meet objectives and deadlines
• Hold a full clean driving license

Benefits we can offer you:   

• Friendly and flexible working environment 
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless 
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.  
• Access to employee support and wellbeing services
• Mears offer a company pension, life insurance and share scheme
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment 
• Use and access to the latest technology. 

We are proud to be on the list of the Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For, and on the Social Mobility Index of the top 75 employers in the UK for our commitment to social mobility.

So that’s the role, what we are looking for and what we have to offer, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you; apply below or to discuss your application further; contact Vickie Rudge on vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.

We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.