Lead PMO

The Role

Reporting into the Programme Leadership Team, the PMO Lead will be responsible for establishing and managing the programme’s change control framework, ensuring all changes are identified, assessed, governed, and communicated effectively.

The role will work closely with project consultants, technical workstream leads, and the client team to maintain strong governance and provide clear visibility of programme impacts and decision-making requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and manage the programme-wide change management process.
• Develop, maintain, and own the Constraints and Assumptions Register with input from all project disciplines and stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain the Programme Change Register, ensuring all changes are fully documented and traceable.
• Chair weekly Decision Board meetings, facilitating timely resolution of issues requiring senior leadership decisions.
• Lead fortnightly Change Control Board meetings, reviewing trends, proposed changes, and associated impacts.
• Ensure approved changes are appropriately authorised or escalated to senior leadership and Steering Committee where required.
• Assess and communicate the implications of change across:
• Cost
• Programme
• Risk
• Quality
• Development and construction phases
• Provide clear analysis of the consequences of implementing or not implementing proposed changes.
• Support the preparation and administration of contract instructions arising from approved changes.
• Work closely with planning, commercial, risk, engineering, environmental, and stakeholder management teams to ensure integrated programme controls.
• Produce governance reports, dashboards, and management information for programme leadership.
• Drive best practice across project controls, governance, and change management processes.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Experience

• Significant experience operating as a PMO Lead, Programme Controls Manager, Project Controls Manager, or Change Manager on major infrastructure programmes.
• Proven experience implementing and managing structured change control processes.
• Strong understanding of programme governance, risk management, planning, and commercial controls.
• Experience chairing governance forums, decision boards, and change control boards.
• Ability to assess and communicate the impact of change on programme delivery.
• Experience maintaining registers, governance documentation, and management reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Must be able to work in the UK (No sponosorship)

Desirable Experience

• Energy, defence or major infrastructure project experience.
• Experience working through both development/design phases of major capital projects.
• Knowledge of project controls systems and reporting tools.
• Understanding of NEC contracts and change management processes.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.