PPMO Governance & Standards Manager – Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Overview

In this role you will steward the Finance Change portfolio’s governance and quality standards within Tesco’s PPMO. You will partner with delivery teams to ensure consistent application of the Finance Change methodology and enhance governance practices. You’ll coach stakeholders, drive improvements, and shape flexible governance structures to enable sound decision-making. This is a chance to have a measurable impact on how projects are governed and delivered across the portfolio.

Pay / Benefits

• up to 20% annual bonus
• 25 days holiday + personal day + bank holidays
• private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity/adoption leave
• 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• 24/7 virtual GP service (free) and EAP

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent application of the Finance Change delivery methodology across programmes and projects within the portfolio
• Conduct gate assurance reviews for portfolio governance approval
• Perform health checks on projects to maintain agreed standards and report results
• Design flexible governance structures that enable effective decision-making and control
• Continuously review governance processes to adapt to a changing environment
• Work with the program management team to maintain standards and implement new approaches
• Regularly assess current practices and develop best practices
• Develop training material and train stakeholders on new and revised ways of working
• Collaborate with Project Managers and PMO Managers to ensure project artifacts meet agreed standards and are securely shared with stakeholders
• Provide coaching and expertise in project management best practices, standards, and tools

Key requirements

• Programme and PMO office experience with understanding of PMO processes and delivery methods
• Formal Portfolio/Programme/Project Management qualification desirable (e.g., P3O, MoP, MSP, APM)
• Self-starter with the ability to work autonomously
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent coaching, presentation, and communication skills
• Ability to manage moving priorities
• Ability to confidently challenge decisions/data
• Excellent knowledge and advanced user of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint, Teams and other collaboration tools

• stakeholder management
• coaching
• presentation
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft SharePoint

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