PMO Manager - Governance & Standards
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | None, None |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/11428279/885437 |
Summary
About the role
The Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) sits within Technology and is the function that defines and governs the framework that enables the delivery of our Portfolio Programmes and Projects across our Finance Change and Enabling Functions teams. We provide the tools and processes to support our stakeholders in their decision-making and business goals, ensuring visibility and trust with a strong focus on our Tesco values and behaviours.
We are a fast-growing team where the work is high-profile and fast-paced, working to tight deadlines with exposure to senior Directors within Technology and the wider Tesco population, where we relish the opportunity to assist in the delivery of significant benefits to the business.
We are now looking to recruit a PMO Manager to support the Lead PPMO Governance & Standards Manager – Enabling Functions. This role will contribute to the success of the PPMO overall by supporting the programme management and governance rigour that is paramount to the success to support our stakeholders in the realisation of business plans. The role is pivotal to maintaining the overall routine heartbeat of all PPMO activities, and to work closely with colleagues across the wider PPMO function.
You will be responsible for
Providing support to the Lead PPMO Governance & Standards Manager – Enabling Functions in:
- Support in the definition, maintenance and communication of a consistent set of Programme, work stream and project management standards and artefacts, providing guidance and templates to be applied across Enabling Functions
- Support in the review of existing, and creation of new governance processes across the PPMO to build and maintain a concise Portfolio Process catalogue.
- Assisting in the management of the Flow methodology concept and its artefacts, ensuring a consistent application of the methodology, and its variants, is maintained.
- Support in the day-to-day management of the Flow Quality Gate meetings with the longer-term goal to transition into the organisation and facilitation of all QG meetings.
- Assisting in building in quality assurance through Flow ensuring approvals and key entry and exit criteria are maintained across all governance processes and forums, with regular review/reporting of control checks, identifying gaps and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Support the education of the Flow methodology and its variances across Finance & Enabling Functions through the establishment of Flow Master Class training catalogue
- Support in the creation of a robust governance audit process, linking key auditable criteria across PPMO tools – Aha! Planview, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint
- Support the existing Change Control forums across Oracle Work & Pay, Zellis, WoTF and Recruitment with the longer-term goal to assist in the transition for Enabling Functions to move to an improved, centralised Change Control process.
- Identify opportunities to align existing processes across Finance Change and Enabling Functions to create synergies going forward.
- Identify and support in the setting up and facilitation of new Flow or independent governance forums where required across the wider Enabling Functions teams
- Maintain visibility and control of all key Governance/Process activities on the PPMO Kanban Board. Provide regular updates in various PPMO forums
- Be proficient in the purpose and use of the suite of tools developed, used and supported by the PPMO and the wider Technology teams. These include Jira, Aha!, Planview, SharePoint, Miro and Confluence.
- Work collaboratively with PPMO colleagues in the procurement, renewal and maintenance of software licenses where applicable
You will need
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills
- The ability to work independently across several projects
- Experience in a similar PMO function or project management experience is fundamental
- You will have strong skills and experience in process management/control
- Be able to demonstrate a flexible approach to achieving the goals of a PMO and a passion to deliver value to our Technology colleagues through an evolving and learning PPMO function.
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
- A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
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About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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