Head of Project Management Office
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 March 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS1 5JF |
| Company: | System C |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ905 |
Summary
Description
Make a real impact in health & care tech.
At System C, we connect and transform health and care through digital solutions. We're looking for a Head of PMO to lead our Professional Services Portfolio Management Office - setting standards, shaping portfolio practice and turning data into decisions that help teams deliver at pace.
The opportunity You'll lead and develop a high-performing PMO (including line management of Project Support Officers), partner with c.30 Portfolio Project Managers, and provide governance oversight across a varied delivery portfolio. You'll own portfolio processes, controls and reporting; craft executive-ready insights and dashboards; and ensure our data quality enables confident decisions. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, translating complex delivery data into clear actions and outcomes.
What you'll do
- Run the PMO: standards, gating, controls and continuous improvement.
- Build utilisation, performance and benefits reporting; produce board-level MI and minutes/actions.
- Drive portfolio planning, dependency/risk management and resource forecasting.
- Challenge financial variances, support business cases and assure delivery milestones.
- Coach, support and upskill PSOs and delivery leaders; champion lessons learned.
- Maintain high data quality across tools to enable predictive analytics and early-warning insights.
What you'll bring
- Senior PMO leadership in complex environments, with strong stakeholder influence.
- Depth in RAID, change control, benefits realisation and resource management.
- Advanced analytics skills: Excel (pivots), Power BI (exec dashboards); familiarity with Precursive ideal.
- Working knowledge of MS Project, Jira/Confluence, PSA (OpenAir/Precursive) and PPM tools (e.g., Monday.com).
- PRINCE2 (essential); Agile exposure (APM Agile/SAFe) desirable.
- A pragmatic, delivery-focused style with humility, ownership, collaboration and integrity at the core.
Why System C?
Purposeful work, hybrid flexibility and supportive colleagues who "own it" and "do the right thing". If you thrive in fast-moving contexts and love bringing clarity from complexity, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to shape how we deliver value at scale.