PMO Specialist
12-Month FTC in Southampton (likely to go perm)
Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week
£60,000 - £65,000 Base (Possible Flex) + Benefits

Are you a dynamic PMO professional looking to make a significant impact within a leading UK wealth management firm? This is a rare opportunity to join a business that is actively transforming, modernising, and placing the customer at the very heart of everything they do. If you are bold, ambitious, and ready to challenge the status quo, this 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) in Southampton is the perfect platform for your career.

As a PMO Specialist, you will move beyond basic project tracking to drive a sophisticated Enterprise-wide Change Portfolio. You will work within a department that values curiosity and collaboration, ensuring strategic goals are met through expert governance and high-level portfolio insights.

Your Impact and Responsibilities

In this role, you will support the central PMO by providing structure, planning capability, and governance across the portfolio.

• Enterprise Planning & Governance: Maintain and enhance PMO controls and frameworks, overseeing planning at the portfolio level to ensure alignment with business strategy.
• Dependency & Risk Management: Track and maintain a clear view of dependencies across the portfolio, helping to identify and highlight interconnected risks.
• Resource Management: Support portfolio-level resourcing by overlaying change and SME demand, helping to assess capacity and prioritisation.
• Reporting & MI: Produce clear and accurate portfolio reporting, translating complex data into meaningful insight for senior stakeholders.

What You Bring to the Team

You are a confident team player who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable working at the portfolio level.

• Financial Services Experience: Experience in a PMO or project role within Financial Services is preferred, but not essential.
• Portfolio Planning: Strong experience in enterprise or portfolio-level planning, dependency management, and resourcing support across multiple workstreams.
• Technical Skills: Strong intermediate Excel skills and experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project for the web.
• Communication & Drive: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, work collaboratively, and stay calm under pressure.
• Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy and quality, with the ability to produce clean, reliable output in a fast-moving environment.

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If you’ve held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: PMO Analyst, Enterprise PMO Specialist, Portfolio Planning Manager, Change Management, Dependency Management, Resource Planning, Financial Services PMO, Wealth Management, Project Governance, Excel, Power BI, and Portfolio Assurance.

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