EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

We’re looking for an experienced Senior PMO Analyst to play a key leadership role within our Portfolio Management Office. This is a great opportunity to shape how programmes and projects are delivered across Severn Trent, helping to drive consistency, maturity and continuous improvement across our change portfolio.

Working closely with project and programme teams, you’ll lead the development and embedding of PMO frameworks, standards and processes, ensuring they are practical, effective and fully adopted. You’ll also provide clear insight through high quality reporting and management information, supporting confident decision making at all levels.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll coach and support colleagues, contribute to the ongoing development of PMO capability, and help raise the profile of the PMO through strong communication and stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of PMO frameworks, processes and standards supporting waterfall delivery
• Promote consistent PMO ways of working across the change community
• Support the ongoing maturity of change delivery through effective use of tools and data
• Produce meaningful management information and reports, turning insights into clear recommendations and actionsFacilitate governance forums and workshops, ensuring the right messages reach the right audiences at the right time
• Manage and maintain PMO collaboration spaces (SharePoint and Teams)
• Coach and mentor junior PMO colleagues and support knowledge sharing across the organisation
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely and effective communication
• Take ownership of your personal development, aligned to the PMO competency framework HOW WE WORK

You’ll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 37 hours a week.

You’ll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you’ll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

You’ll bring strong experience working in an enterprise or portfolio level PMO, along with the confidence to lead, influence and improve how change is delivered. You’re organised, analytical and collaborative, with a passion for high standards and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification or equivalent experience
• Recognised project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ or equivalent)
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• P3O Practitioner or other PMO certification
• Additional project, programme or risk management qualifications

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too.

We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies