Enterprise PMO Business Partner - London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Project Management Office (PMO) Business Partner to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Canary Wharf.

We are seeking an experienced PMO Business Partner to guide and support project teams in delivering change initiatives in alignment with our client’s project management policy and framework. This role ensures consistent governance, control, and reporting practices across projects and programs, while also coaching teams on best practices in project management and change execution.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the project team execute the change initiatives (project, program, small change) in adherence to the project management policy and framework (Pegasus) governance of projects.
• Ensures that the project team effectively monitor and report on the execution and tracking progress of individual projects, track milestones, schedule deviations, overall costs, risk and issues, budget, etc.
• Provide advice and guidance to the project manager to ensure the project adheres to procedures
• Deploy & apply a set of consistent ePMO processes, tools and templates across projects and overall portfolio
• Qualitative review of specific project artefacts (RAIDs, Business Cases, etc)
• Provide guidance in identification and tracking the RAID (Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies) process
• Interface with 2nd and 3rd lined of defence
• Effectively support implementation of ePMO best practices
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and training on ePMO controls and project management practices
• Ensure consistency of governance, reporting and control disciplines across projects
• Help bring resolution any potential problems and escalates issues to the appropriate stakeholder or governance forum
• Support ePMO in internal initiatives and carry out ad hoc tasks as required

• Formal training or certification in Project Management Certification (MSP/PRINCE2/PMI/P3O/ etc) - preferred
• Understands and has practical experience of both running projects/programs, and supporting portfolio / programs / projects in an ePMO capacity
• Strong Change Management skillset
• Proven experience supporting major programs, projects and portfolios, preferably requiring interaction with regulators, either from a policy or supervisory perspective
• Proven experience of working with C-suite stakeholders
• Previous experience working within a highly regulated industry (ideally Financial Services)
• Proficiency with project tools including but not limited to MS Project, Enterprise PPM tools (e.g. Planview PPMPro, Smartsheet, Jira, Clarity PPM etc.)
• Advanced in Microsoft: PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Experience in solutions planning, project management methodologies, and performance metrics
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High ethical standards and a profound sense of integrity and confidentiality
• Champion and drive change in a rapidly developing environment with multiple competing priorities
• Confident, assertive with the ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Demonstrable ability to work in a pressurised and challenging environment
• Strong attention to detail

Why join us?

• Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
• Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.