Programme Management Office (PMO) Manager

Job summary

Can you engage confidently with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making?

Do you have knowledge of integrated programme controls (cost, schedule, risk, performance) and a good understanding of project management language and best practices?

Are you experienced in project cost management, including budgeting, cost control, financial tracking and reporting?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

DfT is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Job description

Join the Heathrow Expansion PMO and help deliver one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes. As a PMO Manager, you will provide critical insight across planning, cost, risk, and performance, supporting informed decision-making and delivery confidence. Working with government, departmental, and supplier stakeholders, you will drive robust governance, reporting, and assurance processes. This is a fast-paced opportunity to apply your programme delivery expertise to a high-profile project of national importance.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Champion risk and issue management by developing, implementing and maintaining a reporting framework for the complexity of the Heathrow Expansion Programme
• Facilitate the identification, analysis and monitoring of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and milestones
• Ensure robust budget oversight by managing forecast tracking and monitoring
• Prepare high quality governance papers, progress reports and stakeholder updates

For further information on the role, please read the role profile which is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Experience of working as a project delivery professional in major government programmes (GMPP) or regulated environments which are complex and multi stakeholder.
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
• Experience within a project environment leading the risk and issues function and in designing reporting and dashboard processes
• Knowledge of integrated programme controls (cost, schedule, risk, performance) and a good understanding of project management language and best practices
• Experience in project cost management, including budgeting, cost control, financial tracking and reporting, and the ability to produce accurate cost forecasts to support informed decision‑making in a GMPP programme
• Experience of contract management

You will ideally hold at least two typical qualification and/or professional memberships eg (but not limited to):

• Management of Risk Practitioner (MoR)
• Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner (MSP)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ)
• APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
• full membership MAPM
• Project Leadership Programme (PLP) or equivalent.

Additional Information

The successful candidate must either hold or be willing to work towards the Government Project Delivery Accreditation once in role.

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 35 hours per week.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Visa Sponsorship

DfTc does not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,515, Department for Transport contributes £16,662 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
• Access to the staff discount portal.
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
• Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our coll