Senior PMO : Energy Trading & Supply

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior PMO to join a world-leading, globally-recognised Energy Trading & Commodities company as part of a project that will deploy a core technology solution in their Risk Management space.

What’s the role?

You will take lead of the Project Management Office (PMO) for complex, cross-functional projects and programmes.
This role ensures robust governance, discipline and delivery rhythm, aligning project execution with business objectives.
This is a business-facing role. You will need to manage stakeholder alignment and deputises for the Senior Project Manager when required.

Responsibilities:
• Lead the PMO
• Deputies for the Senior PM as needed.
• Define and embed project governance, templates, cadence, and ways of working.
• Implement PMO tools, templates, and control processes; maintain methodologies and standards.
• Lead regular project health checks and manage stage gates.
• Develop and manage detailed, resource-based project plans and POAP.
• Oversee cost, quality, and delivery targets; manage budgets and expenditure.
• Drive delivery rhythm and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and alignment sessions to unblock progress and clarify priorities.
• Support preparation of Decision Review Board (DRB) and Steering Committee (SteerCo) materials. Be able to create concise, compelling presentations and narratives that enable informed decision-making and stakeholder alignment.
• Influence without authority to drive collaboration and decision-making.
• Identify issues, clarify root causes, and facilitate mitigating actions. Provide rapid intervention to unblock delivery and maintain momentum.
• Train and mentor junior team members and workstream leads on PMO tools and practices.
• Maintain a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Ensure continuous improvement of PMO services, KPIs, and SLAs.

Skills and Experience:
• 10+ years as a senior PMO in either energy trading, commodity trading or a financial services context.
• Proven experience in setting up and leading PMOs for large, complex multi-workstream projects/programmes.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (or equivalent work experience).
• Professional qualifications in project/programme management (e.g., PRINCE2, P3O) and/or change management are desirable.
• Experience in technology programmes, operating model changes, regulatory projects, or carbon-based change initiatives.
• Delivery-focused, able to drive outcomes in ambiguous, fast-paced and complex matrix environments.
• Extensive experience of setting up project governance, using and optimizing methodologies and tools to drive discipline while balancing practical project delivery.
• Extensive experience to both capture and actively manage risks across the project.
• Proven ability to plan complex projects from Level 0 to Level 5 connecting in dependencies from across the enterprise
• Ability to set up forecasting and management of project budgets. Monitor project performance and ensure compliance. Actively forecast resource demands and manage changes to those demands.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills to generate strategic alignment around project objectives
• Skilled in facilitation, problem-solving, and executive-level communication.
• Experience in mentoring and developing teams.
• A passion for continuous improvement so that project approaches can be modified to fit the needs of each context.
• A knowledge of structured decision-making methodologies
• Consultative and persuasive, able to negotiate and drive alignment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing – able to engage, build relationships, influence without authority, and navigate pushbacks.

Flexibility is required to accommodate stakeholder interactions and project delivery commitments. Majority of T&S key stakeholders are based in a European time-zone. There will be occasional travel required.

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