PMO Lead - Transformation
Posted 2 weeks ago by Denholm Associates
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of PMO Lead - Transformation involves leading the Transformation Management Office for a major banking platform transformation within a financial services client. This senior position requires strong governance and delivery oversight in a complex environment, with a focus on ensuring high performance and effective stakeholder management. Candidates must have relevant experience in transformation programmes within the banking sector and be prepared for remote work with occasional on-site requirements. The role is classified as inside IR35 and has an initial duration of 14 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the TMO function, setting standards and driving high performance
- Acting as a trusted advisor to the Programme Director
- Owning governance, reporting, RAID, planning, and change control
- Providing constructive challenge to ensure delivery stays on track
- Managing programme-level reporting for SteerCo and Board forums
- Driving alignment across internal teams and external SI partners
Key Skills:
- Proven TMO/PMO leadership experience in large-scale transformation programmes
- Strong background in governance, controls, and programme reporting
- Experience in financial services / regulated environments (highly desirable)
- Expertise across integrated planning, RAID, dependencies, and change control
- Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence at a senior level
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cumbria
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
I'm supporting our financial services client who is undergoing a major transformation to deliver a next-generation banking platform, and they're looking for an experienced TMO / PMO Lead to join them on a contract basis. This is a high-impact position leading the Transformation Management Office (TMO) for a flagship programme, ensuring strong governance, control, and delivery oversight across a complex, multi-workstream environment. This is a senior role on a highly complex programme, and therefore candidates will need to be able to hit the ground running and demonstrate similar experience on transformation programme within banking/financial services. This role inside IR35 (Umbrella) 14 months initial duration The role is remote working, primarily with the need to be on-site 4 days per month
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the TMO function, setting standards and driving high performance
- Acting as a trusted advisor to the Programme Director
- Owning governance, reporting, RAID, planning, and change control
- Providing constructive challenge to ensure delivery stays on track
- Managing programme-level reporting for SteerCo and Board forums
- Driving alignment across internal teams and external SI partners
What we're looking for:
- Proven TMO/PMO leadership experience in large-scale transformation programmes
- Strong background in governance, controls, and programme reporting
- Experience in financial services / regulated environments (highly desirable)
- Expertise across integrated planning, RAID, dependencies, and change control
- Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence at a senior level
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and govern a business-critical transformation programme from the centre. Get in touch as soon as possible if you have the skills and experience to fulfil this position.