The IT Portfolio Management Office Analyst role ensures company standard governance and change practices and approaches are followed and applied whilst supporting the Portfolio Manager and PMO Manager in planning and managing the portfolio.
Role Responsibility
Main Responsibilities for the IT PMO Analyst:
* Supports the PMO Lead and Portfolio Manager is Portfolio Planning and Scenario Planning.
* Supports the PMO Lead in defining the appropriate standards by which projects are managed.
* Responsible for implementing PMO Governance and Assurance Standards.
* Manages Key-Stakeholder relationships at Senior Leadership level.
* Responsible for monitoring of Programme reporting, managing and compiling programme related MI and Board Packs.
* Act as PMO representative at Executive Change Boards, facilitating programme governance.
* Supporting Delivery Teams to ensure projects are delivered within agreed timescales, budget and project objectives.
* Supporting the Project/Programme Managers to ensure effective delivery is achieved by implementing RAID management, change control, planning and generation of management information.
* Undertake a quality assurance audit role in line with defined PMO process.
* Providing support and guidance to Delivery Teams.
* Supports T&DC Portfolio Manager and Demand & Release Manager in the management of the end to end Demand and Delivery process.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential Criteria for the IT PMO Analyst:
* Excellent MS Project and Excel skills, with emphasis on portfolio planning/scenario modelling.
* Good analytical skills with a focus on attention to detail.
* Able to design and implement typical project and programme governance processes.
* Excellent understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies.
* Able to create and manage project plans.
* Ability to critically evaluate project outputs and challenge project and programme managers whilst maintaining good relationships throughout the team.
* Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
* Able to clearly illustrate processes clearly through business process mapping.
* Familiarity of software development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.
* Self-motivated, proactive and customer focused with excellent organisational skills.
* Demonstrable blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills.
* Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for IT PMO Analyst:
* Demonstrable PMO Analyst experience.
* Comfortable managing small scale projects to time and budget if required.
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