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IT PMO Manager

Location:  Newbury  (Blended – home & office)
Salary:  Competitive
Hours:   37.5

Safety Notice: To ensure candidate and employee safety, we are continuing with our virtual hiring and onboarding processes until further notice.

The IT PMO manager within Vodafone UK IT leads team that control, assure and provide a critical support service to an extensive and diverse community of IT Delivery managers; ensuring that programmes are planned, resourced, financed and delivered with quality via an appropriate assurance framework of standards and controls. Managing the development of a relevant and appropriate framework and controls as the IT environment changes is key to the role.

What will you be doing?

•    Maintaining and updating an appropriate delivery governance structure for IT.
•    Managing and developing the PMO team, as a team and as individuals.
•    Implementing and continually refining a standard service across all IT Demand and Delivery teams, driving delivery performance governance; Providing and assuring key reporting via  our tools - Azure Dev Ops (ADO) and Power BI.
•    Ensuring the IT PMO provides a best practice service to support all IT projects, programmes and delivery activities to deliver to time, quality and cost constraints through professional assurance, support and adherence to Vodafone’s Project Delivery Lifecycle (VPDL).
•    Driving continuous improvement across IT Delivery Programmes and Projects.
•    Developing the IT delivery capacity management and programme plans in conjunction with the delivery teams, highlighting constraints and advising on potential resolutions.
•    Providing guidance and training on key PMO processes to Domain and Delivery Managers.
•    Support wider elements of the IT Governance team such as strategic planning, finance, resource management and assurance.

Who are we looking for?

• Recognized PMO industry qualification – e.g.  APMP/ Prince2
• Experience of transformation to Agile/ SAFe aligned PMO frameworks, large corporate PMO teams and delivery management.
• Knowledge of SAFe and Agile methodologies.
• Experience of IT compliance, governance and audit requirements.
• Line management experience.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive and flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family. We’re proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility for individuals returning to work after a career break. From our market-leading parental leave policies through to employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes we are committed to supporting you throughout your career with Vodafone.

Together we can

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent. Inclusion for all is a key pillar of our purpose with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage growth and progression for all employees.

 
Posting End Date: 13th Dec 2021

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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