PMO Specialist (SC Cleared)

PMO Specialist (SC Cleared) | Whiteley | £500/day | 6 Month Contract
Location: Whiteley (Hybrid Working)
Contract Length: 6 Months
Rate: Competitive Day Rate (Inside IR35)
Clearance Required: Active SC Clearance

The Opportunity

We are supporting a major organisation delivering a large-scale, business-critical programme operating across multiple locations and stakeholder groups. They are seeking an experienced PMO Specialist to play a key role in driving PMO excellence, governance, reporting, and document management across a complex programme environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished PMO professional who thrives in structured, fast-paced environments and enjoys establishing best practice, improving governance frameworks, and engaging with senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Establish and maintain robust document management, repository structures, and configuration control processes.
Drive PMO best practice across the programme through leadership, expertise, and governance oversight.
Own and manage the end-to-end deliverables lifecycle, ensuring milestones are achieved on time and to the required quality standards.
Coordinate activities across multiple workstreams, ensuring programme alignment and effective stakeholder communication.
Ensure deliverables are reviewed, approved, and controlled in accordance with governance requirements.
Manage programme documentation, actions, decisions, risks, and deliverables throughout the programme lifecycle.
Develop and maintain programme reporting, dashboards, and management information packs.
Monitor progress against programme objectives and proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies.
Support continuous improvement initiatives across PMO processes and governance frameworks.
Engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership teams, to drive accountability and successful outcomes.

Required Experience

Strong PMO background gained within complex programmes or portfolios.
Current SC Clearance.
Proven experience establishing and maintaining PMO governance frameworks.
Demonstrable experience managing programme deliverables within highly regulated or structured environments.
Strong knowledge of document management, configuration control, and reporting processes.
Advanced skills in data management, reporting, and dashboard creation.
Excellent organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Experience managing competing priorities across multiple teams and workstreams.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels.
Experience working within programmes requiring governance, compliance, or contractual oversight.

Desirable

Experience within defence, government, technology, aerospace, engineering, infrastructure, or other highly regulated sectors.
Knowledge of programme delivery methodologies and portfolio governance frameworks.

Apply

If you're an experienced PMO professional looking to join a high-profile programme where you'll have genuine influence on governance, reporting, and programme delivery, we'd like to hear from you.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed