Project Management Office Lead

Do you have experience leading a Project Management Office (PMO) including resource planning and capacity management? If so, join Elysium Healthcare as the PMO Lead and become the main point of co-ordination for all significant project management activities in the business.

Reporting to the CEO, you will be establishing policies around project management, developing and enforcing standards for the project management lifecycle and providing accurate reporting via portfolio dashboards and status reporting.

You will provide oversight of multiple complex projects across the organisation, adhering to technology standards (where applicable) and managing the full project management lifecycle process. You will bring a strategic perspective on business activities with the ability to help the executive team rationalise and maintain a clear portfolio of initiatives that are aligned to departmental objectives.

As a PMO Lead you will be:

• Accountable for the provision of all key PMO services (including planning, financial, resource management, risk and issue management, reporting, governance and method compliance).
• Developing project capability across Elysium. Setting the standards, processes and templates and providing training and upskilling to managers to manage projects effectively.
• Undertaking the role of custodian for the local standards and their continuous improvement, maintain a centralised repository for project management knowledge, templates and local practices.
• Designing, implementing and supporting effective tools. Maintaining a central repository for status reports, work plans, proposals, change requests etc, and ensure timely updates and performance reporting processes.
• Developing reporting frameworks, utilising thoughtful, user-focused design to produce consistent reports that are simple to complete and provide easily digestible data, visualisations, analysis and insights to senior leaders and sponsors, to enable effective decisions/actions to be taken.
• Establishing and maintaining governance for delivery, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountability that align with corporate governance practices. Report up to Executive level, as well as at local/functional level.
• Conducting proactive health checks and reviews of projects; support project teams with implementing findings and recommendations. Escalate and address non-conformance issues proportionately to their impact and needs of the business
• Managing capacity planning across Elysium. Highlighting interdependencies between projects and capacity challenges that may impact on our sites.
• Building relationships with Ramsay Global team & Ramsay regional peers, collaborating on strategic global initiatives and projects, when required.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Experience managing a PMO/change portfolio in a complex multi-site business.
• Experienced in resource planning and capacity management.
• Understanding of the project lifecycle, with experience delivering projects end-to-end.
• Lead on maintaining cross portfolio benefits tracking and realisation.
• Identify and escalate change risks, conflicts and synergies, driving improved efficiency and risk reduction up to Executive level.
• Solid governance standards to ensure adequate project management documentation, reporting and plans are in place.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary.
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.