PMO Lead – Project Controls

Manchester| Hybrid Working (3 Days On Site)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits Package (DOE)

The Opportunity

We are supporting a major infrastructure programme in Scotland and are seeking an experienced PMO Lead to join a high-performing project controls and programme management function.

This is a senior leadership role within a complex, NEC-governed infrastructure environment. You will take ownership of PMO governance, assurance, reporting, and performance management across a multi-disciplinary programme of works, ensuring delivery confidence, strong controls, and robust decision-making at all levels.

You will play a key role in shaping PMO standards, leading teams, and driving consistency across planning, cost, risk, and reporting disciplines.

This opportunity would suit a senior PMO or Project Controls professional with strong leadership capability, commercial awareness, and a track record of delivering in major infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO function across a major infrastructure programme, ensuring governance, reporting, and controls are consistently applied

• Oversee integrated project controls delivery across planning, cost, risk, change and performance reporting

• Drive NEC-based programme governance, ensuring compliance and assurance across project delivery

• Lead programme performance reporting, dashboards, and executive-level insights

• Own and develop PMO frameworks, processes and reporting standards

• Lead audit, assurance and compliance activities across the programme lifecycle

• Manage change control, forecasting and performance management processes

• Provide clear, concise reporting and insight to senior stakeholders and leadership teams

• Lead, mentor and develop project controls and PMO professionals within the team

• Drive continuous improvement across PMO capability, tools and systems

• Support consistency of delivery across multiple workstreams and packages

About You

Essential Experience & Skills

• 15+ years’ experience in PMO, project controls or programme delivery within infrastructure, defence, nuclear or other regulated sectors

• 5+ years’ experience leading integrated PMO or project controls teams

• Strong knowledge of NEC contract environments and governance frameworks

• Proven experience delivering audit, assurance and compliance activities across major programmes

• Strong stakeholder management experience at senior and executive level

• Deep understanding of integrated project controls (planning, cost, risk, change, reporting)

• Strong leadership experience within complex, multi-disciplinary environments

• Ability to drive structure, consistency and performance across large programmes

Desirable

• Infrastructure, energy, water, transport, nuclear or defence programme experience

• Experience within consultancy or client-side delivery environments

• Experience improving PMO frameworks, systems or reporting tools

• Chartered status or working towards (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent)

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who is:

• A confident and credible leader with a calm, structured approach

• Highly organised, analytical and delivery focused

• Strong at influencing senior stakeholders and driving clarity in complex environments

• Collaborative, supportive and capable of developing high-performing teams

• Committed to continuous improvement and programme excellence

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead PMO delivery on a major infrastructure programme in Scotland

• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days per week on site in Fife

• Exposure to nationally significant, complex infrastructure delivery

• Strong career development and leadership progression opportunities

• Collaborative and high-performing project controls environment

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package

Join the Programme

If you are an experienced PMO Lead ready to take ownership of programme governance, assurance and performance across a major infrastructure programme, we would love to hear from you. This is a chance to shape delivery standards, lead teams and make a tangible impact on a nationally significant programme in Scotland.