Band 8C Group Head Of PMO

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office in one of the largest Transformation teams in a North Central London acute trust, where you will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services. We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working, in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment. If you are excited by the challenge of leading a PMO function, to deliver world class healthcare for patients, and support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives, we look forward to hearing from you., As the Group Head of PMO, you will be responsible for providing a PMO service to the Group, through formal leadership of the PMO team, and maintaining relationships across both the host Service Transformation team and the wider organisation. You will be expected to deliver PMO's operational functions alongside development of the PMO in order to ensure that its offer meets the needs of its stakeholders. The role will oversee the effective co-ordination, governance and visibility of priority portfolios, notably to deliver against the Transformation and Financial Sustainability agendas, and monitor interdependencies between these.

You will need a thorough understanding of programme and project management, particularly benefits realisation, and be able to challenge robustly but with a flexible approach to delivery. Alongside this technical expertise, you will need excellent interpersonal skills, in order to deliver your agenda through collaboration with others. You will need a strategic mindset, while maintaining oversight of an operational team. As a senior leader within the Transformation team, you will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction. You will need to demonstrate effective leadership skills, and have the resilience to deliver in a complex organisation. You will champion improvement and model the integrity, patient focused and value for money behaviours essential to deliver sustainable change.

How we can help youWe offer a range of fantastic opportunities and support, including:

• Exposure to projects within all parts of one of the largest NHS organisations Joining a large supportive team with a wealth of change experience Commitment to embedding agile working principles Access to an internal leadership tool kit and development programme A robust competency framework to shape career progression An environment that fosters continuous development of the individual and team