PMO Lead at CreateFuture, Leeds/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.

We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.

Join us on our journey… Let’s create something awesome, together, today.

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for capacity / demand management of the Change Lifecycle including statements of works for contract resource
• Reviewing and approving of any project documentation (Project Plans, PCR's, Business Cases, Closure Reports etc).
• Oversight of the Portfolio budget, ensuing appropriate management including preparation and facilitation of the financial governance sessions
• Facilitate Project Stage Gate checks / Health Checks, ensuring delivery teams are well prepared and ready for Stakeholder review
• Governance of the Portfolio Change Lifecycle Boards including Resourcing, Dependency Management and Financial Review
• Prepare the packs and supporting materials for the Strategic Investment and Digital Portfolio meetings.
• Oversee the identification, tracking and resolution of Change risks and issues, ensuring management of dependencies and appropriate escalation and resolution activity is in place.
• Support the ongoing Continuous improvement of the Change Lifecycle process, implementing new processes and approaches.
• Work alongside the newly established Transformation Office to uplift Capability and Knowledge of modern PMO practices across the organisation.
• Work alongside senior Executives ensuring clear communication and alignment of expectations for delivery of business benefits.

We’d love to talk to you if you:

• Have experience with driving development and adoption of good practice, continuous improvement and oversight of project’s delivery status, risk and issues.
• Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
• Strong PMO skills and experienced in ongoing improvements of a PMO Office.
• Strong vendor management and negotiating skills.
• Have strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate in both highly technical and non-technical language as required.

As this is a hybrid role, we’re looking for people within a commuting distance of our Leeds office and who are flexible to travel to client sites and CreateFuture regional offices.

Next steps:

Our TA team aims to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of if we are progressing with your application.

Our process:

1. 30 minute call with our Talent Acquisition Team
2. 1-hour Competency based interview

We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.

We are committed to our goal of creating the most inclusive workplace possible. As we strive to build an environment where everyone can thrive and be themselves, we will continue to investigate and challenge biases, while working to identify and remove obstacles to inclusion. If you need additional support or accommodation during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.