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PMO Lead
Senior Programme Manager – Programme Manager Office (PMO)
Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Perth, Glasgow, or Reading.
Salary: £71,869 - £85,880 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing, and family.
Working Pattern: 12-month Fixed Term Contract | Full Time | Flexible First options available.
The Role
You will support the coordination and governance of a large-scale cyber security programme, helping to manage reporting, financial data, and delivery tracking across multiple projects. This role sits at the heart of programme delivery and offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders and complex transformation work.
Key Responsibilities
You will:
- Lead the day-to-day management of the PMO team, ensuring high-quality programme reporting to governance forums and senior stakeholders, including:
- Preparation of executive-level management and governance packs
- Oversight of regulatory submissions and RAIDs
- Actions, resource, and financial management and reporting
- Monitor programme delivery from inception to closure, ensuring it is on time and within budget, while:
- Resolving deviations from baseline
- Ensuring robust tracking of actions and follow-ups
- Operate governance processes across the programme, including:
- Facilitation of governance forums
- Financial approvals
- Benefit realisation reporting and programme assurance
- Lead capacity and resource management across the PMO team, including:
- Resource planning, reporting, and forecasting
- Alignment to delivery priorities
- Build, develop, and lead a high-performing PMO team, providing:
- Guidance on project and programme management processes
- Best use of tools and governance standards
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Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience leading or working within a programme or PMO environment
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Good understanding of delivery governance, reporting, and financial control
- Advanced Excel and Power BI skills for data analysis and reporting
- An analytical and structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide the energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We achieve this by developing, building, operating, and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses crucial to the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan commits £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
Our IT Division
Our IT team powers growth across all SSE business areas by ensuring we have the systems, software, and security needed to lead in a low-carbon world. They provide expertise in:
- Emerging technologies
- Data and analytics
- Cyber security
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Flexible Benefits to Fit Your Life
Experience:
- Discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships
- Wellbeing benefits such as:
- A free online GP
- 24/7 counselling service
- Interest-free loans for tech and transport season tickets
- A new bike via our Cycle to Work scheme
- Generous family entitlements, including:
- Maternity and adoption pay
- Paternity leave
Working for Equal Opportunity
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments needed to ensure a positive application and experience for you. Contact iona.allan@sse.com / 01738 344049 to discuss support.
We commit to fostering an open and inclusive workplace, providing equal opportunities for all backgrounds and particularly welcoming applications from underrepresented groups in the industry.
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If offered the role, a criminality check and credit check will be required before employment begins.
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