ElectraLink
PMO Manager
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PMO Manager
As part of the COO function of ElectraLink and reporting into the Head of Business Improvement, the PMO Manager role will be responsible for the successful governance and support of the end-to-end delivery of ElectraLink projects.
You will have an excellent knowledge of project management methodologies e.g. SCRUM & Agile, appropriate for technology and business-based projects along with excellent knowledge of Portfolio and Resource management, governance and reporting.
You will be responsible for all elements of governance and reporting required to deliver a portfolio of projects across ElectraLink. This will specifically include reporting project delivery and financial status, resource usage (actual and planned) and any high-level risks. You will be responsible for co-ordinating all project reporting, identifying risks to portfolio delivery and recommending mitigating actions to the Head of Business Improvement, the COO or the Senior Management Team (as part of the monthly Portfolio Board meeting).
The PMO Manager will build and maintain effective working relationships across the ElectraLink business (especially with Project Managers and Heads of Department whose resources work on projects) and also with external parties as required, ensuring collaborative working across all teams.
What you will do:
- Ensure effective resource and financial governance across ElectraLink’s project portfolio, supporting all Project Managers in the timely delivery of their respective projects.
- Provide understanding and oversight of resource capacity across the portfolio by identifying, reporting and managing risks as they appear, including escalation to resource owners and the senior management team as needed.
- Have a clear summary of project finances (working with the Finance team) across the portfolio; identifying & reporting and issues, resolving them where possible and escalating them as needed.
- Provide governance support to project managers, ensuring that they are fulfilling the appropriate management and reporting of tasks, outcomes, risks, issues and mitigating actions.
- Create and deliver all portfolio reports to the wider leadership team (Heads of Department and the SMT).
- Work with the Product Management functions and all resource owners to find the optimum balance for resource usage on projects, both live and planned in the project pipeline, to ensure alignment.
- Build strong productive working relationships, and provide effective, communication at all levels.
- Promote & champion the benefits of Project Management within ElectraLink.
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Your typical week will involve:
- Reviewing data, reporting and driving project delivery improvement – 30%
- Reviewing Portfolio resources – 20%
- Reviewing and supporting portfolio financials – 15%
- Coordinating governance tasks for PM’s – 15%
- Attending team standups & weekly admin – 10%
- Identifying and improving portfolio governance and controls – 10%
Skills & Knowledge you will need:
- Demonstrable PMO management skills & strong experience – e.g. portfolio financial and resource management
- Experience working as a Project Manager is highly preferable - demonstrable track record in the delivery of projects on time and to budget.
- Highly organised and able to manage, prioritize and complete multiple tasks.
- An understanding of project finances and maintaining the necessary relationships with the Finance Team.
- Outstanding collaboration skills and a strong team player.
- Strong written & oral communication skills, as are skills in providing a suite of reporting to different levels of staff to aid decision making
- Track record of various experience in Programme and Projects Management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, DSDM etc..
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
Highly desirable skills:
- Experience operating PMO governance in a supportive and enabling way in a small organisation, or in a flexible and fluid environment.
What’s in it for you:
- 💻 Hybrid/ Flexible working including a 4 day week!
- 🩺 Private healthcare you and for family which includes pre-existing conditions.
- ❤ Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health Cover
- 💷 Company bonus and annual pay reviews
- 📚 Annual training budget and quarterly reviews to support your professional development
- 🚗 Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- 🏋️ Discounted gym membership through gymflex
- 💃 Regular social events organised by our Social Committee
We have won awards for:
- Best Tech Place to Work 2025 at the National Technology Awards, Technology Company of the Year 2025 and Best Place to Work in Data 2024 at the British Data Awards.
- Best Employer for Women (under 500 Employees) 2025 and 2026 at the Women in Utilities Awards.
- Employer of the Year 2025 at the Energy & Utility Skills Awards.
- A two-star outstanding accreditation from Best Companies for four years running!
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Why we work for ElectraLink:
As you would expect from a business with ambitious growth plans, we are continually evolving and looking to the future, with investment in the business, its people, and your career. We do this through:
- 🤝🏻 Open lines of communication throughout the business- your voice matters!
- 🙌🏻 Regular Employee Forum meetings to gather suggestions from the business on making ElectraLink an even better place to work!
- 🌍 Innovative and open to new ideas to support our net-zero status
- 📈 Exciting, innovative and fast moving company which is growing
- 👏 High challenge, high support working environment.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love for you to get in touch. Unfortunately, we cannot provide sponsorship at this time.
ElectraLink is a growing company, operating at the heart of the UK energy market with unrivalled insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by the industry. Our data hub supports the development of a more efficient energy market that is accommodating the transition to local generation and balancing.
Our position at the heart of the UK energy industry also gives us a unique capability to provide other services crucial to the gas and electricity markets including:
- Unique market insight through analysis of the DTS market data that we process in our central industry role.
- Partnering in the implementation and change management of energy industry Governance arrangements.
- Development of more efficient market processes at a time of rapid energy industry change.
All of this means we can actively contribute to the energy industry as a thought leader, innovator, and service provider.
As you would expect from a business with ambitious growth plans, we are continually evolving and looking to the future, with investment in the business, its people, and your career. Building a working environment that is diverse, inclusive, and engaged, is a positive for both our colleagues and our customers. This is why we have invested in our partnerships with Tackling Inclusion and Diversity in Energy Taskforce (TIDE) and have also introduced initiatives such as 4-day week and registered as a disability confident employer.
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