Experis UK
Senior PMO Manager

How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior PMO Manager (Retail)
Location: Manchester (3 days on-site per week)
Duration: 3 months initial plus extensions for long term programme
UMBRELLA ONLY
A business-critical opportunity to help an enterprise resilience programme move from mobilisation into controlled delivery-strengthening governance, transparency, and decision-ready reporting across multiple workstreams. Hiring for a reputed client, this role focuses on closing out identified risks and embedding disciplined controls for lasting resilience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Establish and operate a programme controls framework for a large-scale Enterprise Resilience Programme
- Set up programme governance structures and a clear operating cadence, including Steering Committees and executive review forums
- Build and maintain an integrated programme plan, including re-baselining schedules and tracking milestones and critical path
- Create delivery workstreams (including dependencies and "swimlanes") and drive alignment across business, technology and supplier teams
- Lead RAID management (Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency): facilitate reviews, drive escalations, and ensure actions are completed
- Produce concise, executive-ready reporting packs for senior audiences, with dashboards, KPIs and evidence-led updates
- Support budgeting, forecasting and financial tracking, including resource demand vs capacity and utilisation across PMO/BA/delivery resources
- Implement assurance and controls-maintaining audit-ready documentation and coordinating stage-gate and delivery assurance checks
- Manage senior stakeholder relationships and provide confident challenge/independent oversight where required
Reasons to use Rodeo
I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
See breakdownIt searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What You'll Bring
- Significant PMO experience across large-scale transformation programmes, including establishing PMO controls from mobilisation through delivery
- Strong governance and portfolio/management disciplines, with a proven track record of managing cross-functional interdependencies
- Experience producing executive-level reporting for CIO/ExCo/Board audiences, focused on exposure, evidence and decision needs
- Demonstrable ability to lead RAID processes and drive issue resolution to accountable owners and completion
- Excellent facilitation, communication and influencing skills-especially in environments with complex personalities and strong stakeholder groups


Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
If you're ready to bring structure, clarity and control to enterprise resilience delivery, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now for immediate consideration.
If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills