PMO Manager - Governance

🚀 Programme Office Governance Manager (Contract)

📅 6 months | Jan–Jul 2026

A major UK organisation is delivering a large-scale digital transformation programme and needs an experienced Programme Office / PMO Governance Manager to bring structure, clarity, and control across a complex portfolio.

This is a hands-on role with real influence — setting up governance and then running it.

What you’ll do

• Review current programme governance and ways of working
• Design and embed clear, consistent PMO standards, including:
• Programme & project planning
• Resource allocation and utilisation tracking
• Reporting and management information
• Budget control
• Risk, issue & dependency management (single RAID log)
• Own and run governance forums:
• Status reviews
• RAID and resourcing reviews
• Maintain the integrated programme plan and run regular project health checks
• Produce board-level packs and senior stakeholder updates
• Help define programme benefits and track them through to realisation
• Create practical documentation that embeds long-term best practice

🎯 What you’ll bring

• Strong programme & project management expertise (theory + practice)
• End-to-end programme lifecycle experience
• Proven track record running governance for large, complex transformation programmes
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and delivery teams
• The ability to bring order, pace, and momentum to busy environments