Program Management Office Lead - #2191815

Engineering Excellence PMO Lead

Sheffield (or) London | Hybrid (1 day a week)

A leading global financial services organisation is looking for an experienced PMO professional to join a strategic Engineering Excellence function responsible for driving engineering standards, best practices and delivery improvements across a large-scale technology estate.

This is a high-profile role supporting a major transformation programme that influences thousands of engineers across multiple technology domains. Working closely with senior engineering leadership, CIOs and principal engineers, you will be responsible for bringing structure, governance and visibility to a portfolio of engineering improvement initiatives.

The Opportunity

You'll play a key role in helping deliver an Engineering Excellence strategy focused on improving engineering standards, delivery practices, developer experience and organisational engineering capability.

The environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative, with multiple concurrent workstreams operating across a broad range of technologies and business functions.

This role would suit a senior PMO professional who understands technology organisations and is comfortable working with software engineering teams, architects and senior technology stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive governance and oversight across multiple engineering transformation workstreams.
• Build and maintain programme plans, milestones and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage RAID logs, dependencies and escalation processes.
• Deliver executive reporting and programme status updates.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement across engineering and technology functions.
• Support resource planning and workstream prioritisation.
• Facilitate programme forums, governance meetings and update sessions.
• Create visibility across ongoing initiatives and ensure progress is effectively tracked and communicated.
• Support senior technology leadership with key decision-making information and reporting.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Strong PMO, Programme Management Office or transformation experience.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale technology or engineering programmes.
• Expertise in governance, planning, reporting and delivery tracking.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience operating within complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail and delivery focus.

Desirable

• Experience within engineering transformation or engineering excellence initiatives.
• Understanding of software engineering, SDLC and delivery pipelines.
• Exposure to DevOps and modern engineering practices.
• Financial services or regulated environment experience.
• Portfolio PMO or transformation office background.

Ideal Background

You do not need to be a hands-on software engineer, but you should have enough technical understanding to confidently engage with engineering teams and understand topics such as software delivery, engineering standards, deployment pipelines and technology transformation.

We're particularly interested in professionals who have helped introduce structure, governance and measurable outcomes across engineering or technology organisations.

Why Apply?

• High-profile transformation programme.
• Exposure to senior technology leadership.
• Opportunity to influence engineering capability at scale.
• Broad stakeholder engagement across multiple technology domains.
• Significant visibility and impact within a large global technology function.