Governance Manager

Role & responsibilities

Role Summary

The Project Governance Lead ensures that all Professional Services projects adhere to HPEs governance framework, delivery standards, and quality expectations. This role provides oversight, reporting, and facilitation of governance reviews across geographies, track delivery progress, address risks proactively, enabling leadership to make informed decisions, The position works closely with project managers, geo leads, and delivery teams to ensure transparency, compliance, and operational excellence. Coaching, leading with example and supporting the time to make pragmatic and time decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate monthly governance reviews with project managers for all active projects.
• Facilitate review sessions, analyse project health indicators (e.g., schedule variance, cost performance, risk status) to identify early warning signals, capturing key decisions and required actions.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, quality standards, and HPE delivery methodologies.
• Maintain consolidated GCC governance trackers for all active projects across delivery centers.
• Liaise with PMs, delivery teams, and functional SMEs to resolve governance-related gaps.
• Escalate risks or issues that require leadership intervention.
• Capture lessons learned from governance reviews and feed them into process improvements.
• Recommend enhancements to reporting tools, trackers, and review formats for better efficiency.
• Stay updated on HPE PMO best practices, tools, and compliance standards.

Preferred candidate profile

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of project/program management methodologies (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile frameworks).
• Ability to identify risks, dependencies, and process non-compliance early and act on them.
• Strong communication and facilitation abilities across senior and operational levels.
• Detail-oriented with a structured, process-driven approach.
• Managing large and critical engagements across the organisation including recovery management
• Supervisory skills and people management skills

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in IT, Business Management, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in PMO, project governance, or delivery operations (HPE experience preferred).
• Certification in PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile delivery is desirable.