Programme Management Office Lead

As the Programme Management Office Lead at Barclays, you will play a crucial role in supporting change delivery managers to ensure the successful delivery of projects. Your responsibilities will include aligning project management processes and practices with controls and governance standards, as well as ensuring that projects are in line with the organization's strategic objectives. To excel in this role, you should possess critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, enabling you to assess risks, identify gaps, and propose effective solutions. Previous experience in transformation or change delivery within a complex, regulated environment will be beneficial. Strong senior stakeholder management and communication skills are essential, along with a confident presentation style and the ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders. Moreover, experience in implementing end-to-end operating model uplifts, translating roadmaps/strategies into actionable plans, and knowledge of Barclays change processes will be highly valued in this role. You may also be evaluated on key critical skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology expertise, in addition to job-specific technical skills. Your main purpose in this role is to provide support to change delivery managers, ensuring compliance with the Barclays Control Framework and overseeing controls and governance standards. You will be involved in creating and implementing standardized PMO processes and methodologies aligned with controls and governance standards to facilitate the successful delivery of projects. Key responsibilities will include monitoring project performance, maintaining project documentation, facilitating project governance, providing change management framework training, and continuously improving project management practices. Additionally, as part of the Vice President Expectations, you will be required to contribute to setting strategy, driving requirements, managing resources and budgets, and delivering continuous improvements. Whether you are a People Leader with leadership responsibilities or an individual contributor, you are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors or be a subject matter expert within your discipline. It is crucial to advise key stakeholders, manage and mitigate risks, demonstrate leadership, collaborate with other areas of work, and create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought. All colleagues are expected to embody the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive, in order to align with the organizational culture and achieve business goals effectively.,