Join the staff—Project Management Office Manager

Location: Canary Wharf, London (United Kingdom). Office-based role with flexible, hybrid office/home working offered
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Hours: 35 hours per week

About the role

Reports to: Director of Programme and Information Management

Job purpose: Oversee and ensure the IFRS Foundation’s portfolio of programmes and projects end-to-end, including supporting leadership prioritisation and investment planning. Lead the ongoing development and embedding of portfolio, programme and project management best practices across the IFRS Foundation, including the ongoing adoption of our new PPM tool. Support major projects and programmes with key project management office (PMO) services where needed.

The team: This role works within the Programme and Information Management team, with line management of the PMO Associate. You will work closely with Executive leadership and the Operations and Technical teams, internal governance groups as required and the project management community across the IFRS Foundation.

Principal responsibilities

• Developing the portfolio strategy and delivery plan on behalf of the Director of Programme and Information Management, leadership and stakeholders.
• Owning and maintaining the portfolio management framework, continuously improving and ensuring best practice portfolio, programme and project management practice. 
• Concurrently driving ongoing efforts to further develop the IFRS Foundation project management community and ways of working.
• Preparing and maintaining portfolio, programme and project reporting/dashboards via PPM tool for consumption through governance mechanisms.
• Ensuring business case data (particularly strategic alignment of initiatives, costs, benefits and risks) is prepared on a consistent and reliable basis across the portfolio.
• Undertaking investment appraisals and reporting through governance mechanisms as required.
• Coordinating and conducting portfolio prioritisation exercises and reporting accordingly.
• Identifying constraints within the portfolio and working to overcome them, including resource planning and resource allocation/prioritisation.
• Ensuring that dependencies are effectively managed and, where required, escalating issues through governance mechanisms for resolution.
• Leading on the preparation and implementation of the portfolio stakeholder engagement and communication plan.
• On occasion, providing programme/project management for special initiatives.
• Supporting programme/project manager delivery across the IFRS Foundation and providing key PMO services as needed, including but not limited to:
  1. planning and scheduling, including resource capacity modelling and recommendations; 
  2. hiring where appropriate for new projects; and
  3. proactive risk management, benefits planning or other support to initiate projects well.

Skills, attributes and experience required

• Qualifications in P3 such as PMO, programme and project management qualifications (MoP, MSP, APMP/PMI/PRINCE2 and MoR) (essential).
• Extensive experience in a PMO environment, including leading setup and embedding of processes to support successful portfolio planning and delivery of programmes, projects and change in complex environments.
• Significant experience of writing and reviewing business cases and project documentation.
• End-to-end project management experience gained across several projects.
• Knowledge and practical application experience of change management methodologies.
• Highly developed stakeholder management and influencing skills at all levels of an organisation.
• Expert planning skills to support portfolio planning and delivery of items in the portfolio.
• Ability to synthesise complex data, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
• Training development and delivery skills, including the ability to coach and nurture key staff, stakeholders and the PM community.
• Strong written and spoken English language skills, including the ability to structure communications clearly and logically.
• Confident articulating views and risks while working in a very collaborative environment.
• Ability to understand and respect established working practices while identifying and championing improvements.
• Ability to manage conflicting demands of multiple priorities, and to switch between tasks and stakeholder groups effectively.
• Ability to understand and map processes to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Strong team ethic and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships, and work collaboratively with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to relate to the needs and operating environment of an international not-for-profit body.
• Positive attitude; integrity and professionalism; ability to remain composed under pressure; think critically and identify root causes as part of a creative problem-solving approach.

To apply

Please send a detailed CV/résumé to recruitment@ifrs.org. Please include the following information or your application may not be considered:

• the job title/position you are interested in (in the subject line of your email); and 
• covering email/letter detailing how you meet the specified role requirements and your salary expectations.

Closing date: Ongoing

Interviews are held via video conference as part of our standard international recruitment process.

Due to the number of responses, we receive, we are unable to respond individually to each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.