Permanent Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Manager

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As part of the Scottish Parliament’s Digital Services Group, you will be joining the Resources and Governance Team. The team provides business relationship management, administrative and financial support to the Business Information Technologies (BIT) Office as well as project and portfolio management. Your role will be to lead the development, continuous improvement and management of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO).

Working in collaboration with the BIT Management Team, you will be responsible for managing the reporting for the Digital portfolio including status reporting, issues management, risk management, change control, project definition, investment approval and benefits tracking within BIT. You will guide business sponsors and project managers to ensure project success and take an active role in the preparation of IT budgets.

You will be educated to degree level or professional diploma in a computer science or engineering based subject however relevant professional qualifications certifications (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, etc.) will be considered. You will have the ability to report progress of projects to the Parliament’s senior leadership team and have a good understanding of IT project and service delivery with experience in IT Project Management roles. With a good understanding of project-related budgeting processes you will have the ability to track spend and commitments against budget and report accordingly.

You must be able to demonstrate good communication skills with the ability to convey complex project information to a wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders. You should have excellent problem solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex and ambiguous information and develop a coherent plan of action. With the ability to positively lead and inspire project teams to work together to deliver goals, you should also be able to generate enthusiasm and collaborative working to successfully deliver organisational goals.

To apply please send your application by 12pm on Monday 26 June 2017. Applications from Gaelic speakers and job share applications are welcome.

The Scottish Parliament is committed to achieving a diverse workforce which reflects our diverse communities and we welcome applications from all. We are an autism friendly building, have a wide range of supportive family friendly policies, a room for prayer, and staff groups which support diversity in the workforce. We offer excellent benefits with great opportunities to work flexibly during your working week, generous holidays (41.5 days’ leave including public holidays) and the opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangement.

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