PMO Manager 12 Month Contract

Initial 12+ month contract with possible extension paying up to $1,092/day
- Brisbane CBD location with flexibility to WFH 2 days per week

Our client, Department of Education, are currently seeking a PMO Manager for an initial 12+ month contract.

**Project Overview**

The EQIP Program is a transformational, multi-year program of work consisting of five projects. It will establish the department's first centralised, unified repository for all key data across the organisation, underpinned by robust data governance and quality control processes, to enable enhanced analytics and reporting capabilities that deliver priority intelligence and insights to school and corporate staff.
- Initial 12+ month contract with possible extension paying up to $1,092/day
- Brisbane CBD location with flexibility to WFH 2 days per week

Our client, Department of Education, are currently seeking a PMO Manager for an initial 12+ month contract.

**Project Overview**

The EQIP Program is a transformational, multi-year program of work consisting of five projects. It will establish the department's first centralised, unified repository for all key data across the organisation, underpinned by robust data governance and quality control processes, to enable enhanced analytics and reporting capabilities that deliver priority intelligence and insights to school and corporate staff.

**Position Overview**

A PMO Manager is required to join the EQIP Program team to assist in the planning and delivery of the business transformation and technology foundations projects. This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly astute, perceptive and strategic leader who wants to play a key role in shaping up and establishing an emerging data strategy practice and technical capability within the department.

Reporting to the Program Manager, the PMO Manager will manage a team of two Program Support Officers and a Project Scheduler.

**Main tasks and activities include**:

- Driving improvements and uplifting PMO capabilities
- Developing and implementing robust processes, supporting the overall governance and controls
- Refining existing PMO practices in line with department requirements and assisting in the establishment of best practices and frameworks
- Ensure project financial reporting is accurate and up to-date
- Support project managers in building quality forecasts and ensuring project schedules and costs are captured correctly
- Regular, timely and accurate project reporting to key stakeholder groups in accordance with required format and timeframes
- Proactively lead RAID activities, including review and oversight of mitigation strategies, escalations and creation of RAID reporting - for example, through running risk workshops and facilitating and capturing mitigation plans
- Governance, quality and assurance management
- Program and project board secretariat functions
- Project assurance gate preparation

**Experience and skills required**:

- Minimum five years in a similar PMO Manager role;
- Proven experience building PMO functions within a State Government program;
- Strong experience creating and overseeing the delivery of large-scale projects of substantial size and complexity;
- Strong financial understanding with experience overseeing budgets;
- Proven ability to build positive working relationships and influence key stakeholders;
- Experience operating within large and complex ICT programs of work with a strong business focus
- Strong problem-solving facilitation skills
- Demonstrated experience working with multiple and different stakeholder groups concurrently
- Demonstrated experience working within transformation programs/projects
- Highly developed collaboration skills with business and technical stakeholders
- Tenacious, well organised and able to manage people effectively
- Demonstrated ability to self-manage with competing priorities
- Experience in M365 tool set, including MS Teams and SharePoint
- Understanding of data governance frameworks and data management principles, including technologies and processes, would be highly regarded

Your interest will be treated in the strictest of confidence.