As a PMO Manager you will play a key role in establishing a best-in-class Portfolio Management Office (PMO) and being responsible for the change portfolio controls and processes, including monitoring and reporting on progress against the annual portfolio plan, capacity, financial and resource planning. The role will also lead small team of PMO Analysts in delivering and improving the PMO services.
The PMO Manager plays a crucial role in International, driving effective project and programme management through adept governance practices. This role involves setting up and maintaining governance structures for both Waterfall and Agile methodologies and overseeing the tracking and management of deliverables across all initiatives. The PMO Manager excels in facilitating project health checks, risk and issue workshops, ensuring comprehensive reporting, and translating technical details into plain English for senior business stakeholders.
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Who we are:
Markel International underwrites a diverse portfolio of property, casualty, and marine insurance and reinsurance business on a world-wide basis. We are a division of the Markel Corporation, which markets and underwrites speciality insurance products and programmes to a variety of niche markets. In each of these markets we seek to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that we can be a market leader.
Change Delivery is an international function that works with the Board and executive management to shape and deliver critical initiatives. The International portfolio comprises initiatives across a wide range of regions and types including but not limited to: product launches, new distribution channels, setting up new functions / teams, acquisitions, and operational efficiency programmes.
Part of Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
What you’ll be doing:
- Day-to-day management of the PMO in International, reporting to and supporting the Head of Change Delivery
- Lead the PMO to implement processes and governance to align with the end to end planning and delivery process for all projects from initial idea, feasibility assessment through to financial approval, build, delivery and completion, to ensure projects are delivered on budget, on time and to a high standard of quality
- Develop positive relationships with a broad range of key stakeholders to ensure the PMO provides effective support of strategic planning, financial analysis, stage gate reviews/sign off
- Ensure the successful implementation of the PMO’s strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables
- Build strong working relationship with the programme and project managers to inform and adopt best practice change standards
- Develop and implement project controls and governance across the International portfolio, working in collaboration with Divisions to adopt the Markel change standards and controls
- Prepare portfolio level status reporting - providing clarity and consistency of RAG reporting, simple and clear language is used to explain often technical and complex issues, their root cause and actions to remediate
- Work with the Finance Business Partner to support the production of financial reporting
- Collation and production of Change Leadership Group meeting material on a monthly basis
Key Skills:
- Experience of leading or mentoring PMO team member/s.
- Proven experience in a PMO Manager/Lead role within Financial Services
- Expert in project management methodologies (agile and waterfall) and a wide range of reporting and management tools.
- Experience leading or supporting the development and roll out of PPM software to automate reporting and streamline other project management processes
- PMO/PMP/PRINCE2 certification is an advantage..
- Ability to translate technical information into easily understandable language.
- Experience working in Portfolio Office and maturing its capabilities
- Awareness of the specialty insurance processes (preferably worked in specialty insurance sector)
- Ideally experience of ‘lean’ management
What’s in it for you?
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
- Up to 16% company pension scheme,
- Private medical and dental cover, Menopause plan, emergency care benefit (children/Pets/dependants)
- Income protection, Life assurance, electric car scheme, travel insurance
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
- As well as other great benefits on offer there are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career!
Are you ready to play your part?
If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward, reach their full potential and seize opportunities. You’ll find your fit amongst our diverse global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to think further because we believe that when we strive for better and realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
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At Markel we are all about the people, celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.
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