PMO Lead - London

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior PMO to work for our client within the healthcare sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with strong prospects for extension and will be a hybrid role based in London.

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior PMO to support a large-scale enterprise technology transformation programme. The successful candidate will play a critical role in programme governance, financial oversight, delivery assurance, reporting, planning and stakeholder management across a significant portfolio of work with a budget of approximately £20M.

Working closely with programme leadership, technology teams, vendors and senior stakeholders, you will ensure robust controls, governance and programme visibility are in place to support successful delivery of a complex, multi-workstream transformation initiative.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain programme governance, reporting and assurance frameworks across a large-scale technology programme.
• Manage and oversee integrated programme plans, milestones, dependencies and critical path activities
• Drive programme reporting, producing high-quality updates for programme boards, steering committees and executive stakeholders.
• Own RAID management processes, ensuring risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies are effectively tracked, managed and escalated.
• Support budget management and financial governance across a programme with spend of approximately £20M, including forecasting, tracking and change control.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment across technology, business and third-party delivery teams.
• Manage governance forums, programme reviews and decision-making processes.
• Provide delivery assurance and challenge where required, ensuring programme standards and controls are consistently applied.
• Work closely with systems integrators, software vendors and delivery partners to maintain programme visibility and accountability.
• Support resource planning, capacity management and programme mobilisation activities.

About You

• Proven experience operating as a Senior PMO within large-scale enterprise technology transformation programmes
• Experience supporting programmes with budgets of £15M-£20M+, including financial tracking, forecasting and governance
• Strong background in programme governance, reporting, planning, controls and delivery assurance
• Demonstrable experience managing integrated plans, RAID processes and cross-workstream dependencies
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Experience working within complex environments involving multiple vendors, systems integrators and delivery partners
• Strong understanding of programme lifecycle methodologies and enterprise delivery practices
• Exceptional organisational, analytical and communication skills

Desirable:

• Experience supporting ERP transformation programmes, particularly SAP environments
• Background working on large-scale Enterprise Application, Digital Transformation or Technology Modernisation programmes
• Experience within healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing or other regulated environments
• Exposure to PMO tooling such as Clarity, Planview, Jira, ServiceNow PPM, MS Project or similar enterprise portfolio management platforms
• Relevant PMO, Project Management or Programme Management qualifications (P3O, MSP, Prince2, PMO Certified Practitioner or equivalent)

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK 'Best Employer'.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension