Head of PMO in Dahlewitz bei Rolls Royce

Job Description

Head of PMO (f/m/d)

Full time

Munich or Dahlewitz / Hybrid

Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Programme Management Office (PMO) (f/m/d) to join Rolls-Royce Electrical in Dahlewitz or Munich.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

Join our innovative team at Rolls-Royce Electrical as the Head of PMO , where you'll lead the strategic development, maintenance, and management of our Programme Management Office, driving excellence in project portfolio management and ensuring alignment with best practices across the entire programme lifecycle.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Align programme performance with business case outcomes and customer commitments using established methodologies within the PMO.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure effective communication of programme alignment with organizational strategies and provide regular progress updates.
• Implement the Project Management Plan (PMP) across all projects, using key performance indicators to track progress, trends, and compliance.
• Maintain programme control systems with performance and compliance metrics, generating reports to address variances and ensure data quality.
• Chair the change control committee, ensuring change requests are sanctioned and incorporated at all programme levels.
• Provide assurance checks for sanctioned and incorporated change requests.
• Develop project/programme management capabilities within the team, leading to external accreditation.
• Lead best practice deployment, lean method development, and lessons learned sharing as part of Internal and External Communities of Practice.

Who are we looking for?

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Hold a degree in Project/Programme Management or equivalent, with membership or accreditation from recognized Project Management Professional Bodies (e.g., APM, PMI).
• Bring strong experience in delivering complex projects or leading a PMO, and lead and train all levels in Project/Programme Management competences.
• Have experience of working in a PMO, ideally leading the team in some or all areas of a PMO’s responsibility (working with Integrated Master Schedules, costs, resource, and earned value management methodologies; setting up and optimizing the PM(O) Function; managing all stages of a project lifecycle; and establishing a consistent risk management approach throughout an organization).
• Demonstrate proven people and stakeholder management skills at all organizational levels.
• Have exposure to non-core project management roles such as purchasing, commercial, and engineering management.
• Exhibit excellent communication, networking skills, and organizational awareness to deliver clear messages at all levels.
• Possess strong soft skills, including problem-solving, adaptability, and teamwork.
• Be fluent in English.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

As part of your application please could you include a cover letter and any supporting qualifications.

Closing date: 09.08.2024