London

Hybrid

Contract -12 months (possible extension)

Seeking a Programme Management Officer(PMO) to support the delivery of innovation initiatives. The role provides collaborative and effective programme governance, coordination, and analytical support across a portfolio of exploratory and multi‑jurisdictional projects undertaken in collaboration with central banks and international partners.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ability to operate in a dynamic and exploratory environment while maintaining high standards of governance and delivery discipline.
• Support programme governance and oversight, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, delivery standards, and risk management frameworks
• Ability to build collaborative relationships, providing assessment and delivery oversight of workstream governance, procurement /commercial activity, technology assessment and delivery.
• Ability to think creatively and connect the dots, assimilating often disparate or novel pieces of information into tangible delivery outcomes.
• Attention to detail-create and maintain programme documentation, including plans, schedules, risk registers, financial management and reporting across multiple programme workstreams within the portfolio.
• Ability to prepare clear and timely progress reports for senior management, advisory committees, oversight and engagement forums and decision making bodies.
• Facilitate effective collaboration across Centres and external stakeholders
• Ensure that project activities are conducted in a manner consistent with the company mandate to promote safe, efficient, and inclusive financial systems
• Support the continuous enhancement of PMO processes, governance practices, and documentation standards

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Required

• Around 7+ years of professional experience in PMO, programme coordination, or project management
• Strong organisational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage complex and evolving programmes at pace and in an agile fashion
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative and effective relationships with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesise complex information into meaningful outputs.
• High level of proficiency in MS office applications, SharePoint, MS Teams.

Desirable

• Familiarity with innovation and experimentation methodologies (e.g., agile delivery, design thinking)
• Interest in emerging technologies and their implications for the financial system
• Experience within a central bank, financial services, public sector, international organisation, regulator, or financial market infrastructure
• Proficiency in PM tools such as Azure DevOps and/or MS Planner.

Interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to be persistent and think out of the box on a case by case basis.