PMO Lead

• Provide full PMO to support the Transformation Board at portfolio, program and project level
• Use of core PMO skills in relation to Project, Resource and Financial Management including forecasting
• Support Annual Change Investment Planning process as part of the Annual Budget Cycle
• Apply PMO practices and processes ensuring consistent use of governance framework, standards and controls, methodology and tools to support effective delivery and decision making
• Ability to support consistent triage process of new ideas as part of the portfolio pipeline
• Drives oversight of the agreed tollgates including a governance, process and relevant documentation
• Liaison with Re Tech to support presentation to e.g. SARB, TDA, Connect2Tech for solution review
• Drive adoption of Project Management governance, processes, controls, tools, and templates
• Ensure robust resource planning, management, and periodic reporting, incl. adherence to HR processes
• Drive financial management process, ensuring controls were embedded and adhered to.
• Liaise will Finance, who owns monthly financial reporting and financials as part of lifecycle tollgates.
• Analyse and maintain the overview of dependencies across the portfolio and projects
• Support portfolio risk and issue view (ERM template, Heat Map, escalated risks, and mitigation efforts)
• Analysis of lessons learned to identify and drive continuous improvement actions
• Support PV project set up, tracking and maintenance and of milestone planning, RAID log, resources in PlanView (including timesheet reporting in Planview), and reporting at project and portfolio level
• Management of Planview tool user set up and usage, including best practice and training coordination
• Support for maintenance/revision of Tools, Processes & Templates, including coordination with wider AJG PMO stakeholders

• PMO experience leading programmes in large, global organisations
• Business transformation experience is essential
• Experienced working within a PMO function within financial services (insurance industry preferable)
• Significant experience of delivering PMO to a successful Transformation Portfolio, involving Data & Tech
• Strong PMO experience at both Portfolio, program and project level
• Proven Governance and Reporting experience (RAID, status, and periodic reconciliation)
• Experienced in Risk & Change Management and escalation procedures in a project and portfolio context
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office tools including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Proficient in the use of project, resource and financial planning tools and templates (e.g. planview)
• Problem-solver with the ability to identify and deliver solutions on issues.
• Effective manager of stakeholders from different functional areas
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Strong verbal, written and technical communication skills essential
• Cultural awareness and able to adapt style and approach
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty
• Must be able to work independently to draw conclusions and make recommendations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Eligibility to work in the UK

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a callback, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.