Project Management Office Lead

Role summary

The PMO Lead will establish and lead PLACE's newly created Project Management Office, designing the systems, tools and reporting cycles, annual, quarterly and project-level, that give PLACE real-time oversight of its whole program of work.

This is a founding role. Rather than inheriting a fixed methodology, you'll assess how PLACE's project processes currently work, alongside a team who knows the work inside out before proposing what should change. You'll help create the conditions for a more consistent, better-supported way of delivering projects across a distributed, remote-first team.

Who you are (selection criteria)

• You have solid experience in project management or PMO functions, ideally within a remote or distributed team.
• You have strong diagnostic skills, you assess before you prescribe.
• You are collaborative, comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across a distributed team.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and manage competing priorities with a proactive, adaptable approach.
• You can simplify complexity and make insights accessible to people who aren't project management specialists.
• You may have a project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM or equivalent). 
• You demonstrate a commitment to PLACE's vision, values and principles, particularly around community leadership and shared decision-making.

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