PMO Lead / Project Director

PMO Lead / Project Director

Location: North-West

Contract Type: Permanent | Full-Time

Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite / 2 days WFH

Salary: Competitive salary + comprehensive benefits package (DOE)

About Walker Sime

Walker Sime – part of HanmiGlobal. We deliver multidisciplinary construction services nationally across real estate, regeneration and infrastructure, bringing commercial precision, strategic oversight and global capability to every project. Our business is built on people and backed for scale.

Shape the Future of PMO Delivery

Due to continued growth and an increase in PMO-related project wins, we are looking to appoint an experienced PMO Lead to establish, develop and mature our PMO capability.

This is a senior leadership opportunity with real influence - ideal for someone who thrives on building high-performing teams, shaping strategy and delivering best-in-class PMO solutions across complex environments.

As PMO Lead, you will play a pivotal role in defining and leading Walker Sime’s PMO service offering. You will establish and oversee multiple client PMOs, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across diverse programmes and portfolios.

Working closely with senior stakeholders internally and externally, you will combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership to drive governance, delivery excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a scalable PMO framework aligned to Walker Sime best practice and client requirements
• Establish, manage and govern multiple client PMOs across a range of sectors and delivery environments
• Provide robust portfolio, programme and project controls, including:
• Planning and scheduling
• Reporting and performance tracking
• Risk, issue and change management
• Dependency management
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and strategic recommendations
• Define and embed PMO standards, processes, tools and templates to drive consistency and quality
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing PMO team, including resource planning, mentoring and performance management
• Support business development activity, contributing to bids, proposals and client presentations
• Drive continuous improvement across the PMO function, embedding lessons learned and industry best practice

About You

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience establishing and leading PMOs within consultancy or complex delivery environments
• Strong understanding of portfolio, programme and project management disciplines and controls
• Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior and executive stakeholders
• Experience developing governance frameworks, PMO processes and reporting structures
• Strong leadership capability, with experience building and managing teams

Desirable

• Professional qualifications such as PPM, PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, APM or equivalent
• Experience within infrastructure, construction or regulated environments
• Commercial awareness, including involvement in bids and business development activity

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who is

• A strategic thinker with a pragmatic, hands-on approach
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and outcome-driven
• A confident communicator who can influence and challenge constructively
• Collaborative, values-led and passionate about developing people and capability

Join Walker Sime

If you’re ready to take the lead, shape the future of Project Controls and make a real impact within a fast-growing consultancy backed by global capability, we’d love to hear from you. Join Walker Sime and be part of delivering some of the UK’s most high-profile and complex infrastructure programmes!