Head of Project Management in London

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Job DescriptionAbout Doherty Associates

Doherty Associates (DA) has delivered IT solutions for the past 30 years to world-renowned, international clients. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner with eleven gold competencies, a Tier 1 Microsoft CSP relationship and are ISO27001 & ISO9001 accredited.

We're a pioneering and innovative organisation; we pride ourselves on our passion and expertise to deliver transformations and managed services to our customers, who rely on us to bring specialist expertise across infrastructure, cloud solutions, hybrid working, modern workplace, data and cyber security. We have built a reputation as a company that keeps its promises and delivers quality.

About the Role

This strategic role will best suit an already established Head of PMO with experience of transforming and leading complex Project Management Office. You will oversee the full project lifecycle, from post-sales through delivery and transition, into operations and drive project excellence as well as operational effectiveness, aiming to achieve first-class customer satisfaction.

Main responsibilities

• Team Leadership - Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing PMO team by setting clear goals, fostering a culture of accountability, and promoting continuous learning. Provide regular coaching and feedback, support career development, and ensure the team remains motivated, focused, and aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.

• Customer engagement & stakeholder management - Own the success for building and maintaining strong relationships with DA customers and DA internal stakeholders to ensure alignment, transparency, and successful project delivery outcomes.

• Communication Strategy - Develop and execute communication strategies to ensure clarity, alignment, and engagement across internal stakeholders and clients.

• Project methodology & delivery - Design scalable, efficient processes that allow for the delivery of exceptional projects and support professional services growth. Implement, and continuously improve the end-to-end project delivery methodology to ensure consistency, quality, and agility across all engagements.

• Project risk & change control - Build and maintain the process to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations. Chair the Change Advisory Board, assessing and mitigating project overruns; evolve the process to ensure growing scope is matched with revenue.

• Resource management - Lead resource planning and allocation to ensure optimal team performance and project delivery. Ensure the work pipeline is matched by the resource profile.

• Project performance tracking - Establish and manage KPIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to monitor project health, timelines, and financials.

• Commercial management- Oversee commercial governance across the PMO; create management reports that highlight the utilisation and profitability of projects and staff.

Experience & background

• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, Agile/Scrum)
• Established PMO leader within an IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) background
• Hands-on experience managing a project delivery function, specifically within a Microsoft cloud environment
• Proven track record in evolving and scaling complex project delivery teams
• Commercially astute (strong understanding of project financial governance - effective budgeting, managing scope change, and forecasting)
• Proven track record in successfully leading people and effectively managing key employee processes (onboarding, performance, development)

About the person

• Commercially astute ensuring projects hit targets
• A strong team player who is able to lead and inspire staff
• An ability to think strategically and include contingency within planning
• A proactive, 'can-do' attitude and sense of urgency
• An interest in working on projects delivering innovative technologies
• Keen to share knowledge
• Excellent collaborator and team player
• Ability to follow business procedures (such as weekly highlight reporting and project tracking)

What we offer in return

• Basic salary plus performance bonus
• Leadership development programme
• Incentive scheme for passing specific Microsoft accreditations
• Paid travel to the office (if travelling 4th and 5th day during the week)
• 33 days of annual leave (incl. 8 UK bank holidays)
• Time off on your birthday
• Private medical insurance, group income protection and life insurance
• Enhanced family friendly schemes
• Pension scheme
• Company sick pay
• Compassionate leave
• Employee Assistance Programme

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