At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- UK - Glasgow · UK - Edinburgh
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship not offered
About the role
- Capco is seeking an experienced PMO professional to support portfolio, programme, and project execution across Operations.
- The role combines strong PMO and delivery management capabilities with a forward-looking approach to AI, automation, and data-driven management.
- You will strengthen governance, enhance delivery oversight, and provide high-quality insights to support effective decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Support portfolio, programme and project governance across Operations, ensuring effective oversight, delivery discipline and alignment to strategic priorities.
- Produce high-quality executive reporting, analysis and insights to support senior leadership decision-making, using approved AI, automation and digital tools where appropriate to improve efficiency and insight.
- Monitor strategic initiatives, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies and benefits, identifying areas requiring attention and supporting measurable business outcomes.
- Coordinate leadership forums, governance meetings and performance reviews, ensuring clear decisions, actions and accountability while driving consistency across planning, prioritisation and execution.
- Continuously improve PMO processes and ways of working, exploring responsible AI-enabled workflows and automation with appropriate human review, guardrails, escalation pathways and auditability.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience within PMO, portfolio management, programme management, business management or COO functions, with strong programme and project delivery experience in a complex environment.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working effectively with senior leaders and producing clear, concise executive-level reporting.
- Experience developing and embedding governance frameworks, reporting processes and performance management disciplines.
- The ability to analyse and simplify complex information, translating it into clear insights, recommendations and actions while managing competing priorities effectively.
- An interest in, or practical experience of, AI, automation, data analytics and digital tooling, with curiosity about approved AI tools and an understanding of the importance of responsible use, human judgement and review.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience within financial services or consulting.
- Experience supporting complex transformation or strategic change portfolios.
- Practical experience using AI, automation or data analytics to enhance PMO or operational effectiveness.
- Exposure to AI-enabled workflows, including Generative AI or Agentic AI, within appropriate governance and control frameworks.
- Experience supporting benefits tracking and benefits realisation across programmes or portfolios.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus
- Competitive pension
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Critical illness cover
- CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders
- Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement
- 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care
- 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days
- Minimum 40 hours of training annually and a business coach assigned from day one
Workplace
- Hybrid role based in Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Requirement to be office-based 2-3 days a week
- Priority given to candidates currently based in Scotland due to project urgency
Skills
- PMO
- Portfolio Management
- Programme Management
- Business Management
- Governance Frameworks
- Executive Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- AI
- Automation
- Data Analytics
- Digital Tooling
- Generative AI
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- Agentic AI
- Benefits Tracking
