Senior PMO Lead

Expertise Recruitment

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

• Stand up & run the PMO
• Establish PMO governance, processes, and standards (charter, RACI, stage gates, templates).
• Build and lead a high-performing PMO team (planning, reporting, risk, quality, finance).
• Create the Integrated Master Plan & Schedule across all workstreams and vendors.

Drive delivery at scale

• Orchestrate delivery of multiple program modules with diverse stakeholders and partners.
• Maintain a single source of truth for scope, milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
• Run cadence: stand-ups, sprint reviews, release planning, cross-agency steering committees.

Own requirements & quality

• Oversee business requirements (BRD), user stories, and traceability to benefits.
• Manage change control; protect scope while enabling safe, value-adding change.
• Lead readiness and go-live checklists; coordinate UAT and release governance.

Engage stakeholders & navigate the local context

• Map and manage stakeholders across ministries, provincial authorities, regulators, education bodies, and community organisations.
• Ensure compliance with local laws/regulations: data protection, procurement, accessibility, and inclusion mandates.
• Translate policy goals into executable delivery plans and measurable outcomes.

Vendor, budget & performance management

• Coordinate systems integrators, digital product teams, data providers, and delivery partners.
• Track budgets, forecasts, and benefits; manage commercial obligations and SLAs.
• Publish executive dashboards with schedule, financials, risks/issues, benefits, and adoption.

Risk, compliance & security

• Maintain RAID logs; run scenario planning and dependency burn-down.
• Ensure adherence to security and privacy standards (e.g., secure development practices, role-based access, auditability) and local regulatory requirements.

Build local capacity & sustain impact

• Coach client PMs and analysts; transfer methods, templates, and tools.
• Plan and execute handover to steady-state operations with clear KPIs and playbooks.