Project Management Office Lead – EXPIRED

Project Management Office Lead 

Hodge are a financial services business focused on the retail savings, commercial lending and specialist residential mortgage  markets.  Working at Hodge is about making a difference. That starts with our purpose: we make life better for customers and society in the moments that matter. 

For over 50 years, we’ve shared the same simple mission: to really make a positive difference for our customers and communities. This ethos is in our DNA, as we are 79% owned by a charity, the Hodge Foundation. 

The thing that sets us up to succeed with that mission is our people. We are so proud to have exceptional colleagues at Hodge, and we look to develop and invest in our people through their careers. Hodge is at its best when we enable our people to be their best! 

We have achieved significant growth over the last few years and have ambitious plans to expand further.

We are looking for Project Management Office lead to Join Hodge our Change team, supporting the portfolio of change delivery.  An integral role for us, you will report to the Head of Change,  work collaboratively with the delivery leads and line manage the administration support in PMO.

About You

• Do you have strong written communication and organisational skills with demonstrable experience in PMO? Expert Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) skills.
• Are you passionate about collaborative, sharing best practice and continual improvement?
• Do you have working knowledge of Waterfall and Agile project methodologies?
• Do you have experience in developing strong stakeholder relationships at all levels including C-suite?

What we are looking for?

Essential 

• Project Management Office
• Minimum of 3yr change related experience
• Agile Delivery Methods
• Financial Reporting
• Risk Reporting
• Change related qualifications (e.g. Agile, Scrum Master)
• Risk Management qualifications (e.g. MoR)

Desirable 

• Scaled Agile Framework
• Financial Services
• MS SharePoint
• JIRA
• Office 365
• Delivery experience exposure
• 3yrs in a PMO function within Financial Services
• Financial Management qualifications
• ITIL certification

In return we offer: 

• Competitive Salary
• Based in Cardiff City Centre operating in a highly flexible Hybrid workspace.
• 28 days Holiday with the option to buy more.
• Subsidised Gym Membership.
• Private Medical & Health Insurance
• Extensive learning and development programme
• Generous, personalised benefits package
• Enhanced parental leave – Up to 20 weeks paid Maternity AND Paternity leave
• Company pension contribution up to 15%
• 4 days on top of annual leave for community and charity work
• Flexible working options

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose