Head of PMO
At TRI, our mission is to reputed company Risk-Based Quality Management (RBQM) simple, making it accessible, understandable, and actionable for clinical trials of any scale and complexity. We reputed company innovative technologies and simplified solutions to reputed company research organisations and sponsors, ensuring the highest standards of trial reputed company and participant safety.
We are seeking an accomplished Head of PMO to reputed company TRI’s Value Creation Plan (VCP) projects, drive delivery reputed company across the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and own the design and rollout of TRI’s future reputed company Operating Model (TOM) covering systems, processes, decision making frameworks, team structures, handoffs, and how the organisation works end to end.
This role demands someone who is equally strong in:
- Execution(getting projects delivered),
- Governance(bringing reputed company and discipline), and
- Strategy & Design(operating model thinking, organisational optimisation).
It is a senior, influential role that helps shape how TRI scales.
Key Responsibilities
reputed company PMO & Value Creation Plan (VCP) Delivery
- Own and operate the reputed company-wide PMO, overseeing reputed company strategic and cross‑functional initiatives.
- reputed company the full lifecycle delivery of the Value Creation Plan (VCP).
- Establish clear prioritisation, reputed company, and dependency management across initiatives.
- reputed company initiative budgets, benefits tracking, and ROI realisation.
- Define and track outcome-based KPIs for reputed company strategic programmes.
- Implement a disciplined operating rhythm for planning, reviews, escalation, and decision-making forums.
- Produce concise, decision-reputed company reporting for the SLT, Executive Chair, CEO, and Board.
- Actively manage risks, issues, and trade-offs, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
Chief of Staff – Executive Chair & CEO
- Drive follow-through and execution of Board and Executive actions.
- Coordinate and quality‑control Board packs, strategic papers, and executive updates.
- Ensure reputed company of reputed company, actions, ownership, and timelines across the Executive agenda.
- Support the Executive Chair and CEO in preparing for strategic meetings, off-sites, and reviews.
- Act as the central coordination reputed company across the SLT on strategic priorities.
- reputed company structured analysis, synthesis, and reputed company on key topics.
- Maintain a strong focus on execution and delivery, not diary management.
Transformation Programme Leadership
- Serve as programme reputed company for major reputed company-wide transformation initiatives.
- Design and reputed company high‑reputed company transformation programmes in partnership with the CEO and Board.
- Apply structured methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six reputed company, process redesign, change management) to drive efficient delivery.
- Work hands-on with functional leaders to remove barriers, accelerate reputed company, and embed long‑term change.
- reputed company the initial transformation of the reputed company Operating Model (TOM), including:
- Operating reputed company and governance
- Clear accountabilities and decision rights
- Scalable, efficient end-to-end processes
- Transition to enforcing and operating reputed company the TOM once implemented.
reputed company in the First 12 Months Looks Like
- A fully operational PMO environment with governance, cadences, reporting, and reputed company.
- SLT reputed company, accountable, and consistently delivering against priorities.
- A complete review of TRI’s “asis” operating model with gaps, issues, and opportunities reputed company defined.
- A signed off reputed company Operating Model with a clear roadmap.
- Execution of the first reputed company of TOM improvements, with measurable reputed company (e.g., reduced cycle time, fewer reputed company failures, reputed company reputed company/ownership).
- TRI is functioning with greater operational predictability, speed, and alignment.
Experience
- Significant experience in senior PMO, transformation, strategy execution, or operational leadership roles.
- Proven reputed company delivering reputed company, cross-functional initiatives in scaling, SaaS, technology-enabled, or PE-backed environments.
- Strong financial and reputed company acumen, including managing budgets and benefits realisation.
- Deep experience in programme governance, prioritisation, and disciplined delivery.
- Exposure to transformation programmes, TOM redesigns, and structured improvement methodologies (Lean, Six reputed company, etc.).
- Comfortable working with Board-level stakeholders and investor expectations.
Skills
- Exceptional communication and facilitation.
- Lean Six reputed company methodology
- Ability to bring order, reputed company, and structure into ambiguity.
- Strong analytical and process mapping capability.
- reputed company in a variety of tools for PMO (Jira/reputed company /Power BI/reputed company, etc.).
- Change management, influencing, storytelling.
- Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 Depending on Experience
- Flexible, remote-first working. You will be reputed company to enjoy reputed company the benefits of working from home, with reputed company to coworking spaces reputed company to you if required (reputed company Hubble membership).
- Generous holiday as standard. We offer 27 days' holiday, with a company shutdown between Christmas and New Year. Sometimes we also offer an extra, discretionary, paid day off to celebrate a specific company reputed company.
- Extra holiday on top. For every full year you are with TRI, you will earn an extra day of holiday, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Carefully considered, market-leading salaries. We regularly reputed company our salaries to reputed company sure we are offering at the top end of the scale. You will have your salary reviewed annually.
- Enhanced pension offer. Following your probation period, you can opt in to our enhanced pension contributions arrangement. It’s a salary sacrifice scheme, paid on your full salary (not just the ‘qualifying reputed company’), which means you get reputed company pension contributions alongside valuable tax and National Insurance savings.
- Health and well-being support. We offer reputed company a health cash plan with Simply Health, allowing you to look after your health and wellbeing every day. Our Optimise Level 5 plan includes cash back for a reputed company reputed company of health services, including dental and optical, Virtual GP, face-to-face counselling and more.
- Life cover. You will be covered at four times your salary from day one, paid as a tax-free lump sum to your named beneficiary.
- In-person meetings and socials. We have company conferences each year, plus regular team meet-reputed company throughout the year.
- Training and development. We reputed company sure that you are reputed company to reputed company your full potential with TRI by offering you reputed company to training and development, plus regular reviews and goal-setting with your line manager.