Corporate Programme Management Office (PMO) Lead

Job Introduction

Corporate Programme Management Office (PMO) Lead 
Salary: Grade 15 (£67,204 - £74,262)
Location: Dudley, West Midlands
Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Are you an experienced corporate PMO leader ready to shape and drive a complex, high-profile portfolio at scale?

Dudley Council is seeking an exceptional Corporate PMO Lead to provide strategic leadership of our corporate Project Management Office and oversee delivery across the full council portfolio — including capital programmes, major improvement initiatives, inspection readiness, business process redesign, and cultural transformation.

This is a pivotal leadership role at the heart of organisational change.

The Opportunity

Reporting to senior leadership, you will:

• Lead and mature the Corporate PMO – ensuring a cohesive, high-performing portfolio aligned to Council priorities.
• Embed robust governance and methodology – developing proportionate, user-friendly frameworks (PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent) that drive transparency and delivery confidence.
• Oversee portfolio performance – assuring compliance, financial control, risk management, and benefits realisation across all programmes.
• Provide executive-level insight – delivering high-quality reporting and dashboards that enable informed decision-making.
• Build capability and culture – mentoring PMO professionals and fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence.
• Navigate complex stakeholder landscapes – working across directorates, elected members, partners, and multi-agency environments to resolve delivery challenges.
• Champion transformation – acting as a visible advocate for improvement and organisational change.
• Ensure compliance and assurance – maintaining adherence to statutory, governance and health & safety obligations.

About You

You will bring:

• Significant corporate portfolio leadership experience within the public sector (local government experience strongly preferred).
• A proven track record of delivering complex, high-value, multi-programme portfolios.
• Experience operating within politically sensitive and multi-agency environments.
• Strong financial oversight and risk management capability.
• The credibility and presence to influence at senior executive and member level.
• A passion for raising standards, simplifying governance, and driving measurable impact.

This role requires strategic clarity, operational grip, and the confidence to challenge and support senior stakeholders in equal measure.

Why Join Dudley?

Dudley is on a significant improvement and transformation journey, with a clear commitment to strengthening governance, raising performance standards and ensuring programmes deliver measurable benefits for residents. 

You will sit at the heart of that ambition — influencing strategic investment decisions, embedding modern and proportionate delivery frameworks, and providing the visibility and assurance that underpins organisational confidence. This role offers both challenge and impact: the chance to build lasting corporate capability, lead during meaningful change, and leave a tangible legacy in a council determined to deliver high performance and accountability for its communities.

For an informal discussion please contact Alex Thorogood, Programme Director, via Jo Cook – Joanne.Cook@dudley.gov.uk 

Please submit your CV and supporting statement with your application.  Your supporting statement should be no more than 4 pages, arial 12.  

Closing date for applications is Friday 29 May 2026

Workplace Attendance: Working in the office 3+ days a week or Onsite full time

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.  

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.  

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.  

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk  who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications.  

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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