Senior Digital PMO Analyst

University Information Services (UIS) is the central engine delivering digital services, IT infrastructure, business information, and powerful research computing at the core of the University of Cambridge, a globally recognised institution.

Why Join Us?

Strategic Impact

Digital excellence is a key institutional priority. You will help embed modern, effective governance practices that support Cambridge's world-leading reputation in research, teaching, and learning.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior PMO Analyst to join the UIS Portfolio Office Management Team. This is a senior role within a team of three analysts and includes line management responsibility for two PMO Analysts.

The primary focus of the role is resource management across the UIS Portfolio. You will oversee workforce planning, demand and capacity management, and continuous improvement in resource governance. Working across UIS, you will partner with Delivery Managers, Heads of Product, Resource Heads to ensure portfolio priorities are effectively planned, resourced and delivered.

You will play a key role in ensuring governance standards are consistently applied and that portfolio reporting provided clear, actionable insight to senior leadership. Working closely with senior stakeholders and Portfolio Boards, you will play a critical role in enabling successful delivery of major UIS initiatives that deliver significant benefit to the wider University.

This role requires strong analytical capability, leadership presence and the confidence to challenge constructively in order to drive high-quality portfolio outcomes.

Key responsibilities

Resource Management

• Support the effective scheduling, provision of UIS resources to deliver the UIS Portfolio, working with Delivery Managers and Heads of Product to understand resource requirements and liaising with resource owners across IS to allocate resources in accordance with agreed University priorities.
• Maintain the IS Portfolio resource demand and capacity overview, escalating conflicts appropriately.

Assurance and Governance

• Manages the implementation of governance standards across the Portfolio, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of IS Portfolio deliverables.
• Leads the challenge and review of Project/delivery plans, reports, risks and issues, dependencies, resourcing/Project finances, and governance.

Planning, Reporting and Control

• Supervises updates of the Portfolio plan as required, using reports from Portfolio leads/Lead delivery Managers and the outcomes of Portfolio and board level meetings and workshops.
• Leads on the preparation of consolidated material from delivery reports for monthly review and performs analysis to show areas of challenge & improvement to senior IS leadership.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted PMO advisor to senior stakeholders including the Senior Leadership Team, Delivery Managers, Heads of Product, IS Resource Heads, Finance and wider University stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery is appropriately resourced and scheduled, with blockers identified early and resolved efficiently.

Skills & Experience

• Significant practical PMO experience within an IT change or digital delivery environment.
• Proven experience of resource management across multiple teams.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Experience working across organisational boundaries and engaging senior stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of project and delivery management methodologies.
• Experience with portfolio and reporting tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Office 365, PPM Tools and Power BI.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.

If you are interested in this opportunity and have any informal enquiries, please contact Chris Russell, Chief Operating Officer (cr732@cam.ac.uk).

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