Junior Programme Management Officer (PMO)

Join us as a Junior Programme Management Officer (PMO) at Barclays, where you'll be responsible for milestones closure and change control process to ensure appropriate quality and governance around 700+ milestones reported across the IFC programme.

Integrated Financial Crime Monitoring is a group-wide transformation initiative aimed at reducing residual financial crime risk. It focuses on improving how suspicious transactions are detected, assessed, and investigated across all business units. The programme is a response to both regulatory expectations and internal risk assessments, and it plays a central role in the bank’s financial crime control framework.

The Central PMO Team plays a key role in programme controls oversight and supports the successful delivery of change initiatives across the IFC structure. It ensures that projects are managed in line with internal policies and change delivery standards by driving best practices, proactively identifying risks, and promoting efficiency. The team is responsible for oversight on programme controls, including initiative resourcing, financial tracking, and reporting. It also supports governance forums, maintains documentation repositories, and provides onboarding guidance.

As a Junior Programme Management Officer (PMO), you will be responsible for milestones closure and change control process to ensure appropriate quality and governance around 700+ milestones reported across the IFC programme.

To be successful as a Junior Programme Management Officer (PMO), you should have:

• Previous experience in Project Manager / PMO / Portfolio role, preferably in Regulatory, Compliance or Audit space
• Orientation to details and ability to process large number of data
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Good understanding of project / programme management methodologies and governance
• Proficiency in full MS Office suite and strong MS Excel literacy
• Ability to master and navigate new subject domains and processes quickly

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate will be based in Prague.

Purpose of the role

To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
• Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects.  .
• Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks assumptions, issues and dependencies, and creation of report on project status to senior management.
• Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
• Facilitation of project governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks assumptions, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
• Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects.  .
• Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.