Programme Management Officer (PMO)

Step into a PMO role at the heart of some of the Bank’s most complex, high visibility transformation programmes. As an AVP in our Prague PMO Centre of Excellence, you’ll be the strategic partner senior leaders rely on—shaping programme delivery, elevating governance, and bringing structure, pace, and clarity to initiatives that matter. You’ll operate autonomously, advise directly into senior stakeholders, and influence outcomes across wide ranging portfolios.

Join a high performing CoE known for precision, challenge, and real delivery impact. You’ll embed modern PMO practices, drive disciplined execution, and bring meaningful insight through sharp controls, transparent reporting, and proactive risk navigation. Our Prague PMO CoE thrives on excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement—backed by strong KPIs, a mature community of practice, and a culture that values expertise, visibility, and senior level partnership.

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

• Extensive previous experience in Project Manager / PMO / Portfolio role in international environment on complex multi-year programmes
• Excellent understanding of project / programme management methodologies and governance
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills. Ability to work with and present to senior stakeholders

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with project financials tracking, management, and analysis
• 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.

This role will be based in our Prague office.

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions / business divisions.
• Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and / or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies / procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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.