Are you a detail-oriented professional with a knack for organisation and a passion for project management? We are seeking a dedicated PMO Analyst to join our Strategic Projects team.


We are looking for a proactive, driven and organised individual to join us and support with managing and governing our portfolio of projects. This role is open to people with project or PMO experience as well as people who are interested in starting a career in project management. This role would suit someone with strong communication and analytical skills who enjoys collaborating with others and working in a fast-paced environment.


As a PMO Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our diverse portfolio of projects runs smoothly and efficiently. You will be responsible for tracking and consolidating information from multiple projects, making it accessible and actionable for key stakeholders. Your oversight will ensure that projects remain on track and within budget, utilising appropriate Stage Gate Assessments. By adhering to established governance protocols, you will help our Strategic Projects team operate at peak efficiency.


The role


In this role, you will lead the administrative and logistical preparation for key meetings, maintain our Projects Dashboard and forward-looking roadmap, and provide critical insights and advice to new projects. Your expertise in identifying lessons learned, potential dependencies, and risks will be invaluable in helping projects deliver optimally alongside other ongoing initiatives.


Key responsibilities:

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  Create and monitor portfolio performance metrics, providing comprehensive status reports to key stakeholders.
  
• Collaborate with Directors to keep the project lifecycle updated and accessible for all involved.
  
• Ensure Project Managers regularly update action, risk, and issue logs, identifying clear mitigations.
  
• Act as a reference for governance within projects, programmes, or portfolios, ensuring robust project risk management.
  
• Work with Project Managers to identify, document, and track inter-project dependencies.
  
• Assist in processing significant change requests, ensuring proper documentation and approval.
  
• Help prepare monthly portfolio financials, resource capacity, and risk forecasts.
  
• Review key project documents for strategic alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
  
• Collate and distribute weekly and monthly progress reports from Project Managers to sponsors and stakeholders.
  
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and practical data analysis.
  
• Organising team and project meetings and supporting collaboration days.
  

You will bring:

• Strong organisation skills, capable of creating efficient working practices.
  
• A proactive and self-motivated working style, committed to solving problems.
  
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-faceted environment.
  
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, easily able to connect with people at all levels.
  
• Good knowledge of portfolio and project methodologies.
  
• Proficiency in project planning and MS Office applications including Excel, Power Point and Teams.
  
• An understanding of RAID management, Stage Gates, and governance techniques.
  
• Familiarity with both Waterfall and Agile delivery methods would be an advantage.
  
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities and demands.
  

Our approach to hybrid working:


While our offices are places for you to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, having flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. So, we don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to how we work in different teams across Penguin Random House UK.


This is a hybrid role, based in our offices in London. We are happy to discuss hybrid working arrangements with you during your recruitment process.


About Penguin:


We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.


Application deadline: Please apply with your CV and cover letter by 11:59PM on Monday 11th November.


What you can expect from us:


Salary: circa £30,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.


Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition. Our benefits include:

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  Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance
  
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks
  
• Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme, free and discounted books
  

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/


As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.


We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareers UK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.


Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.


Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11 7BW
Job ID: 275087