Job Description

Coventry Building Society have an exciting new role for a PMO Integration Lead, in CIDO.
The role holder will collaborate with the Integration Director to oversee execution of the integration programme and drive outcomes in line with objectives set for the central programme office
The role will lead the integration central programme office team, coordinate all the aspects of the programme including; programme planning, reporting and governance, financial management, value case, risk and issue management, regulatory action tracking and reporting.
The PMO Integration Lead will build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across all workstreams, including senior management, project managers, and subject matter experts. Proactively communicating programme progress, risks, and issues.
This role has a requirement to work in the Coventry office for 1 - 2 days per week as a minimum.

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society .
About you
You'll be an authentic leader who takes responsibility for ensuring the team's success ahead of your own needs, taking a coaching approach and empowering others to make informed decisions. You'll be passionate about delivering great outcomes through supporting business goals and objectives, seeking to understand how decisions and dependencies impact delivery.
You'll be a seasoned change management professional who will create a culture of continuous improvement, learning from mistakes and using this experience to change how you and the team respond to similar situations in the future. As someone who is intellectually curious, you'll encourage innovative ideas, be highly self-aware and emotionally intelligent, understand your impact on others and take time to understand all colleagues and help them to operate at their best.
You'll have proven knowledge of delivery control frameworks, such as Risk Management, Dependency Management and Delivery Frameworks. Extensive experience of process analysis, definition, reporting, and documentation, with lots of experience supporting Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
To be successful in this role, it's essential that you're able to:

• Demonstrate extensive PMO leadership experience across large scale integration programmes.
• Support the Integration Director in the allocation and management of resources across the programme, ensuring optimal utilisation and efficiency.
• Enhance ways of working in alignment with emerging needs of the programme. Regularly communicate and engage wider programme teams on socialise and facilitate adoption. Identify opportunities for process improvement within the programme, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Tool & Technology Management: Oversee the use of programme management tools and technologies, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of programme governance structures, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• Ensure risks are managed and raised in line with agreed organisational standards including facilitation of resolution management and reporting.
• Prior experience of working in a similar role within Financial Services / Banking.

Desirable skills for this role are:

• You'll ideally have previous experience of integrations, mergers and acquisitions, having worked on large change programmes of work with high levels of complexity.

About us
We're one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others.
We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.
At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues.
We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us.
All together, better.
Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.
Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer
We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the
Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.
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Coventry Building Society is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (firm reference number 150892 www.fca.org.uk). Coventry Building Society. Principal Office: Coventry House, Harry Weston Road, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands CV3 2TQ.