PMO / Project Portfolio Manager – CAPEX

Context

Our client manages several major capital investment portfolios, including projects in facilities and regulated manufacturing. Strategic investment plans are developed upstream and transferred to delivery teams once projects are sufficiently mature to proceed.

The Portfolio manager will work closely with project teams and a PMO who supports financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting. The role will connect financial plans with project delivery and provide a clear, up-to-date view of portfolio performance.

The role

You will help answer key questions about the portfolio:

• How are projects progressing against their approved investment plans?
• Are they on track? If not, what is driving the variance?
• Which projects are at risk, and what action is needed?
• Are investments being made at the right time and delivering the expected value?
• How can projects and resources be prioritised effectively?

You will monitor projects through delivery and contribute to tracking their value, including business cases, ROI and expected benefits.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate and analyse data across the project portfolio.
• Provide a clear overview of progress, risks, variances and decisions required.
• Gather updates from Project Managers and delivery teams.
• Prepare for and contribute to performance reviews and local governance meetings, particularly for major projects.
• Connect investment plans and budgets with actual project delivery.
• Constructively challenge project updates and recommend corrective actions or improvements.
• Support an end-to-end view of the portfolio and help improve investment prioritisation.
• Track the realisation of project value after projects enter delivery.

About you

You bring a combination of Portfolio manager, project coordination and portfolio oversight experience. You:

• Have experience monitoring a project portfolio, ideally in Facilities, Engineering, infrastructure or an industrial environment.
• Are comfortable coordinating projects and working with a range of stakeholders.
• Can collect, structure and analyse data, turning it into useful insights for decision-making.
• Communicate complex situations clearly, including key risks, variances and issues.
• Are proactive, autonomous and comfortable proposing improvements.
• Can connect project-level detail with strategic objectives and investment decisions.
• Have strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

Stakeholders and working environment

You will work with Project Managers, delivery teams, Finance, business leaders, PMOs, internal and external manufacturing teams, and participants in performance reviews and local governance meetings.

This is a cross-functional role with the opportunity to improve how projects and investments are managed. We are looking for someone who goes beyond reporting: someone who asks the right questions, proposes solutions and helps teams make better-informed decisions.