The PMO Governance Manager plays a key role in establishing, embedding and continuously improving governance frameworks that enable effective oversight, decision-making and delivery across the firm’s strategic change portfolio.

This role ensures projects and programmes are well-controlled, risk-aware and aligned to the firm’s strategic priorities — driving transparency, consistency, and value across all change initiatives.

Responsibilities

Governance & Assurance

• Support and maintain PMO governance frameworks, templates and standards across the project lifecycle
• Lead portfolio assurance reviews, ensuring that all projects operate within agreed governance thresholds, budgets and risk parameters
• Provide independent oversight of portfolio health, highlighting trends, dependencies and emerging risks to senior leadership
• Manage portfolio gating and approval processes, ensuring projects have clear business cases, sponsorship and alignment to firmwide priorities
• Maintain the master project register, tracking Tier 1–3 initiatives and coordinating updates for executive reporting

Reporting & Insights

• Oversee production of high-quality management information and dashboards for the Executive Committee, Portfolio Board and Heads of Function
• Drive consistency in RAG reporting, benefits tracking and progress updates across departments
• Translate data into actionable insights that support evidence-based decision-making

Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Champion adherence to the PMO’s delivery framework, templates and lifecycle processes
• Identify and embed opportunities for simplification, automation and standardisation within PMO processes
• Support capability development within the PMO community, coaching project managers and business analysts on best practice governance

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with Sponsors, Project Managers, Finance, Technology and Risk to ensure joined-up portfolio oversight
• Act as a trusted advisor to governance bodies, providing recommendations and guidance on project readiness and compliance
• Support clear communication and understanding of PMO processes across business and legal support functions

Requirements

Essential

• Proven experience in project or portfolio governance within a professional services or corporate environment
• Strong understanding of portfolio management frameworks (e.g. P3O, MoP, MSP or equivalent)
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and succinctly
• Skilled in stakeholder management and influencing
• High attention to detail with a focus on quality assurance and compliance
• Structured, methodical and calm under pressure
• A proactive problem-solver with a focus on continuous improvement

Desirable

• Experience working within a law firm or partnership model
• Familiarity with Monday.com, or other portfolio management tools
• Hands on delivery experience as a Project Manager
• Recognised project management or governance qualification (PMP, PRINCE2, MoP, P3O, Lean Six Sigma etc.)

We are also accepting CVs by e-mail, at people@modular.support.