PMO Lead (PropTech)

Location: Hybrid, London Office, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a property technology platform for housing providers, local authorities, housing associations, asset managers, and contractors across the UK and Germany, supporting repairs, maintenance, compliance, and contractor operations.

What you will do

• Establish and continuously improve programme governance standards, including charters, RAID logs, status reports, and change logs.
• Coach Programme and Project Managers on consistent delivery practices and enforce mandatory reporting.
• Own stage-gate reviews and provide go/no-go approval before programmes move to the next phase.
• Build and maintain a portfolio view covering schedule, spend, risks, dependencies, resourcing, and benefits realisation.
• Prepare and present portfolio reports for Steering Committee reviews and chair or co-chair portfolio reviews.
• Escalate cross-programme risks and resourcing conflicts to senior management, track decisions, and ensure blockers are resolved.

Requirements

• Proven experience running programme or project governance, ideally in a PMO role within a fast-moving organisation.
• Ability to hold people accountable to standards without managing their day-to-day work, using a coaching approach.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and credibility with senior leadership.
• Experience synthesising multiple concurrent initiatives into one accurate, current portfolio view.
• Clear and direct communication style, including the ability to surface difficult news early.

Nice to have

• Formal programme or PMO qualification such as P3O, PRINCE2, MSP, or PMP.
• Experience establishing a PMO from scratch or maturing it from a Supportive to a Controlling model.
• Familiarity with portfolio or PPM reporting tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working environment with an option to work abroad through the work abroad scheme.
• 25 days of annual holiday, plus one additional day for each year served up to three years.
• Private healthcare for employees and immediate family, with discounted gym, optical, dental, and private GP services.
• Enhanced parental leave, life insurance worth four times salary, pension scheme, and employee assistance programme.
• Learning management system powered by Udemy, company-sponsored meals and social events, and volunteering and charity programmes.
• Season ticket loan, Cycle to Work, Electric Vehicle, Techscheme, referral bonus, and charity donation programmes.