PMO Manager (AI)

Location: Leeds city centre, United Kingdom; hybrid with 2 days in the office

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing business services provider specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions across business, procurement and financial services.

What you will do

• Build and manage a centralised technology delivery portfolio across products, platforms and strategic change initiatives.
• Lead demand, capacity and resource planning across the CTO function and partner teams.
• Drive portfolio prioritisation by balancing business value, risk, dependencies and delivery capacity.
• Turn portfolio data into actionable insight and lead governance forums for decisions, trade-offs and delivery progress.
• Develop portfolio controls, standards and ways of working that strengthen delivery.
• Oversee delivery spend, forecasts, significant third-party expenditure and supplier commercial governance.

Requirements

• Strong experience in a technology PMO or portfolio management environment, with hands-on responsibility for portfolio planning, prioritisation, governance and reporting.
• Ability to convert complex portfolio information into clear insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills across technology, commercial, delivery and leadership teams.
• Working knowledge of Jira, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using AI tools such as ROVO, Microsoft Copilot or Gemini Enterprise to improve reporting, analysis and insight.
• Excellent meeting and workshop facilitation skills, with the ability to drive decisions, actions and accountability.
• Highly organised, autonomous and able to manage changing priorities and competing deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to data quality, governance and controls.
• Relevant portfolio, programme or project management qualification, such as MoP, MSP, P3O or equivalent professional certification.

Nice to have

• Experience building, establishing or scaling a portfolio management capability in a start-up, scale-up or rapidly evolving organisation.
• Experience in a fast-paced technology environment embracing AI-enabled tools and new delivery approaches.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time hybrid role with 2 office days in Leeds.
• 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
• Wellbeing and mental health benefits, including Calm, personal medical, critical illness and dental cover.
• Matched pension contribution of up to 10%, life assurance and income protection.
• Employee discounts, cashback offers, an electric car scheme and 24 hours of paid volunteering leave.