PMO Project Manager - Data Centres

Job DescriptionProject / PMO Manager\n
Client/Industry: Global Data Centre Operator\n
Reporting To: Lead Project Manager\n
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Position Summary\n
\n A delivery-focused Project / PMO Management professional is required to support the Lead PM on a strategic, multi-site transformation programme for a global data centre operator. The programme focuses on standardising customer acquisition and exit processes across seven global sites, moving through solution design, live pilots, and a phased rollout towards a March 2027 completion target.\n
\n This role owns critical delivery workstreams—including planning, governance, reporting, and cross-functional coordination—bringing structure, pace, and rigor while collaborating closely with commercial, legal, systems, and operational stakeholders.\n
Key Responsibilities\n

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• Workstream Ownership: Drive day-to-day delivery across assigned workstreams, taking responsibility for planning, governance, status reporting, and tracking inter-dependencies under the guidance of the Lead PM.

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• Programme Governance & Controls: Implement and manage robust project controls, maintaining accurate RAID registers (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), change logs, and milestone trackers.

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• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the central connective tissue between Commercial, Legal, Systems/IT, Site Operations, and Facilities Management teams.

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• Process Design & Business Change: Facilitate process standardisation, supporting business change activities for customer onboarding and lease exit/offboarding procedures.

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• Reporting & Quality Assurance: Produce high-standard reporting packs, dashboard updates, and process documentation for senior stakeholders and steering meetings.

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• Pilot & Phased Rollout: Support site readiness, live pilot execution, feedback iteration, and progressive deployment across all seven target sites.

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Candidate Profile & Person Specification\n

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• Execution & Autonomy: Delivery-focused, methodical, and self-directing with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

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• Consultative Approach: Confident, structured communicator, comfortable driving alignment across diverse functional leads and varying levels of seniority.

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• Resilience & Pace: Thrives in a fast-paced environment across a demanding lifecycle from initial design to live deployment.

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Requirements\n
Essential Experience & Skills\n

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• Project/PMO Delivery: Proven background delivering multi-workstream projects or PMO functions within complex, structured environments.

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• Governance & RAID Mastery: Strong discipline in planning, reporting, and active management of risk/issue registers and project trackers.

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• Business Change: Hands-on experience in process design, workflow mapping, and business change execution.

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• Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional stakeholder coordination skills spanning operational, commercial, and technical disciplines.

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• Methodology & Standards: Strong documentation skills with solid grounding in recognised methodologies (APM, PRINCE2, MSP).

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Desirable Criteria\n

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• Consultancy Background: Experience working within strategic, advisory, or management consultancy settings.

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• Domain Expertise: Background in Data Centres, Critical Infrastructure, Real Estate, Commercial Property, or Facilities Management (FM).

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• Systems Enablement: Familiarity with workflow systems or process-to-system rollouts (e.g., ServiceNow, Salesforce).

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• Commercial Real Estate: Understanding of lease exit processes, dilapidations, or commercial property agreements.

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• Multi-Site Deployment: Experience managing international, multi-site, or regional rollouts.

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• Certifications: APM / PRINCE2 practitioner certification, or working towards Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status.

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