• Job Description

  Req#: 13350

  Sopra Steria is on the hunt for a dynamic and motivated Junior PMO to join our fast-paced team within the exciting Aerospace, Defence, and Security sector!

  Are you ready to make an impact? As a Junior PMO, you'll play a pivotal role in planning and driving our projects and programmes. You'll tackle a variety of responsibilities, from managing intricate activities to controlling project spend, and ensuring smooth transitions to our client services.
  You will design, implement, and own the support infrastructure to improve the efficient management of small to medium scale, sophisticated, and medium value/small risk programmes and project portfolios.

  This role requires 4-5 days onsite each week, dependent on client requirements, with opportunities to travel to customer sites across the South East of England, offering a blend of office and on-the-go experiences.

  What you will be doing:

  • Collaborate with clients to define project scope, budget, and timelines that fit their unique environments.
  • Plan and handle project activities with precision, ensuring seamless communication, comprehensive reporting, meticulous documentation, proactive risk management, and efficient team coordination.
  • Be responsible for budgets and resources to make sure successful project delivery.
  • Drive new business by contributing to bids and other sales activities.
  • Conduct assignment reviews at key project life cycle stages.
  • Make sure there is consistent use of delivery methods and tools in coordination with the Quality team.

  What you will bring:

  • Exceptional communication and partnership skills to cultivate a collaborative environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 to streamline project tasks.
  • Insight into project management to understand and navigate project workflows.

  It would be great if you had:

  • A background in IT services
  • Familiarity with common project management tools (budgeting, planning, risk management)
  • Relevant certifications such as P3O Practitioner, AIPMO, or House of PMO

  If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

  Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
  Location: Hemel Hempstead
  Security Clearance Level: SC Mod, DV further down the line
  Internal Recruiter: Stina
  Referral Bonus: £1,000

  Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

  Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

  Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

• About the company

  Sopra Steria Group SA is a European information technology consultancy established in September 2014 upon the merger of Sopra Group SA and Groupe Steria SCA.

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