Job title: Head of PMO
Location: Remote (Travel to customer sites and company offices as required)
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum plus car allowance
Benefits: Private Healthcare, Pension, 25 days holiday rising to 30 over 5 years, Group Life Insurance, Income Protection, Gym Discounts, Free Fuel Fridays, Employee of the Quarter, Employee Referral program and many more.
Are you an experienced Head of PMO looking to take the next step with a respected UK technology business? Do you combine strategic leadership with a hands-on approach to project delivery? Are you comfortable supporting pre-sales activity and contributing to business growth through successful bid support?
Established in the 80’s, XMA has grown to become one of the top ten largest value-added resellers in the UK. Today, we’re an independent UK company with full geographic coverage – and our skilled workforce serves a diverse customer base across the public and private sector.
We win awards for our ability to help organisations and users achieve more with technology. We specialise in realising individual ambitions to transform and evolve. We consult, define, adapt and deliver on real-life outcomes. We collaborate closely to bring that positive impact home.
We’re looking for a Head of PMO to lead and develop our growing Project Management Office at XMA. You’ll oversee a team of 11 project professionals, with plans to expand further in 2026, ensuring that projects are effectively aligned to the right delivery resources and business priorities.
This role sits at the heart of our delivery function — connecting the Project Team with the wider business and ensuring consistency, governance, and excellence across all customer engagements.
Key Responsibilities: Head of PMO
As a Head of PMO, you’ll play a key role in ensuring project success by:
- Provide technical and managerial leadership to a team of Project Managers and Transition Managers with varying levels of experience.
- Oversee team performance, development, and deployment, ensuring alignment with business priorities and customer needs.
- Work closely with Heads of Services and Sales to understand current and future customer and service requirements.
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., Engineering, Commercial, Solution/Service Design) to support bids, proposals, and project planning.
Requirements – Head of PMO
We are looking for a strong Head of PMO with experience within the IT and services sector. Other requirements include:
- Proven leadership experience in managing and developing high-performing project and transition management teams.
- Strong understanding of project and programme delivery methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, MSP), with the ability to tailor approaches to suit customer and business needs.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
- Experience working in a matrixed environment, collaborating across Sales, Engineering, Commercial, and Service Design teams.
We proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law”
We are registered Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and as such, we will ensure that individuals who have a disability are provided reasonable accommodation, to enable full participation in the job application and interview process.
If you have any such requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us on our email which is trainingxma.co.uk , we will be happy to action your requests.
Alternative job titles: Head of PMO, PMO Manager, Head of Projects, Head of Project Management, Head of Project Management Office, Prince2, Agile, Technology, Services
