I have always held a fundamental passion for my own Personal Development and therefore: ” The opportunities this role and team has given me to reach out to not only the wider team but to colleagues in different divisions within the Group. My progression and development has always been encouraged by my management team as well as my mentoring relationships. These give WHAT I ENJOY MOST ABOUT THE ROLE… Being the ‘Go to’ person for anything CMT The variety the role brings and the diverse interaction that comes with the role. Embedding new processes and procedures and the testing/support that I ensure that I have a key role in supporting the central Change A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… Emma Brown THE ROLE CHALLENGES ARE… Managing the Projects stakeholders if the projects drop below compliance ensuring they are brought back to appetite Ensuring ‘buy in’ from all the PMO delivery teams within the overall Portfolio, with any new mandated TO DO THIS ROLE YOU NEED TO BE… Approachable and hold down key Stakeholder management skills as you could be dealing with a peer one day or a Head of Function another Possess sound knowledge of Change, an SME on the Change Management Toolkit TEAM: PMO Services ROLE: PMO Manager MY TYPICAL DAY… A typical day will include the following: Daily checks across all Projects within the Global Payments Portfolio of Projects on the Change Management Toolkit ensuring all projects are in governance, in line with the Group Change Policy. Ensure all Assurance activities across programme & projects are understood and effectively carried out Provide advise & guidance for all matters regarding Assurance across the GPC Portfolio CMT Champion Role – responsible for providing GP colleagues with expertise and support across the toolkit, including these key functions Project initiation support and set up of annual Portfolio’s Project Mobilisation and Closure Project Manager / Business Analyst on boarding, providing expertise and guidance to colleagues new to CMT Compliance monitoring across the GP Portfolio, ensuring 100% rating on daily basis and managing exceptions to green Stage Gate approval alignment Stakeholder management Provide a direct route into GCM for any ad-hoc system queries Represent GP Change on CDP / GCM meetings /CMT Champion voice for Payments at all forums