EPMO Planning & Standards Manager

As an EPMO Planning & Standards Manager, you will help maximise the value of our strategic change investment by embedding consistent planning and delivery standards across Greene King. You’ll work closely with programme and project teams to improve governance, visibility and outcomes across portfolios, programmes and projects.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

As EPMO Planning & Standards Manager, you will…

• Design, develop and continuously improve portfolio, programme and project management standards, frameworks and guidance.
• Provide consultancy, assurance and coaching to teams to embed best practice ways of working across change initiatives.
• Own and maintain Annual Operating Plan (AOP) reporting, interdependency tracking and key milestone roadmaps.
• Support strategic planning activity, ensuring initiatives align to business priorities, capacity and benefits realisation.
• Build strong relationships across technology, finance and business teams to drive consistency, accountability and advocacy of standards.

What you’ll bring…

• Proven PMO experience at management level, ideally within a transformation or enterprise PMO environment.
• Strong knowledge of portfolio and programme management, with formal project or change qualifications preferred.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and facilitating effective governance forums.
• Experience of strategic planning, demand and capacity management, and benefits tracking.
• A proactive, curious mindset with the confidence to challenge constructively and improve how things are done.