Coventry Building Society has a great opportunity for a Portfolio Management Officer (PMO) to join our Chief Information Digital Office (CIDO).

The role involves facilitating and coordinating activities across multiple agile teams, ensuring adherence to operational standards within the development lifecycle of CIDO Portfolios. The PMO will support the production of Strategic Value Cases across various programmes and transformation activities within agile release trains (ARTs).

This role requires close collaboration with the Central PMO team, Senior Portfolio Management Officer (SPMO), Release Train Engineer (RTE), and their respective teams. The PMO will provide input on ARTs set by Product Managers and track objectives and goals based on work delivered by the trains.

The PMO will work with the Central PMO team and their Trains/Teams to implement metrics for assessing progress, ensure data quality standards, and adherence to the Delivery Framework. Responsibilities include conducting assurance health checks, managing risks and dependencies, trackers for finances and resources, and preparing for quarterly PI Planning events, among other activities outlined in the PMO Service Catalogue.

This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to work on-site 1-2 days a week at our Coventry office.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.

About you

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• The ability to build relationships, influence, and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders
• Knowledge of effective governance and assurance
• Experience in Financial and Resource Management processes
• Comfort with ambiguity and adaptability to handle unexpected situations
• The ability to communicate ideas effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, including visualizing dependencies and using dashboards to analyze data and tell a story

Desirable experience includes:

• Understanding of Scaled Agile Framework and/or other agile delivery methods
• Excellent communication and analytical skills across stakeholder groups
• Understanding of value realization frameworks
• Proven experience working with cross-functional processes or IT delivery teams in a large enterprise environment
• Knowledge of Jira

Full-time, 35 hours per week.

About us

We are one of the largest building societies in the UK, committed to improving the lives of our members and communities. Recognized as a ‘Great Place to Work,’ we offer benefits that go beyond pay, including a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition, and comprehensive wellbeing support.

Recently, The Co-operative Bank became part of our Group, sharing our values and ethical approach.

We are committed to equality and diversity, celebrating differences across race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation. We believe in building more than just careers—building a better future together.

Flexibility and why it matters

We support flexible working arrangements and encourage discussions about alternative patterns before you apply.

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We offer interviews or assessments to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Applicants can opt into the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. When high application volumes occur, we prioritize interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the essential and desirable criteria.