PMO Lead

About the role

Adecco Group ITD has established a 3‑year ITD Strategy with Strategic Programs to ensure its successful implementation. The PMO Lead manages an own portfolio of strategic programs (acting as a content‑driven contributor and trusted right hand to Program Leads) and leads a team of 3–5 PMOs (delivering consistent execution across multiple program portfolios). PMO Lead owns the Program & Project Management framework and standards, ensuring consistent, high‑quality execution across workstreams and elevates how ITD executes, delivers, and reports on Programs and Projects – shifting from administrative control to impact, outcomes, and benefits realization through strong orchestration and strategic insight.

What you'll be doing

Accountabilities

• Translate ITD Strategy into executable program/portfolio roadmaps with clear milestones, decision points, and success measures.
• Implement and evolve governance & PM framework (steerco cadence, decision rights, operating standards) across portfolios.
• Portfolio performance management: consolidate KPIs, RAG, risks/issues/dependencies, financials; drive back‑to‑green plans.
• Lead & develop PMO team (3–5): objectives, coaching, performance, succession, and delivery maturity.
• Executive representation to ITD Leadership: provide concise, decision‑oriented portfolio updates and escalation pathways.
• Resource planning & prioritization across programs; resolve capacity conflicts and optimize sequencing.
• Adhere to Adecco policies, processes, and professional standards.

Main tasks & responsibilities (in lead function):

• Operating model: harmonize ceremonies, standards, and cadences across portfolios for consistent execution.
• Quality assurance: review plans, RAID, status/dashboards; deploy playbooks/templates; close gaps via coaching.
• Portfolio insights & reporting: synthesize RAG, milestones, outcomes, risks/dependencies, and financials into executive‑grade briefs.
• Dependency & change orchestration: manage inter‑program dependencies; run portfolio‑level change control and scenario planning.
• Resource & capacity management: allocate PMOs, balance workloads, and forecast capability needs.
• Talent leadership: hire/onboard/develop PMO talent; build a community of practice and a culture of collaboration and customer‑centricity.
• Leadership engagement: act as the primary PMO interface to ITD Leadership; frame decisions and secure timely resolutions.

Main tasks & responsibilities (for own programs):

• Partner to Program Lead: bring strategic insight and hands‑on execution across workstreams and adjacent programs.
• Scope & planning: help manage scope, objectives, dependencies, timelines; maintain an integrated master plan and critical path.
• Governance run: design and operate steerco/operational cadences and decision forums in line with TAG ITD methodology.
• Stage gates & compliance: ensure tollgate criteria are met; assemble QA‑ed packs; coordinate approvals.
• Execution control: maintain RAID/actions/change requests; monitor scope, timeline, budget, quality; implement corrective actions proactively.
• Reporting & stakeholder comms: ensure high‑quality data in PM tools; produce concise, executive‑ready updates and steerco materials.
• Risk & dependency management: identify and mitigate cross‑workstream risks/issues; lead escalations and decision pathways.
• Financials & benefits: partner with Finance on forward‑looking planning/tracking (CAPEX/OPEX, forecasts/EAC, variances); support benefits tracking.

About you

• 10+ years in Project Management and/or PMO roles within large‑scale, complex, multi‑workstream programs
• Formal people leadership of PMO/Project teams (3–5+), plus portfolio leadership experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving decisions.
• Mastery of governance design, integrated planning, RAID, change control, and financials/benefits management.
• Proven delivery in multi‑initiative, multi‑national, multi‑priority environments under tight timelines.
• Executive‑ready communication: synthesizes complex detail into crisp, decision‑oriented narratives.
• Proficient with enterprise delivery/reporting tools (portfolio tools, collaboration suites, dashboards).
• Change leadership & influence without authority across matrixed organizations.

Why choose us?

It's an exciting time to be part of our team. At the Adecco Group, our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. Through our three global business units (GBU) – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH - we deliver expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.

We're proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. We embody our core values: Courage, Collaboration, Customer at the Heart, Inclusion, and Passion in everything we do.

Growth and Development

You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.

A journey to bring out the best in you

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.

Inclusion

We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.

Interview Process

Our interview process includes an initial phone screening, followed by a virtual round of interviews with Hiring Manager, HR team and senior leaders. This process helps us understand your fit within our team and allows you to ask questions about the role and our company. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for learning and development, we invite you to join us in making the future work for everyone.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process.