Senior PMO Planner - M&A / Demerger - London

Senior PMO Planner - M&A / Demerger - London

Onsite in Central London 3 times per week

Outside IR35

Senior PMO Planner required to play a key role in a major business separation programme. Working across multiple workstreams, you will create and maintain an integrated programme plan, bringing together milestones, dependencies, and critical paths into a single, centralised view.

You'll work closely with Project Managers, senior stakeholders, and third-party vendors to ensure alignment, identify risks early, and provide the level of detail needed to proactively manage programme delivery.

Key Skills and Responsibilities,

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• Own and maintain the integrated master programme plan across a complex IT demerger and separation programme.
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• Consolidate workstream plans, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths into a single source of truth.
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• Identify, track, and proactively manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and schedule impacts.
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• Work closely with Project Managers, senior stakeholders, and third-party vendors to ensure alignment and delivery readiness.
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• Lead planning for infrastructure and application separation activities, including cloud, network, identity, and data environments.
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• Produce clear programme reporting, including milestone tracking, schedule variance, and critical path analysis.
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• Drive planning governance, ensuring consistent standards, data quality, and adoption across all workstreams.
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• Proven experience delivering planning leadership on large-scale demerger, carve-out, divestiture, or M&A programmes.
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• Strong expertise in enterprise planning tools such as OnePlan, MS Project, Planview, Clarity, or similar.
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• Highly detail-oriented with excellent analytical skills and the ability to identify issues before they impact delivery.
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• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of influencing senior business and technology leaders.
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