PMO Lead

G MASS Consulting is seeking an experienced PMO Lead for a specialist nuclear liability coverholder and underwriting agent operating within the Lloyd’s market. This is a lean, mission-critical business in the midst of a board-directed transformation - with ambitious growth targets to 2030 and a clear mandate to professionalise its delivery capability.

The foundations of a PMO exist but remain underdeveloped. This is not a greenfield build, nor is it a large-corporate programme environment. The right person will be equally at home advising a board and rolling up their sleeves alongside a small, high-ownership team.

The role sits at the heart of the organisation’s strategic delivery agenda, translating board-level direction - including an ongoing engagement with a major professional services firm - into a structured, executable operating model.

Hybrid working with three days per week at the client’s London office.

What You’ll Do

Assess and critique the current PMO setup with experienced, fresh eyes — understand what exists, what’s missing, and what needs to change

Establish and embed a governance framework and operating cadence appropriate to a specialist Lloyd’s coverholder — proportionate, not bureaucratic

Run and chair programme and steering meetings, ensuring clear ownership and momentum across all workstreams

Serve as the operational link between the board-level strategic engagement and internal delivery teams, translating strategic intent into structured plans

Lead prioritisation across a concurrent portfolio of initiatives, allocating resource and attention across competing demands with clarity and discipline

Drive the new product development agenda operationally — supporting the business in building the structures and processes needed to its specialty underwriting footprint

Oversee technology initiatives focused on scaling the platform for sustainable growth

Support people and workforce priorities, including the restructuring of business development and underwriting functions

Manage senior stakeholders with confidence, including at C-suite and board level, in a high-ownership, relationship-driven environment

Define and document the target operating model, building towards a structured and well-documented handover to a permanent function

Requirements

A seasoned PMO professional with a strong track record of building or significantly improving PMO functions — ideally in environments where the function was nascent or underdeveloped

Comfortable operating across an entire organisation in a lean team environment — this is not a role for someone who needs a large support structure around them

Specialty insurance or Lloyd’s market experience is essential — coverholder or underwriting agent experience is strongly preferred; you need to be credible in front of a specialist underwriting team

Proven ability to act as the bridge between external strategic advisors and internal delivery — translating high-level direction into practical, owned plans

Experienced in building and applying prioritisation frameworks for resource allocation across competing initiatives in a resource-constrained environment

Comfortable with ambiguity and constructive challenge — the business is moving fast and not everything is defined; you should be energised by that, not unsettled by it

Available to start August-September 2025

Benefits

Salary to be discussed.

Initial 6-month contract, with view for further extension.