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 expand 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.