Big Oh Tech - Project Governance Lead - PMP/Prince2

Description :

The Project Governance Lead ensures that all Professional Services projects adhere to HPE's governance framework, delivery standards, and quality expectations.

This role provides oversight, reporting, and facilitation of governance reviews across geographies, tracks delivery progress, addresses risks proactively, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.

The position works closely with project managers, geo leads, and delivery teams to ensure transparency, compliance, and operational excellence. Coaching, leading by example, and supporting the time to make pragmatic and timely decisions.

Responsibilities :

- Plan and coordinate monthly governance reviews with project managers for all active projects.

- Facilitate review sessions, analyse project health indicators (e. g., schedule variance, cost performance, risk status) to identify early warning signals, capturing key decisions and required actions.

- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, quality standards, and HPE delivery methodologies.

- Maintain consolidated GCC governance trackers for all active projects across delivery centres.

- Liaise with PMs, delivery teams, and functional SMEs to resolve governance-related gaps.

- Escalate risks or issues that require leadership intervention.

- Capture lessons learned from governance reviews and feed them into process improvements.

- Recommend enhancements to reporting tools, trackers, and review formats for better efficiency.

- Stay updated on HPE PMO best practices, tools, and compliance standards.

Requirements :

- Strong understanding of project/program management methodologies (PMP, PRINCE2 Agile frameworks).

- Ability to identify risks, dependencies, and process non-compliance early and act on them.

- Strong communication and facilitation abilities across senior and operational levels.

- Detail-oriented with a structured, process-driven approach.

- Managing large and critical engagements across the organisation, including recovery management.

- Supervisory skills and people management skills.

- Bachelor's degree in IT, Business Management, or related field.

- 4+ years of experience in PMO, project governance, or delivery operations (HPE experience preferred).

- Certification in PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile delivery is desirable.