Eurobase is an international software and service provider to financial institutions in over 25 countries. We provide enterprise wide solutions for (re)insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions as well as IT recruitment services.
Our aim is to be recognised as thought leaders in the sectors we operate, and to deliver innovative solutions that provide real business value to our customers.
We pride ourselves on our personal approach, ensuring we deliver the support and flexibility our customers need and the service they expect.
Our customers have a long and lasting relationship with Eurobase and all will verify our approach to doing business and commitment to product investment – delivering ongoing value above and beyond our initial engagements.
Job Title: Project Management Office Lead – Interim
Department: Insurance
Line Manager: Chief Insurance Officer
Location: London / 2 days in office
Contract Length: 3-6 Months
Note: This role is Inside IR35.
To provide immediate, hands-on project control across all live Insurance projects, ensuring delivery is visible, measurable and actively managed.
This role is not a strategic PMO position. It is a short-term stabilisation role, focused on bringing discipline, clarity and control to delivery during a period of team change and heightened delivery risk.
The PMO Lead will work directly with Project Managers and delivery teams to:
- Establish clear project status (RAG) across all work
- Ensure accurate reporting, risk visibility and escalation
- Bing practical structure to live delivery using Azure DevOps
A hands-on interim PMO Lead to bring immediate control, visibility and discipline to live projects — ensuring delivery is understood and managed in real time.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Immediate Delivery Control
- Conduct a rapid review of all live projects to establish current status, priorities and delivery risks.
- Define RAG status across the full portfolio within the first 2–4 weeks.
- Identify projects at risk and agree clear corrective actions with the relevant Project Managers and delivery teams.
2. Reporting and Visibility
- Implement a simple, consistent weekly reporting cadence.
- Provide the CIO with a single, trusted view of portfolio status.
- Ensure reporting clearly aligns plans, progress, risks and financial position.
3. Project Discipline — Azure DevOps Focus
- Ensure all projects are structured consistently in Azure DevOps.
- Drive disciplined use of backlogs, iterations, ownership and tracking.
- Use Azure DevOps to create practical visibility across live delivery activity.
4. Risk and Issue Management
- Implement a standard RAID approach across all projects.
- Ensure risks and issues are identified early, made visible and actively managed.
- Escalate issues promptly with clear recommendations and proposed next steps.
5. Stabilisation of At-Risk Projects
- Work directly with Project Managers to reset plans, address delivery gaps and remove blockers.
- Support prioritisation of resources where required to stabilise delivery.
- Bring immediate structure and focus to projects requiring urgent intervention.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
Essential:
- Strong experience as a PMO Lead or Senior Project Manager
- Proven track record of:
- Stabilising delivery in-flight
- Working in messy / fast-moving environments
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps
Comfortable:
- Challenging PMs
- Driving Accountability
- Working without perfect structure
- Strong stakeholder management – able to hold people accountable with clarity and without
conflict
- Hands-on approach: this role requires doing, not just directing
- Experience managing delivery across multiple concurrent customer projects
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