PMO & Planning Support Consultant

Pmo & Planning Support Consultant

Join us. But be you. At Deloitte, you'll do more than just join something, you'll add something. You've found a place that values your curiosity, passion, and desire to work alongside brilliant people on the things that really matter. There really is only one question: What impact do YOU want to make?

Do you have a passion for leadership, driving organizational change, developing people to maximize their potential, and helping clients unlock business value through the promise of quality technology?

Do you thrive working in a dynamic environment with a team of talented people who take pride in delivering great results?

Do you take pride in sharing ideas and experiences, and collaboratively solving problems while making an impact that matters?

Step into a delivery team that's driving real change through cutting-edge, digitally enabled programs.

We are passionate about solving tough challenges and turning ideas into impact. If you're a professional who enjoys shaping smart solutions, working side-by-side with clients and teammates, and making sure projects land safely and successfully across industries such as health, public sector, banking—this is your kind of environment. If you're energized by the prospect of working in a connected, resilient team—one that values trust, open communication, and shared success—you'll find purpose here.

Bring your drive for digital transformation and make a tangible difference with us.

The impact you'll make:

- Managing and maintaining the program work plan, ensuring scope control, tracking progress against the baseline, and facilitating timely reviews and approvals.

- Creating and updating planning artifacts such as:

• Stream-level plan-on-a-page views
• Advanced roadmaps for overall visibility
• Scrum/sprint boards to support delivery teams
• Progress dashboards that evolve with program stages

- Monitoring program health, including:

• Overall status, design and development progress
• RAID items, defect trends, and stage gate governance
• Internal PMO quality metrics and plan integrity

- Driving adoption of PMO tools and practices across stream leads and delivery teams.

- Preparing PMO summary reports for program status meetings, ensuring insights are clear and actionable.

- Maintaining scope clarity and control, including:

• Integration catalogues, systems master lists, test data, training, and change scope
• Functional scope tracking across releases and features

- Ensuring plan quality, by identifying and resolving issues such as:

• Missing or outdated epics, dates, assignments, or status updates
• Misalignment between detailed plans and high-level views
• Open items and elaboration session follow-ups

- Supporting stage gate readiness, including:

• Representing criteria accurately
• Gathering status updates and closing amber/red gaps

- Managing dependencies, ensuring they are visible in JIRA and escalated appropriately.

- Overseeing defect management, including:

• Monitoring defect pipelines
• Identifying trends (e.g. ageing, recurring issues)
• Raising concerns in delivery forums

- Leading RAID management, ensuring:

• Risks and issues are well-articulated and actively managed
• Change requests and decision registers are up to date

- Delivering ad hoc reporting (e.g. Sentient updates) outside of standard governance.

- Coordinating key meetings, including preparation, facilitation, and minute-taking.

Your expertise:

Some exposure in PMO roles within large transformation programs.

Proficiency with planning and collaboration tools:

• Atlassian (JIRA / Confluence)
• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Smartsheet or similar

Excellent data analytics and dashboarding capabilities.

Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement skills.

High attention to detail and organizational discipline.

Creative and curious mindset with a drive for continuous improvement.

Ability to self-start.

Making an impact that matters, together:

We are driven by our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people. Everything we do is with intent - the intent to make a meaningful difference.

Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, including 'taking care of each other' and 'fostering inclusion', is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential. For us to succeed and thrive as an organization, we understand the importance of creating a culture where diverse perspectives matter and where everyone is given an equal opportunity to grow and develop.

How you'll be rewarded:

We hold a simple belief – that our people's hard work should be recognized and rewarded beyond their remuneration. The Deloitte experience is founded on concepts of trust, balance, wellbeing, and the importance of personal connection.

We offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Subsidized professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
• Subsidized health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• 22 days annual leave
• Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
• A focus on wellness and well-being
• Community focused volunteer days
• A focus on the environment and sustainability
• Plus much more

Does this sound like the sort of role and organization for you? Then apply now! We'd love to hear from you.

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours, or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

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