Carwow
E-Commerce
ProgrammeManagementOffice(PMO)Lead
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“Programme Management Office (PMO) Lead at Carwow. Skills: Programme management, PMO, Post-merger integration, Business separation. Build and run the PMO. Establish programme-management operating model”
What You'll Achieve.
Priority programmes delivered; Governance that is trusted; Risks surfaced early; Leadership team can rely on single source of truth
Industry & Context.
Risk surfacing; Decision making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive programme and PMO leadership experience, Experience building and running governance, Experience with integrated planning, Experience with critical-path management, Experience with change control, Experience with RAID at scale, Comfortable with ambiguity, Comfortable with rapid change, Comfortable with shifting priorities, Exposure to M&A activity, Commercial judgement, Credibility to operate with senior stakeholders, Proven cross-functional leadership
Nice to Have
Experience with integration, Experience with business separations, Experience with carve-outs, Experience with post-deal work, Fluency with agentic AI tools
What You'll Do.
Build and run the PMO
Establish programme-management operating model
Own integrated planning
Own standardised reporting cadence
Own clear set of KPIs
Own cross-programme view
Surface what’s at risk early
Drive risk to resolution
Lead highest-stakes programmes
Lead complex programmes
Lead high-visibility programmes
Lead post-merger integration
Lead business separations
Manage programmes from planning through cutover
Manage programmes through go-live
Manage programmes through stabilisation
Manage programmes through close
Set agendas for governance forums
Drive pre-reads for governance forums
Chair steering committees
Support executive steering
Track every decision to closure
Track every action to closure
Coordinate workstream leads
Influence without formal authority
Keep decisions unblocked
Manage change crisply
Manage escalation crisply
Give senior leadership read on status
Give Board read on status
Give senior leadership read on risk
Give Board read on risk
Give senior leadership read on decisions
Give Board read on decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Workstream leads; External advisers; Senior leadership; Board
Communication Scope
Executive reporting; Board reporting
Process & Methodology
Programme management, PMO, Governance, Integrated planning, Risk management, Change control, RAID management, Reporting cadence, KPIs
Full Job Description
OUR MISSION To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we’ve turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head. What started as a simple reviews site is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe. Last year alone we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service. In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia - creators of AutoExpress and Evo magazines -doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with almost 10m subscribers and over 1.1 billion annual views, while we sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350 million. And we’re a long way from done! CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & TRANSFORMATION @ CARWOW Carwow’s growth story is built on bold strategic moves: organic scale, partnerships, and acquisitions like Autovia. Delivering moves of that size takes serious programme discipline. That means clear governance, a real plan, owned risks, and someone who pushes cross-functional teams to an outcome rather than just tracking them. That’s the job of the PMO. It’s a small, senior, high-leverage team that owns how Carwow’s most important cross-functional and corporate-development programmes actually get delivered, including our most demanding work: post-merger integrations and business separations. This is hands-on leadership with direct line-of-sight to the most consequential decisions being made at Carwow. YOUR MISSION As PMO Lead, you own how Carwow’s most important programmes get delivered. You build and run the programme-management capability, covering the governance, planning, reporting and delivery rigour, and you personally lead the highest-stakes programmes from start to finish, including post-merger integration and business separation work. You bring order to complexity, make t
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