Carwow

E-Commerce

ProgrammeManagementOffice(PMO)Lead

£85–120k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

E Commerce
Problems you'll solve

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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