PMO Analyst

The Role

We’re building something bigger, and better, that makes delivering change across our organisation easier, smarter and genuinely enjoyable for colleagues.

We’re looking for a PMO Analyst to help M&G Life deliver its strategic priorities. You’ll provide essential support to the PMO Lead and wider Life Change Portfolio, helping ensure strong project governance, effective reporting, and smooth delivery of change initiatives. This includes maintaining high‑quality portfolio data, supporting governance forums, preparing clear and accurate reporting and coordinating activities that strengthen control, transparency and performance.

You’ll work closely with Programme and Project Managers, Finance and key business stakeholders to ensure our change activity is well‑structured, well‑governed and aligned to the outcomes we need to deliver for our customers and the business.

Key Responsibilities for This Role

• Support the Portfolio Director and PMO Lead in maintaining governance structures, preparing meeting materials & packs and ensuring coordination and timely submissions to SteerCos and assurance forums
• Maintain/monitor project logs (risk, issues etc.) and ensure these are up-to-date and presented for regular review using ServiceNow and RAID Dashboards
• Escalate delivery risks and blockers as appropriate, supporting the PMO Lead and project managers in risk management
• Facilitate project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking and action tracking
• Track delivery progress, milestones, dependencies, and benefits across programmes and projects
• Assist in the preparation of reporting packs, dashboards and insights for governance forums and senior stakeholders
• Support Project Managers with monthly cost tracking, forecast vs actuals and financial reporting to support decision‑making
• Support Statements of Work and third‑party cost processes, ensuring compliance and transparency
• Monitor resource planning, demand tracking, and capacity analysis across programmes and projects
• Proactively identify areas for process improvement and support lessons learned sessions
• Provide support to stakeholders internally and with strategic partners, including facilitating workshops and project health checks
• Champion adherence to company‑wide Change Standards and governance frameworks

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• You have extensive experience as a PMO Analyst, providing Project or Programme support within a business change or transformation environment, ideally within financial services
• You have a foundational understanding of financial principles, including budgeting and accruals, profit & loss reporting, forecasting and cost management, and can apply these effectively within a PMO environment
• You are proficient with MS Office tools and have experience using project management systems such as ServiceNow, JIRA or equivalent tooling
• You have a solid understanding of governance frameworks, reporting requirements and delivery controls, and can apply these consistently across projects
• You are comfortable working across agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery models, adapting your approach to suit different teams and ways of working
• You adopt a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting lessons‑learned activities
• You act with integrity, accountability and a customer‑focused approach, contributing to a positive team culture and strong portfolio delivery

Location: Various – Edinburgh, Stirling/Kildean

Job Level: Experienced Colleague

What we offer

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee‑led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long‑term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro‑divergent conditions.

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com