Senior PMO Specialist

APM Terminals

The Hague

4 weeks ago

The Hague

4 weeks ago

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Senior PMO Specialist

Senior PMO Specialist role at APM Terminals in The Hague, focusing on project and change delivery governance, quality assurance, and coaching. Requires 8-12+ years in project/portfolio management and strong understanding of delivery frameworks, risk management, and change principles.

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On-site

Full-time

Senior

Portfolio Management

Project Management

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

12 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

8–12+ years in project / portfolio management/ program/ project management, change management, and transformation delivery

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Portfolio managementProject managementChange managementTransformation deliveryDelivery frameworksRisk managementDependency managementFinancial planningResource planningQuality review

Soft Skills

Executive-level communicationSystems thinkingPattern recognitionPragmatic judgementFacilitationCoachingCredibilityCollaborationContinuous improvementProblem solving

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

AgileWaterfallHybrid

Key Responsibilities

•Establish, maintain, and continuously improve project and change delivery standards, frameworks, and templates
•Perform independent quality reviews (health checks, gate reviews, deep dives) on projects
•Escalate delivery risks and patterns to the Transformation Office leadership and relevant forums
•Support recovery actions without taking over delivery
•Challenge delivery plans, assumptions, risks, and dependencies to protect value
•Provide integrated portfolio-level insights across cost, progress, risk, capacity, and benefits
•Identify systemic delivery issues, cross-project dependencies, and change saturation risks
•Support portfolio and steering forums with decision-oriented material
•Act as a trusted sparring partner for senior project and change managers
•Coach project managers/ change leads and business owners in execution, practical delivery disciplines and change leadership
•Maintain and evolve project and change management standards
•Own and evolve the project and change management toolbox (methods, tools, templates)
•Drive pragmatic adoption of ways of working across business and change projects
•Capture lessons learned from reviews and transformations
•Translate patterns into improvements in frameworks, tools, and training
•Collaborate with Strategy Office, Value Realization Office, Transformation Leads, Business Owners, Finance, IT/OT, and BPM
•Act as an integrator between governance, execution, and business reality
•Require project quality checks for in-scope initiatives
•Recommend corrective actions and escalation
•Challenge definition of done, scope, timelines, resourcing, and financial assumptions
•Escalate delivery risks and systemic issues through Transformation Office leadership

Project ManagementPMOTransformationLogisticsSupply ChainPortfolio ManagementChange ManagementGovernanceQuality AssuranceCoaching

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Portfolio managementProject managementChange managementTransformation deliveryDelivery frameworksRisk managementDependency managementFinancial planningResource planningQuality review

Soft Skills

Executive-level communicationSystems thinkingPattern recognitionPragmatic judgementFacilitationCoachingCredibilityCollaborationContinuous improvementProblem solving

Key Responsibilities

•Establish, maintain, and continuously improve project and change delivery standards, frameworks, and templates

•Perform independent quality reviews (health checks, gate reviews, deep dives) on projects

•Escalate delivery risks and patterns to the Transformation Office leadership and relevant forums

•Support recovery actions without taking over delivery

•Challenge delivery plans, assumptions, risks, and dependencies to protect value

•Provide integrated portfolio-level insights across cost, progress, risk, capacity, and benefits

•Identify systemic delivery issues, cross-project dependencies, and change saturation risks

•Support portfolio and steering forums with decision-oriented material

•Act as a trusted sparring partner for senior project and change managers

•Coach project managers/ change leads and business owners in execution, practical delivery disciplines and change leadership

•Maintain and evolve project and change management standards

•Own and evolve the project and change management toolbox (methods, tools, templates)

•Drive pragmatic adoption of ways of working across business and change projects

•Capture lessons learned from reviews and transformations

•Translate patterns into improvements in frameworks, tools, and training

•Collaborate with Strategy Office, Value Realization Office, Transformation Leads, Business Owners, Finance, IT/OT, and BPM

•Act as an integrator between governance, execution, and business reality

•Require project quality checks for in-scope initiatives

•Recommend corrective actions and escalation

•Challenge definition of done, scope, timelines, resourcing, and financial assumptions

•Escalate delivery risks and systemic issues through Transformation Office leadership