Senior PMO Analyst

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Senior PMO Analyst

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)  

Expected starting salary: A competitive salary from £39,680 - £45,000 depending on the experience you can bring  

Closing date: 2nd April 2026

Enterprise Technology is a global organisation within Aegon. We provide dedicated support to our colleagues globally and we bring all of Aegon's business units together through the use of technology. We provide the backbone - the infrastructure - for how everything works. We’re creating the company’s AI environment, building a flexible ‘cloud experience’ for internal hosting services, designing frameworks for data governance and management, and ensuring the security and stability the company’s technology. In short, we enable the business units to move more quickly and deliver to our clients in the best possible way. Whether customers are interested in insurance products or annuities or financial services, we're here to ensure they don't have to worry whether their information is safe. 

The people we employ are incredibly diverse, both in terms of backgrounds and skill sets. There are over 1,000 of us representing colleagues located in the UK, the US, the Netherlands, and Hungary, Spain, and Hong Kong.  Our global teams are comprised of experts in the areas such as application development, information security, infrastructure services, data & analytics, risk & controls, procurement, program management, and architecture.  With the breadth of functions within Enterprise Technology, individuals can pursue a wide variety of careers, and we have a focus on supporting employees’ development.  In particular, our Talent Marketplace enables colleagues to take on gigs to broaden their experience and try out different responsibilities, which can be extremely rewarding. 

The most important quality in the people who join us is curiosity.  A lot of what we do is problem solving, requiring colleagues to take what they know and apply it to new situations. We have many mature processes, but we’re always looking for opportunities to improve, so we want people who are naturally inquisitive and confident enough to challenge the way we do things.  Technology is constantly, rapidly changing – we need you to help us continue to change with it.  

We are currently recruiting for a Senior PMO Analyst to join our team in Edinburgh. In this role, you will facilitate the effective planning and forecasting of enterprise-wide project portfolios by maximising the use of project planning tools. You will support portfolio, project, and PMO leadership through reporting, analysis, and continuous improvement of project management tools and practices.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate the development, maintenance and analysis of reporting at the portfolio and project level, including exception reporting of portfolio issues.
• Work closely with the PMO leadership team, portfolio and project managers to ensure that project portfolio information is maintained and available for planning and forecasting.
• Support the time capture function within the planning tool.
• Develop and maintain PMO project management toolsets and assist users to overcome challenges within work requests or projects.
• Develop, maintain and analyse capacity reporting to help identify resourcing opportunities and constraints.
• Provide project management tool training to all users.
• Support PMO best practices by identifying efficiencies and improvements and making recommendations to PMO leadership.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• PMO experience.
• Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies, principles and project management tools.
• Advanced proficiency using MS office project (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience using ServiceNow. In particular, PPM (Portfolio & Project Management) or SPM (Strategic Portfolio Management).
• Analytical and organisational skills in order to plan, prioritise and analyse project data.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with all levels of staff and management and proactively resolve issues in order to complete assignments on time.

It’d also be great – but not essential – if you’ve got:

• Knowledge of SQL and SSRS reports and relational database management skills.
• Understanding of the insurance and financial services industry.
• Experience working across borders with multiple business groups.

What’s in it for you?

• We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place.  We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%.  If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us). 
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.  To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Cifas Short Fair Processing Notice (applies to UK based candidates only).

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.