PMO Analyst - M&G plc.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

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 Our ideal candidate is proactive, collaborative and comfortable working in a fast-paced change environment. You bring strong organisational discipline and a continuous improvement mindset, taking ownership of tasks and driving clarity across delivery activity. With a focus on accuracy, transparency and effective communication, you help ensure projects are well-governed, well-coordinated and aligned to organisational priorities.

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

We'd love to hear from you if you're someone who's genuinely curious - the kind of person who asks thoughtful questions and digs a little deeper to understand what's really going on. You enjoy working with others and naturally bring people together, even when things feel a bit unclear. You think ahead, notice patterns early and stay focused on creating real value for the people around you.

Most of all, you care about making things better - for colleagues, for customers, and for the workplace as a whole.

If this sounds like you, we want you to apply!

Location: Various - Edinburgh, Stirling/Kildean Job Level: Experienced Colleague

What we offer

At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

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 inc