Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
Southampton, Hampshire
PMO Specialist 12-Month FTC in Southampton (likely to go perm) Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week 60,000 - 65,000 Base (Possible Flex) + Benefits Are you a dynamic PMO professional looking to make a significant impact within a leading UK wealth management firm? This is a rare opportunity to join a business that is actively transforming, modernising, and placing the customer at the very heart of everything they do. If you are bold, ambitious, and ready to challenge the status quo, this 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) in Southampton is the perfect platform for your career. As a PMO Specialist , you will move beyond basic project tracking to drive a sophisticated Enterprise-wide Change Portfolio. You will work within a department that values curiosity and collaboration, ensuring strategic goals are met through expert governance and high-level portfolio insights. Your Impact and Responsibilities In this role, you will support the central PMO by providing structure, planning capability, and governance across the portfolio. Enterprise Planning & Governance: Maintain and enhance PMO controls and frameworks, overseeing planning at the portfolio level to ensure alignment with business strategy. Dependency & Risk Management: Track and maintain a clear view of dependencies across the portfolio, helping to identify and highlight interconnected risks. Resource Management: Support portfolio-level resourcing by overlaying change and SME demand, helping to assess capacity and prioritisation. Reporting & MI: Produce clear and accurate portfolio reporting, translating complex data into meaningful insight for senior stakeholders. What You Bring to the Team You are a confident team player who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable working at the portfolio level. Financial Services Experience: Experience in a PMO or project role within Financial Services is preferred, but not essential. Portfolio Planning: Strong experience in enterprise or portfolio-level planning, dependency management, and resourcing support across multiple workstreams. Technical Skills: Strong intermediate Excel skills and experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project for the web. Communication & Drive: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, work collaboratively, and stay calm under pressure. Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy and quality, with the ability to produce clean, reliable output in a fast-moving environment. Click 'Apply' now to submit your CV and start your application. If you've held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: PMO Analyst, Enterprise PMO Specialist, Portfolio Planning Manager, Change Management, Dependency Management, Resource Planning, Financial Services PMO, Wealth Management, Project Governance, Excel, Power BI, and Portfolio Assurance. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate 1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
PMO Specialist 12-Month FTC in Southampton (likely to go perm) Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week 60,000 - 65,000 Base (Possible Flex) + Benefits Are you a dynamic PMO professional looking to make a significant impact within a leading UK wealth management firm? This is a rare opportunity to join a business that is actively transforming, modernising, and placing the customer at the very heart of everything they do. If you are bold, ambitious, and ready to challenge the status quo, this 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) in Southampton is the perfect platform for your career. As a PMO Specialist , you will move beyond basic project tracking to drive a sophisticated Enterprise-wide Change Portfolio. You will work within a department that values curiosity and collaboration, ensuring strategic goals are met through expert governance and high-level portfolio insights. Your Impact and Responsibilities In this role, you will support the central PMO by providing structure, planning capability, and governance across the portfolio. Enterprise Planning & Governance: Maintain and enhance PMO controls and frameworks, overseeing planning at the portfolio level to ensure alignment with business strategy. Dependency & Risk Management: Track and maintain a clear view of dependencies across the portfolio, helping to identify and highlight interconnected risks. Resource Management: Support portfolio-level resourcing by overlaying change and SME demand, helping to assess capacity and prioritisation. Reporting & MI: Produce clear and accurate portfolio reporting, translating complex data into meaningful insight for senior stakeholders. What You Bring to the Team You are a confident team player who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable working at the portfolio level. Financial Services Experience: Experience in a PMO or project role within Financial Services is preferred, but not essential. Portfolio Planning: Strong experience in enterprise or portfolio-level planning, dependency management, and resourcing support across multiple workstreams. Technical Skills: Strong intermediate Excel skills and experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project for the web. Communication & Drive: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, work collaboratively, and stay calm under pressure. Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy and quality, with the ability to produce clean, reliable output in a fast-moving environment. Click 'Apply' now to submit your CV and start your application. If you've held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: PMO Analyst, Enterprise PMO Specialist, Portfolio Planning Manager, Change Management, Dependency Management, Resource Planning, Financial Services PMO, Wealth Management, Project Governance, Excel, Power BI, and Portfolio Assurance. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate 1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Head of Investor Relations - 12 month FTC Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment Business area: Finance & Business Development Closing date: 22 April 2026 Requisition ID: We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not handling projects, we're helping all corners of the wider group with what they're trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you'll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there's always something else around the corner, and we'll help and support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here. Location: Hybrid - London Store Support Centre plus home; typically, around 2 to 3 days per week in the office, with increased attendance during reporting periods. About the team Investor Relations sits within our Finance division and is a small, specialist team responsible for proactively shaping the dialogue between Sainsbury's leadership and the external financial community. Working closely with Strategic Communications and the wider Corporate Affairs team, as well as FP&A, Financial Reporting, Sustainability and the Company Secretariat teams, we help ensure the market understands our strategy, performance and priorities. You'll work in a high profile environment, building senior relationships and translating complex information into clear messages that land and where judgment and pace really matter! More about the role As Head of Investor Relations (FTC), you will support the Director of Investor Relations and the wider IR leadership in delivering an effective programme that maintains a productive, trusted dialogue with investors, analysts, and key market stakeholders. This is a broad, hands on role-combining senior stakeholder engagement with the 'nuts and bolts' of running an IR function-particularly across developing key messages and content for regulated and ad hoc announcements (including results and trading updates), results and reporting activity. Day to day, you'll help run core IR processes and timelines, lead on drafting and refining key materials (including statements, scripts, presentations and briefing packs for senior leaders) and support investor engagement activities such as roadshows and meetings. You'll also provide high quality market and investor sentiment insight to inform leadership decision making. The role includes line management of team members (including the Investor Relations Manager and Investor Relations Analyst), as well as day to day oversight of the IR Co Ordinator, helping to set standards and build capability. More about you You'll bring demonstrable Investor Relations experience, ideally including direct engagement with investors and/or sell side analysts, and you'll be confident operating with senior internal stakeholders and external audiences. You have proven ability to write clearly and at pace, exercising sound judgement and confidentiality when working with market sensitive information. You're organised and process driven, comfortable managing multiple deadlines and shifting priorities-particularly around reporting cycles. You're also solutions focused: able to translate complex information into clear, credible narratives and proactively spot what stakeholders need to know. Experience gained in Investor Relations, Financial Communications (in house or agency), Corporate Broking or an IR consultancy is relevant; experience in a consumer facing sector is beneficial but not required. Demonstrable Investor Relations experience, ideally including direct engagement with investors and/or sell side analysts Proven ability to draft, review and quality check Investor Relations communications and materials (e.g., scripts, presentations, statements, RNS/regulated announcements or equivalent) Demonstrable experience running end to end IR processes and timelines (e.g., results preparation, roadshows, investor engagement planning) Proven ability to communicate with, influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders, including Executive level audiences Demonstrable experience leading and developing others (line management, coaching or leading through influence) We're excited to hear from you! Just a heads-up: if there's a lot of interest, we might close the advertisement earlier than planned. Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance related bonus of up to 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares). Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.
Head of Investor Relations - 12 month FTC Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment Business area: Finance & Business Development Closing date: 22 April 2026 Requisition ID: We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not handling projects, we're helping all corners of the wider group with what they're trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you'll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there's always something else around the corner, and we'll help and support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here. Location: Hybrid - London Store Support Centre plus home; typically, around 2 to 3 days per week in the office, with increased attendance during reporting periods. About the team Investor Relations sits within our Finance division and is a small, specialist team responsible for proactively shaping the dialogue between Sainsbury's leadership and the external financial community. Working closely with Strategic Communications and the wider Corporate Affairs team, as well as FP&A, Financial Reporting, Sustainability and the Company Secretariat teams, we help ensure the market understands our strategy, performance and priorities. You'll work in a high profile environment, building senior relationships and translating complex information into clear messages that land and where judgment and pace really matter! More about the role As Head of Investor Relations (FTC), you will support the Director of Investor Relations and the wider IR leadership in delivering an effective programme that maintains a productive, trusted dialogue with investors, analysts, and key market stakeholders. This is a broad, hands on role-combining senior stakeholder engagement with the 'nuts and bolts' of running an IR function-particularly across developing key messages and content for regulated and ad hoc announcements (including results and trading updates), results and reporting activity. Day to day, you'll help run core IR processes and timelines, lead on drafting and refining key materials (including statements, scripts, presentations and briefing packs for senior leaders) and support investor engagement activities such as roadshows and meetings. You'll also provide high quality market and investor sentiment insight to inform leadership decision making. The role includes line management of team members (including the Investor Relations Manager and Investor Relations Analyst), as well as day to day oversight of the IR Co Ordinator, helping to set standards and build capability. More about you You'll bring demonstrable Investor Relations experience, ideally including direct engagement with investors and/or sell side analysts, and you'll be confident operating with senior internal stakeholders and external audiences. You have proven ability to write clearly and at pace, exercising sound judgement and confidentiality when working with market sensitive information. You're organised and process driven, comfortable managing multiple deadlines and shifting priorities-particularly around reporting cycles. You're also solutions focused: able to translate complex information into clear, credible narratives and proactively spot what stakeholders need to know. Experience gained in Investor Relations, Financial Communications (in house or agency), Corporate Broking or an IR consultancy is relevant; experience in a consumer facing sector is beneficial but not required. Demonstrable Investor Relations experience, ideally including direct engagement with investors and/or sell side analysts Proven ability to draft, review and quality check Investor Relations communications and materials (e.g., scripts, presentations, statements, RNS/regulated announcements or equivalent) Demonstrable experience running end to end IR processes and timelines (e.g., results preparation, roadshows, investor engagement planning) Proven ability to communicate with, influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders, including Executive level audiences Demonstrable experience leading and developing others (line management, coaching or leading through influence) We're excited to hear from you! Just a heads-up: if there's a lot of interest, we might close the advertisement earlier than planned. Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance related bonus of up to 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares). Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.
