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About the Role

As PMO Lead, you will own how Carwow's most important programmes are delivered. You will build and run the programme-management capability, covering governance, planning, reporting, and delivery rigour. You will personally lead the highest-stakes programmes from start to finish, including post-merger integration and business separation work. You will bring order to complexity, make the plan real, hold the organisation to it, and give senior leadership a clear, honest view of what’s on track, what’s at risk, and what decisions are needed. You will set the operating rhythm, chair the rooms, and keep dozens of moving parts across technology, data, finance, people, and commercial all pointing in the same direction.

Responsibilities

Establish and own the programme-management operating model, covering integrated planning, RAID management, change control, standardised reporting cadence, and KPIs.
Own the cross-programme view of strategic and corporate development initiatives, including priorities, dependencies, critical path, and resourcing conflicts.
Surface risks early and drive them to resolution.
Personally lead complex, high-visibility programmes, including post-merger integration and business separations, from planning through to close.
Set agendas, drive pre-reads, chair working groups and steering committees, support executive steering, and track decisions and actions to closure.
Coordinate workstream leads across Product, Data, Finance, People, Marketing, Commercial, and Technology, alongside external advisers.
Influence without formal authority to keep delivery moving and decisions unblocked.
Manage risk, change, and escalation crisply.
Provide senior leadership and the Board with a clear, honest read on status, risk, and required decisions.
Ensure standardised templates and a single source of truth for reporting.

Requirements

Extensive programme and PMO leadership experience, building and running governance, integrated planning, critical-path management, change control, and RAID at scale.
Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid change, and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Exposure to M&A activity, such as integration, business separations/carve-outs, or other post-deal work.
Strong commercial judgement and the credibility to operate with senior stakeholders and executives.
Proven cross-functional leadership across technology, data, finance, people, and commercial teams.
Ability to influence without formal authority.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to make complex programmes clear to an executive audience.
High level of ownership; calm, decisive, and highly organised under pressure.
Relentless about driving issues to closure.
Discretion and integrity; comfortable handling highly confidential information.
Extensive, hands-on experience delivering complex post-transaction programmes (M&A integration or carve-outs).
Programme/PMO leadership in tech, marketplace, classifieds, automotive, or e-commerce businesses.
Experience standing up a PMO capability from scratch and embedding it across an organisation.
Experience of cross-border or multi-entity programmes, including across European jurisdictions.
Recognised programme/project credentials (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, PMP) are useful, though not essential.
Genuine fluency with agentic AI tools and a clear point of view on how they can accelerate planning, reporting, and analysis.

Skills

Programme management
PMO leadership
Governance
Integrated planning
Critical-path management
Change control
RAID management
M&A integration
Business separations
Carve-outs
Cross-functional leadership
Stakeholder management
Executive reporting
Risk management
Agentic AI tools

Location

Remote

Work Type

Permanent
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Benefits

Competitive comp package
28 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 with length of service
Extras for house moves, weddings and more
Employee-friendly share options
Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution
Vitality private healthcare insurance
Life Assurance - 4x annual salary
Monthly coaching sessions with Spill
Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave
Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees
'Work from abroad for a month' annual scheme
Generous learning and development budget
£500 home office budget

About the Company

Carwow's mission is to become the car-changing destination of choice by combining technology, media, and deep automotive expertise.
They have turned how people buy, sell, advertise, and lease cars on its head.
What started as a simple reviews site is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe.
Last year, they grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale.
In 2024, they acquired Autovia, doubling their audience overnight.
Together, they have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with almost 10m subscribers and over 1.1 billion annual views.
They sell 1.2 million print copies of their magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350 million.
Carwow's growth story is built on bold strategic moves: organic scale, partnerships, and acquisitions.
Delivering moves of that size takes serious programme discipline, clear governance, a real plan, owned risks, and someone who pushes cross-functional teams to an outcome.

Equal Opportunity

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture.
We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position.
We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.