KPMG is a professional service company, being one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Seated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, KPMG employs 174,000 people and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory.

PMO / Delivery Assurance Lead - Africa

Position Summary

The PMO / Delivery Assurance Lead is a Senior Manager-level role responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing KPMG T&I's programme management standards, delivery governance frameworks, and portfolio-level reporting mechanisms. This role ensures that all T&I engagements are managed consistently, transparently, and with the commercial discipline required to sustain margins at scale. As KPMG T&I's delivery volumes grow across multiple markets and alliances, the PMO Lead provides the structural backbone that prevents individual delivery failures from becoming portfolio-level risks.

Academic/ Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant degree in Business, Technology, Project Management, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or equivalent programme management certification required.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in PMO or programme management roles, with at least 4 years in a technology consulting or delivery environment.
• Proven experience designing and operating PMO frameworks for multi-project portfolios in consulting or professional services.
• Strong financial modelling and reporting capability - experienced tracking engagement P&L and portfolio-level financials.
• Proficiency in portfolio management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira, ServiceNow PPM).

• Establishing, maintaining, and enforcing KPMG T&I's programme management standards.
• Establishing, maintaining, and enforcing KPMG T&I's delivery governance frameworks.
• Establishing, maintaining, and enforcing KPMG T&I's portfolio-level reporting mechanisms.
• Ensuring all T&I engagements are managed consistently, transparently, and with the commercial discipline required to sustain margins at scale.
• Providing the structural backbone that prevents individual delivery failures from becoming portfolio-level risks.

• Programme management
• Delivery governance
• Portfolio-level reporting
• Financial modelling
• Financial reporting
• Tracking engagement P&L
• Tracking portfolio-level financials
• Proficiency in portfolio management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira, ServiceNow PPM)

• Relevant degree in Business, Technology, Project Management, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or equivalent programme management certification required.