Delivery Control/PMO Lead

Purpose of the role

Run the central delivery-control function for the AI Acceleration Center, providing one integrated plan and fact base across the AI CoE, Intake, platform and solution pods. Ensure dependencies, capacity, risks, decisions, stage gates and executive commitments remain visible and controlled.

Key responsibilities

• Own the integrated programme plan, milestone baseline, delivery cadence and cross-workstream dependency map.
• Run risk, issue, action, decision and change registers with clear owners, dates and escalation routes.
• Coordinate demand and capacity planning with the Value & Control Lead and India delivery teams.
• Prepare governance agendas, stage-gate packs, SteerCo materials and concise executive decision requests.
• Ensure architecture, security, Responsible AI, data and operational-readiness evidence is complete before gates.
• Track Microsoft-to-ArcelorMittal capability-transfer commitments, counterpart assignments and acceptance evidence.
• Consolidate delivery metrics, objectives and key results, forecast confidence, blockers and recovery plans.
• Control meeting cadence, reporting standards, document repositories and audit trail across the programme.

Experience

15+ years in programme or portfolio management, including 3+ years in data, AI or digital transformation programmes.

P1 - must have

• Large transformation/programme management in a distributed, multi-vendor environment.
• Governance operation: steering committees, integrated plans, RAID, decision logs, stage gates and change control.
• Capacity-based agile portfolio planning and dependency management across platform and delivery teams.
• Strong analytical reporting using Power BI, Azure DevOps, Jira or equivalent.
• Executive communication, facilitation and disciplined follow-through.
• Experience governing partner delivery and structured knowledge/capability transfer.

P2 - preferred

• AI or data-platform programme experience.
• Commercial awareness covering capacity, hours, milestones and payment gates.
• Experience working across Europe and India.
• PMP, PgMP, MSP, SAFe RTE or PMI-ACP.

Core competencies

• Stakeholder orientation and executive influence
• Results and value orientation
• Courage to challenge and sound judgement
• Cross-cultural collaboration across Europe and India
• Learning agility and capability building
• Structured decision-making and transparent governance

Key deliverables

Integrated delivery plan; capacity/dependency map; RAID and decision logs; governance calendar; SteerCo packs; stage-gate evidence tracker; Microsoft transfer dashboard; PMO handover record.

First 90 days

• Establish a single programme baseline, governance calendar and reporting pack.
• Confirm workstream owners, Microsoft counterparts, transfer obligations and evidence requirements.
• Implement weekly delivery-control reviews and a consolidated RAID/decision process.
• Take ownership of the executive reporting cycle and one complete stage-gate pack.