Sr Director, IT PMO

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr PMO Director is responsible for various methods and practices around provisioning IT into the business, improving the overall PPM maturity across the organization, and tracking and reporting the conformance to plans and expectations of IT-oriented initiatives. The Sr PMO Director is responsible for supporting and enabling the organization's projects, programs and structured work efforts. The Sr PMO Director ensures that the work of the PMO adds value, is relevant to the strategy of the organization, and meets the goals set for the PMO by executive management.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate among the PMO stakeholders and organizational leadership a consensus around the mission and vision of the PMO organization to foster a project-management-oriented culture and mindset

• Engage senior leadership and business partners to define the PMO mission, goals and operating model, and release in the form of the PMO charter

• Establish the identification and development of PMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreed-upon PMO goals and objectives

• Lead the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines, and standards to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery

• Facilitate the agreed-upon process that develops plans and prioritization by leadership and governance

• Define, manage, and direct the needed end-to-end PMO work effort, which includes leveraging best practices and techniques in identifying, quantifying, and tracking the realization of expected benefits defined in business cases

• Build and maintain relationships with senior leadership and key PMO stakeholders while acting as a trusted advisor

• Regularly review and evaluate opportunities to improve the project management best practices to achieve higher maturity in PPM

• Direct and oversee the establishment of a project management community of practice to facilitate collaboration and best practice sharing among project managers and key PMO stakeholders

• Additional duties assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for supervising multiple projects.

• Responsible for supervising a team of employees.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT, Project Management or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's) preferred

• 10+ years of project/program management and/or business initiative management experience required

• 8+ years in a leadership role (direct or indirect)

• Experience with one or more project management methodologies required (ex: PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2 and agile)

• Program management skills and experience, plus significant knowledge of project planning tools with evidence of practical application preferred

• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources may not be in direct control

• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills

• Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units

• Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and how other enterprises are employing them to drive digital business, and how they may be applied to the enterprise to drive digital business

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic resource plan

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain IT concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the PMO staff

• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications

• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills

• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts

• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients

• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.

• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management

• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting