Director, Project Management Office

RESPONSIBILITIES

Team Leadership and Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers, including employees and contingent workers; set expectations, performance standards, and development plans.
• Build a collaborative, accountable, high-performing PMO culture and support recruitment, onboarding, retention, and workforce planning.

Project Delivery Oversight and Governance

• Oversee project execution, governance, documentation, controls, and delivery performance to ensure projects are delivered with clear ownership, disciplined oversight, and measurable progress.
• Ensure consistent use of PMO methodologies, standards, tools, planning practices, risk management, change control, and communications across strategic projects.
• Coach Project Managers through complex delivery challenges, escalations, and recovery planning.

Portfolio and Resource Partnership

• Partner with Enterprise Portfolio and Resource Management to translate organizational priorities into executable plans, align capacity and capabilities, and support portfolio-level decisions.
• Provide visibility into delivery trends, dependencies, risks, resource constraints, skill gaps, and impacts to timelines or outcomes.

PMO Standards, Financial Management, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop and continuously improve PMO processes, templates, tools, lifecycle standards, project health measures, and delivery reporting.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, variances, financial controls, risks, and escalations to support delivery within approved parameters.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and escalation point for sponsors, business leaders, stakeholders, and functional teams.
• Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, delivery standards, financial management, risk management, scheduling, resource management, and change control.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop Project Managers, communicate effectively, solve problems, manage competing priorities, and influence in a matrixed environment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or related field required; PMP preferred; PgMP or relevant certification and master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive project management experience, including complex cross-functional projects
• 3+ years managing, coaching, or developing Project Managers.
• Experience establishing or maturing a PMO, partnering with portfolio and resource management functions, and using project management platforms to support visibility and accountability.

Comp: $200-230K base