Director of Project Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Guatemala.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the strategic vision, development, and ongoing enhancement of the Project Management Office.

• Develop enterprise project management methodologies, governance, standards, and best practices that align with AWS consulting delivery.

• Create scalable PMO processes across Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Data & AI, Migration & Modernization, Managed Services, and Application Modernization.

• Supervise a portfolio of intricate AWS consulting engagements from inception to successful completion.

• Assess project priorities based on strategic goals, customer commitments, resource availability, and financial outcomes.

• Guarantee on-time project delivery, adhering to scope, budget, and achieving contractual and business objectives.

• Track portfolio health using executive dashboards, KPIs, utilization metrics, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and delivery risk indicators.

• Execute project health reviews, stage gates, executive steering committees, and governance routines.

• Define and uphold project lifecycle methodologies for Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.

• Standardize project documentation, reporting, risk management, issue escalation, change control, and executive communications.

• Create processes for project intake, prioritization, forecasting, capacity planning, and resource allocation.

• Develop uniform delivery playbooks for AWS consulting engagements.

• Promote collaboration among Engineering, Architecture, Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership.

• Act as the executive point of contact for strategic customer delivery governance.

• Lead Executive Business Reviews, steering committees, and customer governance meetings.

• Handle executive-level escalations.

• Propel continuous improvement in project delivery processes.

• Implement portfolio management tools, reporting automation, and delivery analytics.

• Establish KPIs for project health, delivery quality, profitability, customer satisfaction, resource utilization, and delivery predictability.

• Collaborate with Finance on forecasting, revenue recognition support, and project profitability.

• Work alongside AWS Partner Management and Alliance teams on AWS-funded initiatives, including MAP, Well-Architected Framework Reviews, Marketplace engagements, and SCAs.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field is required.

• Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification is mandatory.

• Over 10 years of progressive project and program management experience is essential.

• At least 5 years leading a Project Management Office, Program Management Office, or an enterprise consulting delivery organization is required.

• Experience in managing cloud transformation or technology consulting projects is necessary.

• Proven ability to lead multiple concurrent enterprise projects with delivery values exceeding several million dollars.

• Demonstrated success in establishing PMO governance, standards, methodologies, and delivery frameworks.

• Strong financial acumen encompassing project forecasting, budgeting, margin management, and resource planning.

• Exceptional skills in executive communication, fluency in English, leadership, presentation, and stakeholder management.

• Advanced understanding of Project Portfolio Management (PPM).

• Solid grasp of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Experience in managing cloud infrastructure and software implementation projects is essential.

• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Monday.com, or Asana.

• An MBA or Master's degree is preferred.

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification is preferred.

• AWS Solutions Architect certification is highly preferred.

• PMI-ACP, PgMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, or Lean certifications are preferred.

• Experience working within an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, cloud consulting organization, or systems integrator is advantageous.

• Familiarity with AWS Marketplace, MAP, Well-Architected Reviews, or AWS Partner Programs is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Opportunity to collaborate directly with U.S. leadership, delivery teams, and customers.

• Chance to make a significant impact at a growing U.S.-based company.

• Leadership opportunity across meaningful transformation initiatives.