Director of Project Management

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Lifecycle: Establish and uphold a cohesive Stage-Gate process (e.g., Intake → Discovery → Alignment → Execution → Post-Launch).

• Gatekeeping: Guarantee clear entry and exit criteria along with decision frameworks at each gate to reduce "scope churn" and rework.

• Strategic Mapping: Ensure every project within the portfolio is precisely aligned with Company OKRs and includes a solid risk mitigation plan.

• Trade-off Analysis: Highlight essential trade-offs concerning cost, timing, and complexity to empower senior leadership in making durable decisions.

• Master Portfolio Ownership: Ensure 100% data integrity across all initiatives, providing a "single source of truth."

• Executive Storytelling: Convert data from over 50 concurrent workstreams into bi-weekly, high-impact ELT reports that support swift decision-making.

• Automation & ROI: Collaborate with Finance and Data Analytics to shift manual tracking into real-time, automated visualization tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, or Atlas).

• Team Development: Lead and mentor a team of project managers, fostering a culture of "Extreme Ownership" and execution excellence.

• Cross-Functional Training: Educate Product, Engineering, and Operations teams on effective project management practices and Stage-Gate processes.

• Continuous Improvement: Facilitate retrospectives to identify "information dark spots" and delivery bottlenecks, promoting lean improvements throughout the organization.

• Enhance the predictability, speed, and quality of project delivery.

• Foster accountability across teams for timelines, deliverables, and outcomes.

• Lead retrospectives and initiatives for continuous improvement.

• Optimize tools (e.g., Smartsheet) to enable scalable execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of project management experience, particularly in a Directive or Enterprise PMO (EPMO) setting.

• Proven track record of leading innovation pipelines and stage gate processes successfully.

• Experience working in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments with evolving priorities.

• Established ability to drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making without direct authority.

• Strong capability to simplify complexity into clear, actionable insights for leadership.

• Experience in building or scaling PMO functions and enhancing organizational capabilities.

• Proficiency in project management tools.

• Lean / Continuous Improvement experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance along with AD&D Insurance.

• Flexible Spending Benefits.

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Discretionary Paid Time Off.

• Paid Company Holidays.

• Wellness Benefits.

• Commuter Benefits.

• Paid Parental Leave benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Well-stocked kitchen in office locations.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.