Manager, IT PMO

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

📋 Description

• Oversee a team of Portfolio and Project Managers.

• Recruit, train, evaluate, compensate, manage performance, promote, and part ways with team members as necessary.

• Improve, audit, and enforce project and portfolio management methodologies, governance processes, and communication standards.

• Foster ongoing enhancements in delivery quality, operational efficiency, and organizational effectiveness.

• Ensure uniformity in project execution, governance, reporting, and delivery practices across all portfolios.

• Encourage knowledge sharing, professional development, and lifelong learning.

• Recognize opportunities for process improvements, operational efficiency, and realization of business value.

• Set up, monitor, and report on portfolio, operational, financial, and delivery performance metrics.

• Lead cross-portfolio planning, managing dependencies, and setting priorities.

• Facilitate governance boards, portfolio review committees, and executive steering committees.

• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to prioritize initiatives, resolve resource conflicts, and align delivery roadmaps.

• Cultivate relationships with executive stakeholders and provide insights on project delivery, portfolio health, investment decisions, and business outcomes.

• Manage stakeholder communications concerning portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, budgets, and strategic objectives.

• Direct portfolio financial management, which includes annual budget planning, forecasting, spend tracking, and variance analysis.

• Develop and oversee Annual Operating Plan budgets.

• Supervise vendor expenditures, ensure invoice accuracy, contract compliance, and optimize costs.

• Work alongside Finance and Procurement on budgeting, forecasting, business cases, and investment planning.

• Ensure adherence to financial controls, procurement policies, governance standards, and project funding requirements.

• Identify and resolve cross-functional risks, issues, and dependencies.

• Actively engage in direct project and portfolio management as necessary.

• Oversee strategic and special initiatives.

• Prepare executive-level reporting, portfolio dashboards, and investment recommendations.

• Assist with vendor evaluations, contract renewals, negotiations, and performance assessments.

• Create business cases, ROI analyses, and funding recommendations.

• Facilitate organizational change management and executive communications.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of experience in project management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, or similar management roles.

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent professional experience.

• Strong enthusiasm for project and portfolio management, operational excellence, and financial stewardship.

• Proven capacity to analyze, document, and enhance business processes.

• Experience in managing project, portfolio, and operational budgets.

• Familiarity with developing and managing Annual Operating Plans (AOP), forecasts, and investment roadmaps.

• Experience overseeing vendor relationships and managing third-party expenditures.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional and cross-portfolio prioritization in a complex enterprise environment.

• Capability to influence and align executive stakeholders across business and technology sectors.

• Strong understanding of project financial management, resource planning, portfolio governance, and investment prioritization.

• Excellent leadership and people management abilities.

• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with senior executives, Finance, Procurement, and business leaders.

• Excellent interpersonal skills including facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and consensus building.

• Ability to promote consistency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Strong financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project Web, Smartsheet, and related project portfolio management tools.

• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, or equivalent project management certification is preferred.

• Over 5 years of direct people management experience is preferred.

• Experience leading enterprise PMOs that support large-scale digital transformation initiatives is preferred.

• Experience in managing multimillion-dollar project and portfolio budgets is preferred.

• Background in facilitating governance boards, investment review committees, and executive steering committees is preferred.

• Familiarity with IT financial management practices is preferred.

• Understanding of vendor management, contract administration, and spend optimization practices is preferred.

• Proficient in Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Power BI, and portfolio management tools is preferred.

• Experience presenting portfolio performance, financial results, strategic risks, and investment recommendations to executive leadership and board-level stakeholders is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) Plan (35% employer match per dollar up to 10% employee contribution).

• Medical Coverage (UnitedHealthcare, Reference Based Pricing, and Kaiser).

• RX Home Delivery.

• HSA with Employer Contribution.

• In-vitro Fertility treatment coverage.

• Dental.

• Vision plans.

• FSA Plans.

• Pre-tax Commuter Plans.

• Employer-paid Life Insurance.

• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability.

• Long-Term Disability.

• Paid Parental Leave (4 weeks at 100%).

• Employee Assistance Plan.

• Voluntary Life Insurance.

• Voluntary Accidental Death coverage.

• Legal/ID Theft Plans.

• TeleHealth.

• Wellness via Omada Health.

• Travel Assistance.

• Business Travel Accident Coverage.

• Medical coverage for foreign travel.

• Employer-paid Pet Telehealth.

• Accident Insurance.

• Critical Illness Insurance.

• Hospital Indemnity Insurance.

• Volunteer Time Off.

• 10 Holidays.

• Summer Sizzle.

• On Demand Pay (Daily Pay).