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Director, IT PMO & Portfolio Management reports directly to the Vice President, PMO, leading portfolio execution, enterprise governance, and program delivery across IT. This leader will directly manage a team of Senior Program / Project Managers, ensuring alignment between strategic business objectives and technical execution. The ideal candidate blends strategic portfolio prioritization with rigorous delivery governance, resource capacity modeling, and executive-level stakeholder communication.
Key Responsibilities- Portfolio Governance & Strategy: Direct the intake, prioritization, and stage-gate governance across enterprise IT programs, balancing strategic imperative, operational risk, and ROI.
- People Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Project/Program Managers. Drive continuous capability growth, workload balancing, and clear accountability.
- Capacity & Resource Optimization: Establish proactive resource forecasting, pipeline demand management, and cross-functional dependency tracking across product, architecture, infrastructure, and business workstreams.
- Executive Cadence & Reporting: Own executive dashboarding, portfolio health metrics (schedule variance, budget burn, risk posture), and steering committee packs for C-suite and VP stakeholders.
- Financial Management: Partner with IT Finance on portfolio-level capital allocation, budget forecasting, vendor SOW management, and post-implementation value realization.
- Delivery Standards: Standardize and optimize project delivery frameworks (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, hybrid) and PPM tool suites to reduce delivery friction while maintaining compliance and auditability.
Qualifications & Experience- Experience: 10+ years in IT program/project management, with 4+ years directly leading people and governing enterprise-level portfolios.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field (Master's/MBA preferred).
- Certifications: PMP or PfMP required; PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe certification strongly preferred.
- Domain Knowledge: Proven track record running complex enterprise transformations (e.g., ERP deployments, data/analytics modernization, systems consolidation).
- Tools: Expert proficiency in enterprise PPM platforms (e.g., Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, Jira Align) and executive visualization tools (Power BI).
The Recruitment process may consist of any combination of phone, video and in person interviews.
Offers may be contingent upon successful completion of Background Check, Drug Screen, Physical Examination and/or potential Motor Vehicle Check.
BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDES:- Competitive Compensation
- Health Care Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Days
- Paid Sick Days
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Profit Sharing
- Tuition Assistance
- Relocation Assistance when available
