Director of Project Management

Lippert

$120K — $145K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 15+ years of experience in an ePMO environment
  • 15+ years leading large-scale implementations
  • 15+ years collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • 15+ years of leadership experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of the Aftermarket project management framework
  • Translate strategic initiatives into actionable project portfolios
  • Oversee program execution to ensure alignment with business goals
  • Facilitate executive reviews for prioritization and risk management
  • Establish standardized project methodologies and governance processes
  • Monitor project performance using key metrics
  • Develop dashboards for executive visibility into project status

Benefits

  • Remote/hybrid work flexibility based on candidate's location
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional interactions
  • Potential for personal and professional development through project leadership
  • Opportunity to influence senior leadership and contribute to strategic decisions
  • Work on high-impact initiatives aligned with business objectives
Full Job Description
Overview

This position can be remote/hybrid/onsite depending on candidates location

Summary/Objective:

The Director of Project Management is a key strategic leader reporting to the Senior Director of ePMO, responsible for leading high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that support business objectives. This individual contributor role oversees projects from planning through execution, ensuring alignment, governance, and measurable results. The Director partners closely with leaders across Finance, Operations, IT, Sales, Supply Chain, and the corporate ePMO to translate strategic priorities into executable project portfolios. This role provides executive visibility into project progress, manages risks and dependencies, and helps ensure initiatives deliver their intended business value.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  1. Lead the evolution of the Aftermarket project management framework in alignment with the corporate ePMO roadmap.
  2. Translate strategic priorities into a cohesive portfolio of cross-functional initiatives with defined objectives, timelines, dependencies, and success metrics.
  3. Oversee strategic programs from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives and consistent project governance.
  4. Facilitate executive portfolio reviews and steering committees to drive prioritization, decision-making, and risk mitigation.
  5. Establish and maintain standardized project management methodologies, governance processes, and stage-gate controls.
  6. Monitor portfolio performance through key metrics, including schedule, budget, risk, ROI, and benefit realization.
  7. Develop and maintain executive dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into project status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
  8. Partner with Finance to develop business cases and track financial and operational benefits throughout the project lifecycle.
  9. Coordinate cross-functional dependencies, resolve escalated issues, and balance portfolio priorities, resources, and timelines.
  10. Ensure project portfolio data is integrated with enterprise systems and reporting tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Power BI, D365).
  11. Lead stakeholder engagement, executive communications, and change management activities to support successful project adoption.
  12. Serve as a trusted advisor to the Aftermarket President and senior leadership by providing strategic insights, recommendations, and portfolio updates.
  13. Foster collaboration across business functions, influencing teams and driving accountability without direct authority.
  14. Conduct post-implementation reviews, capture lessons learned, and ensure benefits are measured and sustained.
  15. Drive continuous improvement by strengthening project management capabilities, governance practices, and organizational project execution.

Working Conditions:
  • Primarily working indoors, office environment.
  • May sit for several hours at a time.
  • Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
  • Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.
  • Remote environment.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 15+ years ePMO experience
  • 15+ years' experience with large scale implementations
  • 15+ years' experience working with cross functional stakeholders
  • 15+ years' experience in leadership

Competencies:
  1. Strategic Planning & Execution
  2. Portfolio & Program Management
  3. Executive Communication & Influence
  4. Cross-Functional Leadership
  5. Stakeholder Relationship Management
  6. Financial & Business Acumen
  7. Governance & Risk Management
  8. Change Management
  9. Process Improvement & Operational Excellence
  10. Analytical & Critical Thinking
  11. Decision-Making & Problem Solving
  12. Results Orientation & Accountability

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires sitting for long periods of time and long periods of screen time.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time salary position, and hours/days of work are decided by production schedules and your reporting leader

Travel:

Travel will be 20% of the role.

Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Masters Degree in related field


Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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