DescriptionDepartment: Project Management
Job Type: Regular Full Time
Education Level: BA/BS
Required Years Experience: 8
The
Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) leads CPG's project management function, develops Project Managers, strengthens PMO standards and tools, and ensures strategic projects are planned, governed, resourced, and delivered in alignment with organizational priorities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Team Leadership and Talent Development - Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers, including employees and contingent workers; set expectations, performance standards, and development plans.
- Build a collaborative, accountable, high-performing PMO culture and support recruitment, onboarding, retention, and workforce planning.
Project Delivery Oversight and Governance - Oversee project execution, governance, documentation, controls, and delivery performance to ensure projects are delivered with clear ownership, disciplined oversight, and measurable progress.
- Ensure consistent use of PMO methodologies, standards, tools, planning practices, risk management, change control, and communications across strategic projects.
- Coach Project Managers through complex delivery challenges, escalations, and recovery planning.
Portfolio and Resource Partnership - Partner with Enterprise Portfolio and Resource Management to translate organizational priorities into executable plans, align capacity and capabilities, and support portfolio-level decisions.
- Provide visibility into delivery trends, dependencies, risks, resource constraints, skill gaps, and impacts to timelines or outcomes.
PMO Standards, Financial Management, and Continuous Improvement - Develop and continuously improve PMO processes, templates, tools, lifecycle standards, project health measures, and delivery reporting.
- Manage project budgets, forecasts, variances, financial controls, risks, and escalations to support delivery within approved parameters.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and escalation point for sponsors, business leaders, stakeholders, and functional teams.
- Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, delivery standards, financial management, risk management, scheduling, resource management, and change control.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop Project Managers, communicate effectively, solve problems, manage competing priorities, and influence in a matrixed environment.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or related field required; PMP preferred; PgMP or relevant certification and master's degree preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive project management experience, including complex cross-functional projects
- 3+ years managing, coaching, or developing Project Managers.
- Experience establishing or maturing a PMO, partnering with portfolio and resource management functions, and using project management platforms to support visibility and accountability.
PHYSICAL DEMANDSExtensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
WORK ENVIRONMENTCurrently, hybrid work environment, which requires working in CPG's office Tuesdays through Thursdays and flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Church Pension Group employees must maintain a professional, compassionate, and trustworthy work environment always. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable someone with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job within this environment.
Salary Range: $200,000- $230,000
Flexible Benefits available to eligible employees:
- Medical (including Vision)
- Dental
Core Benefits automatically provided to eligible employees:
- Employer funded defined benefit pension plan (five year vesting)
- Employee Life Insurance
- Spouse and Dependent Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage (elected as either pre-tax or after-tax)
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Worker's Compensation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retiree health insurance (eligible after 10 years)
- Retiree life insurance
Elective Benefits available to eligible employees:
- 401(k) with matching contributions (immediate vesting)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Commuter Benefits
- New York's 529 College Savings Program (NY State residents)
Educational Assistance Program available to eligible employees
Parental Leave available to eligible employees
Time Off available to eligible employees: Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holidays
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
If you are a CPG employee, please use your CPG email address when creating your profile to apply.
