Director of PMO

General Summary
Velocity is seeking a dynamic individual to lead our Project Management Office team. The Director of Project Management Office (PMO) is primarily responsible for the company’s overall project management function, providing leadership, integration and management of Project Management processes and functions to improve the consistency and efficiency of Velocity’s project delivery.

The Director of the PMO is responsible for setting standards for project management capabilities, success measurement criteria, methodologies, and tools to be used. The Director of the PMO will ensure that the PMO is a ‘Center of Excellence’ for the company that will nurture project management practitioners and share knowledge of industry best practices.

The Director of the PMO will work independently with minimal supervision and collaborate with all cross-functional teams to accomplish required tasks, provide updates, and develop trusting relationships. In addition to leading the PMO, the Director of the PMO will also be asked to personally lead a selected number of strategic initiatives for the organization.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Stakeholder Management
Lead the execution of a PMO governance function, reporting and review framework to provide a holistic view of all organizational project activity, risks, and challenges.
Prepare regular, thorough, and articulate executive summaries for senior leadership on project and team performance.
Foster collaborative and mutually supportive relationships with project leaders and senior stakeholders, assess cross-functional project team capability, provide coaching, training, and support to enhance the company’s project/program management capability, and improve collaborative development and project results.
Work together in a collaborative fashion with the various sponsors of the assigned strategic initiatives.
Manage the PMO gating process.
Manage the GYR process and project accountability.

Project Stewardship
Accountable for the successful execution and performance of company’s initiatives (both customer-facing for implementation/rollouts and internally focused projects).
Provide leadership, integration, and management of project management processes and functions.
Recommend or approve budget, expenditures, and related reporting for managed projects and programs.
Manage interdependencies and coordination across projects to ensure that information relating to project deliverables, threats and issues are effectively communicated between stakeholders and that key performance indicators are monitored and evaluated.
Ensure functional area deliverables are understood, cross-functionally aligned, execution of deliverables and timelines are on track; escalates to sponsorship as appropriate.
Lead project quality and post-completion reviews to mitigate and address project delivery challenges in the support of continuous improvement efforts.

Leadership
Identify new and innovative project management approaches and tools and embed these in the behavior and day-to-day activities of the organization’s operations.
Hire and manage staffing requirements in line with project objectives.
Oversee the delegation of work to Project/Program Managers.
Set annual performance targets for individuals and the team and conduct performance reviews.
Implementation of the ‘Center of Excellence’ that nurtures project management practitioners and sharing knowledge of industry best practices and for setting standards for project management capabilities.

Minimum requirements for this position:
Minimum 10+ years’ experience as a Project Management leader, budget management and dashboard reporting; proven record of innovative thinking and delivering projects with excellence.
Bachelor’s degree in business or technology or equivalent.
Experience leading teams with direct reports.
Experience in budget management and reforecasting to support annual planning and lead monthly reforecasting for project budgets.
Extensive experience with traditional and innovative project management processes, techniques, tools across agile, waterfall, iterative methods associated tools.
Experience implementing governance practices.
Experience in fast-growing mid-market or technology companies.
Preferred requirements:
Scrum master or PMI certification
Interest and passion for people development
Experience implementing resource management practices