Director Project Management Office

We are seeking a strategic and forward-thinking Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) to lead enterprise IT projects, programs, and portfolio delivery in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This role requires a leader who can operate effectively across varying organizational maturity levels, balancing the need for structure with the flexibility required in an evolving organization. The Director will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, guiding enterprise prioritization, investment decisions, and governance practices while supporting innovation, speed, and business agility. This role is accountable for shaping the project delivery ecosystem, strengthening organizational change capability, and ensuring the PMO evolves with the organization. The leader will cultivate high-performing project teams, promote cross-functional collaboration, and ensure project management practices are right-sized to organizational culture—structured enough to deliver value, flexible enough to empower innovation. Primary Responsibilities: Enterprise Strategy & Governance Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, influencing enterprise planning and prioritization while ensuring governance remains adaptable. Develop and refine enterprise governance frameworks, scaling with organizational growth and complexity. Define and monitor enterprise-level success metrics for portfolio performance, value realization, and change adoption. Implement and maintain a benefits realization framework to ensure business outcomes are clearly defined, measured, and evaluated post-delivery. Project Management Methodology & Organizational Maturity Champion project delivery processes and continuously evolve methodology standards to match the organization’s maturity and speed of operations. Drive a flexible maturity roadmap balancing structure with adaptability. Identify improvement opportunities and implement pragmatic changes to accelerate delivery, enhance transparency, and improve outcomes. Ensure organizational readiness for change through fit-for-purpose change management strategies, communications, and adoption planning. PM Center of Excellence Serve as the enterprise authority for project management, business process management, and organizational change management. Provide coaching, tools, and enablement to help business teams adopt project practices without slowing agility. Promote lightweight, scalable methodologies that align with organizational culture. Ensure adherence to governance expectations while allowing flexibility based on risk, scope, and strategic value. Project Portfolio Management Lead enterprise planning and prioritization processes, ensuring portfolio decisions align with corporate strategy and outcomes. Maintain adaptive frameworks for prioritization, capacity management, financial analysis, and scenario modeling. Provide visibility into portfolio performance, risks, and interdependencies for informed executive decision-making. Define vendor governance standards and ensure effective oversight of third-party delivery performance, contract adherence, and risk management. Intervene as needed to support troubled projects or programs, providing guidance or escalation. Lead enterprise capacity planning, ensuring visibility into resource availability, competency alignment, and workload balancing. Project Support, Sponsorship, and Delivery Define PMO strategic direction and adjust services as the organization evolves. Manage the PMO operating budget, ensuring resources support strategic priorities and responsiveness. Build strong relationships with business leaders to identify projects, shape business cases, and match delivery approaches to complexity and risk. PM Talent Management & Training Provide resource management for project roles. Prioritize PMO resource application to ensure delivery of services. Define and maintain job descriptions for the project management career path. Qualifications: 10 years of project management experience, including 5 years managing a PMO, or equivalent. 5 years of direct people leadership managing at least 5 direct reports, or equivalent. Experience in entrepreneurial or high-growth environments requiring adaptability and pragmatic decision-making. Experience managing IT budgets and communicating costs and investments to stakeholders. PMP or equivalent certification required; advanced certifications in portfolio or program management preferred. Advanced knowledge of multiple project management tools and methods. Experience leading vendor management functions. Ability to influence stakeholders without direct reporting authority. Strong knowledge and ability to communicate new concepts and processes to the business. Proven ability to build and manage high-performing teams in complex environments. Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor, train, and guide professional staff. Soft Skills: Builds trust and loyalty Builds partnerships and teams People leadership Communicates with impact and candor Mentors, coaches, and develops others Drives customer focus Displays business and financial acumen Superior time management Accountability: Comply with all organizational policies and procedures. Ensure safety and health in the workplace and immediately notify supervisors of hazards.