PPMO Manager
Role Overview
Provides leadership, direction, and oversight of all programs and projects under development and execution. This role also provides executive oversight for all divisional projects and maintains responsibility for data integration and reporting for all projects and programs within the organization. Oversees development and management of the Strategic Project Office and plays a key facilitative role in project portfolio management. Includes the role of Portfolio Manager. Responsibilities for the CIO provides status, reporting, analysis of all programs/projects with analysis of corresponding impacts to budget, delivery timetables, and resources.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Promotes the development and diffusion of project management culture throughout the enterprise.
- Maintains effective communication with senior management, making them aware of critical issues confronting corporate programs/ projects and of the action plans for addressing those issues.
- In conjunction with leadership, develops and manages the enterprise project portfolio management process, integrates the corporate project decision-making with organizational strategy, and facilitates on-going enterprise program/project portfolio decision making.
- Identifies needed organizational process improvements and works with organizational partners to effectively drive change throughout the organization.
- Facilitates program/project reviews of critical/key enterprise programs and projects.
- Direction and oversight of all systems for project planning, implementation and monitoring, insuring that all projects have clear goals, objectives and timelines with measurable milestones consistent with organizational strategy and goals.
- With the director of PMCI, organizes the project office structure to effectively achieve organizational project objectives.
- Oversees major periodic portfolio meetings, driving results and resolving key project and program issues.
- Oversees preparation of key management communications such as governannce committee presentations, status reports, budget reports, etc.
- Oversees relationships between project personnel and functional managers.
- Oversees education and mentoring for staff and management regarding project management.
- Oversees and participates in the project portfolio management process, ensuring that the technical objectives of projects are integrated with organizational requirements.
- Oversees the integration of project processes with other functional areas such as marketing, and finance in order to ensure the success of organizational strategies, services and initiatives.
- Maintains an understanding of contemporary project management techniques and industry practices, as they impact organizational objectives.
- Ultimate responsibility for enterprise project problem/issue identification and resolution.