Senior Manager, IT PMO
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Job description
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations for project delivery staff
- Build a high-performing PMO organization aligned to enterprise priorities
- Provide coaching on project delivery, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation
- Manage resource allocation, workload balancing, and staffing plans across the PMO
Methodology & Governance
- Define, implement, and continuously improve standardized project management methodologies, tools, and templates
- Ensure all projects adhere to defined governance standards, stage gates, and approval processes
- Drive consistency in project execution across all business and IT domains
- Establish and enforce best practices for:
- Scope management
- Risk and issue management
- Change control
- Financial tracking and control
- Ensure compliance with architectural, security, and enterprise standards throughout delivery
Project & Portfolio Oversight
- Provide oversight of the full project lifecycle from intake through closure
- Ensure projects are delivered according to approved scope, schedule, and budget baselines
- Monitor portfolio health, identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities across projects
- Facilitate prioritization processes in alignment with business and IT leadership
- Drive cross-project coordination and dependency management
Reporting, Tracking & Visibility
- Establish standardized reporting frameworks for project and portfolio performance
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of:
- Project status (health, milestones, deliverables)
- Financials (budget vs. actuals, forecasts)
- Risks, issues, and dependencies
- Resource utilization
- Provide executive-level dashboards and insights to senior leadership
- Ensure transparency into project status, costs, and outcomes across the enterprise
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
- Partner with business and IT leaders to ensure alignment on project priorities and outcomes
- Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews
- Drive decision-making through data-driven insights and escalation management
- Ensure alignment between project delivery and business value realization
Continuous Improvement & PMO Maturity
- Drive continuous improvement of PMO capabilities, processes, and tools
- Establish and track KPIs for PMO effectiveness and project success
- Lead PMO maturity initiatives, including:
- Standardizing intake and prioritization processes
- Improving reporting and visibility
- Enhancing resource management practices
- Promote a culture of accountability, discipline, and delivery excellence
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field (Master's preferred)
- 10+ years of experience in IT project/program management
- 5+ years of experience leading a PMO or managing project teams
- Experience in enterprise-scale project portfolio management environments
- Strong leadership and team development capabilities
- Deep expertise in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
- Proven ability to drive governance, standardization, and operational discipline
- Advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboarding capabilities
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Experience managing cross-functional, global project portfolios
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred
- Experience with PPM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Planview, MS Project) preferred
- Experience in large, global IT organizations with distributed teams preferred
- Demonstrated ability to stand up or transform a PMO preferred
Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship and is not open to contract employees.
Work Arrangement: Hybrid: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday required office days for Panorama Office site; Monday, Friday-work from home.
Benefits & conditions
At Arrow, we recognize that financial rewards and great benefits are important aspects of an ideal job. That's why we offer competitive financial compensation, including various compensation plans and a solid benefits package.
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k, With Matching Contributions
- Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)/Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) Options
- Paid Time Off (including sick, holiday, vacation, etc.)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Growth Opportunities
- Discounted RTD Passes, with convenient office location off RTD Light Rail (Dry Creek Exit)
- On-site Café with Catering Option for Busy Lifestyles
- 24/7/365 On-site Gym and Lockers, Free for Use to All Employees!
- Bike Racks
- And more!
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