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# Director, IT - PMO

- **Company:** Rehlko
- **Location:** River Hills, WI, United States
- **Salary:** $166,400.0 - $216,850.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Decision Support Systems, Executive Information Systems, Project Management Software, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0e2a3b21a631681f

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business administration or related field or equivalent relevant experience

 * 12+ years of progressive experience in technology portfolio, program, project or PMO leadership, including leading an IT PMO function in a global organization with more than $2 billion in revenue

 * Demonstrated experience with executive governance, investment prioritization, portfolio financial management, resource and demand planning, delivery assurance and value realization

 * Experience establishing or materially improving portfolio governance, benefits realization, delivery tooling or PMO operating models

 * Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary delivery professionals and influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology functions

 * Experience in a complex, multi-functional environment with significant transformation and merger and acquisition activity

 * Strong executive communication, facilitation, analysis, conflict resolution and decision-framing skills with the ability to convert complex portfolio data into clear choices

 * Experience with portfolio and project management platforms, financial planning tools and executive dashboards with a commitment to data quality and automation

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Master's degree in business, technology or a related field

PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe or a comparable portfolio, program, project or agile certifications
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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the futur e.

## Description

The Director - IT, Portfolio & PMO Management leads the enterprise IT portfolio management and PMO disciplines and team, translating business strategy into an executable, governed, and value-driven portfolio. The role enables transparent investment decisions, validates value delivery, manages portfolio-level dependencies and capacity, improves predictable delivery across projects, programs, and products, and leads executive portfolio reviews with decision-quality insight on priorities, funding, risks, benefits, and outcomes.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES
Portfolio Strategy, Intake and Prioritization

 * Lead IT portfolio, strategy, intake, sequencing and prioritization aligned with business and technology objectives

 * Apply consistent criteria for strategic value, urgency, risk, cost, dependencies and capacity

 * Maintain a transparent portfolio view and recommend investment, trade-off and sequencing decisions

 * Partner with business and technology leaders to strengthen proposal, ownership, outcomes and readiness

Executive Governance and Decision Support

 * Lead executive portfolio reviews, recommendations, escalation and decision follow through

 * Establish governance, decision rights, stage gates, accountability and escalation paths

 * Provide clear reporting on portfolio health, value, financials, capacity, risks and required decisions

 * Tailor governance to initiate size, complexity, risk and deliver approach

Financial Management and Value Realization

 * Lead portfolio planning, forecasting, investment scenarios and capital & operating expense oversight with Finance

 * Establish standards for business cases, total cost of ownership, benefits and value validation

 * Challenge investment assumptions and provide transparency into forecast and actual spend

 * Track adoption, outcomes and realized value with benefit owners, addressing gaps as needed

Resource and Demand Management

 * Align portfolio demand with capacity, skills, sourcing options and delivery constraints

 * Identify resource bottlenecks and recommend sequencing, staffing, sourcing or scope trade-offs in alignment with the respective resource managers.

 * Improve visibility into workforce and partner allocation while maintaining functional accountability

Delivery Standards and Portfolio Assurance

 * Establish fit-for-purpose standards and tools across predictive, Agile, hybrid, product and vendor-led delivery

 * Monitor portfolio health, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and recovery plans

 * Define intervention thresholds and lead recovery planning for initiatives outside tolerance

 * Integrate architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, data, change, procurement and operational readiness into governance

PMO Leadership and Continuous Improvement

 * Lead and develop portfolio, program, project, business analysts, Agile and change professionals

 * Establish clear roles, career paths, standards and accountability

 * Simplify governance, automate reporting, improve data quality and reduce administrative burden

 * Promote disciplined execution, constructive challenge and strong stakeholder partnerships

Performance Outcomes

 * Enable timely executive decisions supported by reliable data and clear recommendations

 * Aling portfolio commitments with funding, capacity, dependencies and risk tolerance

 * Ensure investments have accountable sponsors, measurable outcomes, credible plans and validated benefits

 * Improve delivery predictability, risk transparency, reporting quality and PMO responsiveness

 * Build a high- performing PMO team with consistent standards and clear accountability

Maintain more than 90% of the portfolio in green status monthly and achieve a Net Promoter Score above 25% on project delivery.
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