Director of PMO

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Job description

job summary:

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

? Work in collaboration with CIO and operations stakeholders to execute organizational strategic

plans and roadmaps. Develop multi-year business capability roadmaps with enterprise

architecture. Develop a healthy and well-managed initiative portfolio in coordination with the

Project Management Office (PMO). Perform detailed market, technical, and operational analysis

and provide recommendations. Partners with stakeholders to align the portfolio with strategic

goals through the use of IT. Guides the selection, prioritization, balancing and termination of

portfolio initiatives to ensure alignment with organizational priorities. Continuously reviews and

optimizes the portfolio to ensure agreed timelines are achieved. Conducts portfolio review

meetings with executives. Coach and collaborate with business partners and team members to

apply and share a common vision for operational excellence, processes, and technologies, in

accordance with IT strategy

? Ensures Quality Controls in place for Environment, Release, Testing, and Change Management

in alignment with ITIL framework. Accountable for creating standards of operating procedures for

the department and provides insights to IT department to ensure we drive compliance and

adoption.

? Accountable for IT Budget oversight, planning, and execution.

? Ensure that technology solutions are applied consistently with company values.

? Resolves resource constraints and conflicts that affect the execution of the portfolio.

? Works with PMO team to ensure the smooth running of the portfolio lifecycle.

? Coaches and manages a team of Project and Program Managers for optimal performance.

? Plays a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, process, and tools and

coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project team.

? Ensure product (application and system) requirements are implemented in accordance with

strategy and project plans; project charters, status reports, action item log, issues/risks

management, decision trackers, scope change management, budget management,

communications management, operational readiness, Go-Live Readiness assessments,

Activation/Go-Live support; transition to support; and lessons learned.

? Develop staff to evaluate activities, projects, products, and investments with a value-based,

client- and consultant-focused approach.

? Motivate and provide leadership to staff to ensure the proper allocation of resources to the

highest priority deliverables.

? Promote pragmatic innovation by championing value-based, risk-managed investments and

guided, disciplined execution.

? Develop framework for the analysis and review of the effective of existing technology toolset.

? Stimulate adoption of technology, vendor partnerships, and solution-based opportunities through

effective communication, change management, and visibility.

? Research and review industry trends to benchmark services and strategies.

? Think strategically by identifying business function opportunities and the best-suited position for

the function's adoption within the organization. Measure adoption and work with business

leadership to develop future roadmap and opportunities.

? Identify short- and long-term strategic business function opportunities and track adoption across

the relevant departments.

? Effectively manage and support projects within allotted timeline and budget. Aid in the

implementation of small, medium, and enterprise-level solutions.

? Develop documentation related to user needs, solution evolution, change management. Review

requirements with business partners, vendors, and consultants. Support change management

and provide hands-on assistance where needed.

? Maintain creativity and innovation by staying on top of industry and technological trends. Build

and maintain a thorough knowledge base of industry-related technology, industry trends, and

general IT best practices. Consult the business on potential means of innovating through

technological advancement.

? Manage the enterprise project management tools and methodologies for communicating the

status of strategic initiatives and projects.

Essential Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration,

Healthcare Administration, and Information Systems Management, Engineering or other related field.

Master's or MBA degree preferred.

Experience: 8+ years' experience building and using PMO methodology, Process, and tools (i.e.

Microsoft, Smartsheets, etc.); minimum 5 years of experience overseeing IT Budget, IT Governance &

Intake, IT resource demand management, and proven and demonstrated project management

experience managing multi-phased and highly complex technical and non-technical projects; Complex

Project implementation experience required, having a understanding of healthcare systems.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience:

? Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and Five

years of overseeing ITIL processes (Environment release management, Testing, and Change

management)

? Expertise in one or more project management methodologies, preferably PMI and Agile

? Experience working alongside executive staff to achieve organizational goals

? validated experience with leadership, business insight, problem solving, critical thinking,

project management, and analytical skills

? Six Sigma background, a plus

? interpersonal, communication and leadership skills

location: New Providence, New Jersey

job type: Permanent

salary: $125,000 - 150,000 per year

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

Director of IT PMO is responsible for the oversight and portfolio management of all company

initiatives around the implementation of new innovative digital processes and tools. As head of the Project

Management Office, this position is responsible for implementation of necessary actions to deliver

successful projects, management of the technology project portfolio, talent management of the team, IT

Governance, the IT Budget, the Quality controls within ITIL Framework (Environment Release

Management, IT Change Management, and IT testing processes) and coordination of innovation activities

with company stakeholders. This position provides positive leadership to effectively lead and manage the

functions of project management across all business units. This is a leadership role that requires both

strategic and tactical capabilities, excellence in project management, business processes and innovation

in problem solving for business growth initiatives.

qualifications:

• Experience level: Director
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors

skills:

• Director
• Project Management
• IT Project Manager
• Technical Project Manager
• Project Management

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