- Provides development, leadership, and oversight for project managers, solution consultants and test analysts within ESSC's Project Management Office.
- Manages a diverse portfolio of projects across ESSC, and day-to-day operational aspects of the PM office, ESSC Finance, and staff.
- Has responsibility for standardizing execution of projects.
- Providing guidance on practice and application of project management, solution consulting, testing and ensuring successful execution of projects and programs.
- Works with ESSC project governance committees to evaluate new requests.
- Supports business case development to validate viable project requests.
- Produces resourced projects schedule gathering input from leaders on project schedule.
- Identify potential and actual resource and/or system conflicts.
- Works with project managers, project team resources, IT, and business leads on resolution.
- Manages project budgets for large programs.
- Ensure project managers are tracking expenditures and expenses in line with approved budgets.
- Management of PMO portfolio.
- Ensures solution consultants and business analysts are driving business analysis.
- Ensures test analysts support testing solutions to deliver projects with high quality and minimal issues postproduction.
- Develops and provides training on project management office frameworks and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field is required.
- Master's Degree in a related field Preferred.
- Project Management Certification (PMP, PGMP, PfMP, CSM) is required.
- Process improvement experience and certification like LEAN Six Sigma, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt is preferred.
- 10-15 years of portfolio, program, and project management and solution consulting experience is required.
- Minimum of 7 years of supervisory experience is required.
- Experience in Demand Management and Strategic Planning in a formal and/or centralized PMO environment with a working knowledge of Project Management principles.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive experience in project management, solution consulting, and portfolio management, with a strong focus on process improvement and strategic planning within a PMO environment. Proven ability to lead teams, manage budgets, and ensure high-quality project delivery.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Project Management Certification
- Portfolio Management
- Process Improvement
- Supervisory Experience
- Demand Management
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Project Management
- Solution Consulting
- Budget Management
- Resource Scheduling
- Business Case Development
- Project Governance
- Testing Solutions
- Training Development
- Lean Six Sigma
- Strategic Planning
Soft Skills
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Guidance
Certifications & Qualifications
- PMP
- PGMP
- PfMP
- CSM
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Industry Keywords
- PMO
- Project Management Principles
- Operational Management
- Project Execution
- Resource Conflict Resolution