PMO Manager – Project Management Office Lead

About the role

The PMO Manager is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving project management standards, processes, and tools across the organization. This role provides strategic oversight of a portfolio of projects while coaching project managers and delivering performance visibility to senior leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain project management standards, templates and best‑practice guidelines.
• Establish and enforce a consistent governance framework (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid) including stage‑gate, approval and change‑control processes.
• Maintain portfolio visibility, tracking scope, schedule, budget and risk for all active projects.
• Prioritize projects in line with organizational strategy and support capacity planning.
• Produce portfolio dashboards, status reports and executive summaries; facilitate steering committee meetings.
• Escalate risks, issues and budget variances with recommended actions.
• Manage, mentor and develop project managers and coordinators; deliver training on methodology and tools.
• Own and administer PM tools (MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Asana, Monday.com) and drive adoption.
• Identify automation opportunities to streamline reporting and workflows.
• Monitor project budgets, forecasts and support business case development and ROI analysis.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, IT, Engineering or related field.
• 5–8+ years of project management experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or PMO role.
• Strong knowledge of PMBOK, Agile/Scrum and PRINCE2 methodologies.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or a full project portfolio.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and executive presentation skills.
• Preferred: PMP, PgMP, PMI‑ACP or PRINCE2 certification; Master’s degree (MBA) is a plus.

Required skills

• MS Project
• Jira
• Smartsheet
• Asana
• Monday.com