Project Management Office PMO Specialist

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The PMO Specialist is responsible for supporting project governance standards reporting and overall project within the Project Management Office (PMO). This role ensures that project management processes methodologies and best practices are followed to drive efficiency consistency and successful project delivery. The PMO Specialist works closely with project managers stakeholders and leadership to monitor project performance and provide strategic support.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create schedule assign and followup tasks
• Hold project work team accountable for implementation
• Steer the project to completion in an orderly and progressive manner
• Resolve issues referred from budget and resources.
• Review scope changes and change requests
• Meet with project work team for actions tracking and progress
• Serve as communication conduit between various teams of the project
• Coordinate with budget resource manager ongoing budget process and documentation signs off on approvals to proceed to each succeeding project phase
• Organize weekly Management Cadence Calls with Toppako and internal stakeholders Schedule Monthly Steerco.
• Responsible for Minutes of meetings for the respective meetings and follow up on actions from the meetings
• Organize weekly internal project meetings with Team Leads to review status issues and outstanding activities
• Recording of project issues and risks and follow up on actions

Addition Duties/Projects/Responsibilities:

Project Governance & Standards

• Establish and maintain PMO policies frameworks and best practices.
• Ensure project teams adhere to standardized processes and methodologies.
• Assist in the development and enforcement of project management templates and documentation.

Project Tracking & Reporting

• Monitor project progress risks issues and milestones.
• Develop and distribute status reports dashboards and executive summaries.
• Analyze project performance metrics and provide recommendations for improvement.

Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Serve as a liaison between project teams leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings governance reviews and reporting cycles.
• Ensure clear communication of project expectations updates and outcomes.

Resource & Budget Management

• Track resource allocation and capacity planning across projects.
• Support budget planning financial tracking and cost reporting.
• Assist in identifying project risks related to resource constraints or budget limitations.

Process Improvement & Tool Management

• Identify areas for continuous improvement within PMO processes and tools.
• Support project managers in using PMO tools like MS Project Jira Smartsheet or SAP PPM.
• Automate reporting and tracking functions where possible.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Business Project Management IT Engineering or a related field. A Masters degree is a plus.
• 37 years in project management PMO support or similar roles.

Preferred Certifications:

• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PMIPgMP (Program Management Professional)
• PRINCE2 Certification
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) if working with Agile teams

Skills:

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall Agile Hybrid).
• Excellent analytical problemsolving and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g. MS Project Jira Smartsheet SAP PPM).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

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