Project Manager Officer

Position Description:

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We are hiring a PMO Lead to support a major multi-year transformation program that will deliver a modern AI-enabled enterprise solution. This role leads all project management office functions across planning governance support reporting RAID management scope control financial tracking and cross-team integration. The PMO Lead works closely with the Delivery Lead and the Architecture Release Data AI UX Change and Business teams to ensure the program runs with discipline transparency and predictable outcomes within an Agile SAFe delivery model.

Program Planning & PMO Operations
-Stand up and lead the projects PMO including selecting onboarding and managing PMO team members.
-Establish PMO structures operating rhythms templates processes and reporting mechanisms that support Agile SAFe delivery.
-Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan including scope control change management schedule governance risk/issue processes communications and stakeholder management.
-Lead PMO readiness and prepare teams for program kickoff planning cycles and ongoing delivery activities.
-Design and manage onboarding processes for project resources throughout the program lifecycle.
Project Governance & Decision Support
-Prepare governance materials including decks agendas decision logs Terms of Reference updates and committee pre-read packages.
-Coordinate decision pathways approvals and escalations to ensure timely and informed decision-making.
-Maintain governance calendars and ensure committees have the information needed to operate effectively.
-Program Scheduling & Delivery Alignment
-Maintain the integrated program schedule ensuring alignment with Agile SAFe cadence design milestones development and testing timelines content migration activities and release sequencing.
-Coordinate schedule updates and dependencies with Architecture Release Management and other workstreams.
Reporting Metrics & Visibility
-Define refine and operate the program reporting model including performance metrics dashboards and visual standards.
-Produce executive reports sprint reports and weekly status summaries using Azure DevOps (ADO) dashboards and program data.
-Support executive showcases and demonstrations by preparing program insights visuals and cross-stream summaries.
RAID Management
-Lead risk issue action and dependency management across all program workstreams.
-Ensure clear ownership mitigation strategies and regular Agile SAFealigned reviews at sprint and PI levels.
-Surface and escalate critical risks or dependencies early to keep delivery predictable.
Scope Control & Delivery Discipline
-Enforce scope boundaries across all workstreams in a multi-team fixed-price delivery environment.
-Identify scope drift early and support impact assessments with Delivery Lead and technical teams.
-Maintain scope clarity throughout planning design build and implementation phases.
Financial Tracking & Forecasting
-Track burn rates forecasts resource allocations and cost-to-complete.
-Maintain financial dashboards and support financial reconciliation aligned to milestones and value-based delivery.
-Partner with internal finance teams to ensure transparency into program financial health.
Cross-Team Integration & Coordination
-Lead coordination across Architecture Development AI Data Migration Change Management Release UX PMO and Business workstreams.
-Drive integration of dependencies sequencing deliverables and decisions across the entire program.
-Maintain a unified view of the programs critical path and overall health.
Stakeholder & Client Engagement
-Maintain ongoing engagement with client PMO and program management counterparts to ensure alignment on expectations risks schedule and decision needs.
-Promote a culture of transparency communication discipline and cross-team collaboration across the program.
-Consolidate program insights into clear actionable messages to support executive communication by the Delivery Lead.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Program Planning & PMO Operations
-Stand up and lead the projects PMO including selecting onboarding and managing PMO team members.
-Establish PMO structures operating rhythms templates processes and reporting mechanisms that support Agile SAFe delivery.
-Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan including scope control change management schedule governance risk/issue processes communications and stakeholder management.
-Lead PMO readiness and prepare teams for program kickoff planning cycles and ongoing delivery activities.
-Design and manage onboarding processes for project resources throughout the program lifecycle.

Project Governance & Decision Support
-Prepare governance materials including decks agendas decision logs Terms of Reference updates and committee pre-read packages.
-Coordinate decision pathways approvals and escalations to ensure timely and informed decision-making.
-Maintain governance calendars and ensure committees have the information needed to operate effectively.
-Program Scheduling & Delivery Alignment
-Maintain the integrated program schedule ensuring alignment with Agile SAFe cadence design milestones development and testing timelines content migration activities and release sequencing.
-Coordinate schedule updates and dependencies with Architecture Release Management and other workstreams.

Reporting Metrics & Visibility
-Define refine and operate the program reporting model including performance metrics dashboards and visual standards.
-Produce executive reports sprint reports and weekly status summaries using Azure DevOps (ADO) dashboards and program data.
-Support executive showcases and demonstrations by preparing program insights visuals and cross-stream summaries.

RAID Management
-Lead risk issue action and dependency management across all program workstreams.
-Ensure clear ownership mitigation strategies and regular Agile SAFealigned reviews at sprint and PI levels.
-Surface and escalate critical risks or dependencies early to keep delivery predictable.

Scope Control & Delivery Discipline
-Enforce scope boundaries across all workstreams in a multi-team fixed-price delivery environment.
-Identify scope drift early and support impact assessments with Delivery Lead and technical teams.
-Maintain scope clarity throughout planning design build and implementation phases.

Financial Tracking & Forecasting
-Track burn rates forecasts resource allocations and cost-to-complete.
-Maintain financial dashboards and support financial reconciliation aligned to milestones and value-based delivery.
-Partner with internal finance teams to ensure transparency into program financial health.

Cross-Team Integration & Coordination
-Lead coordination across Architecture Development AI Data Migration Change Management Release UX PMO and Business workstreams.
-Drive integration of dependencies sequencing deliverables and decisions across the entire program.
-Maintain a unified view of the programs critical path and overall health.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement
-Maintain ongoing engagement with client PMO and program management counterparts to ensure alignment on expectations risks schedule and decision needs.
-Promote a culture of transparency communication discipline and cross-team collaboration across the program.
-Consolidate program insights into clear actionable messages to support executive communication by the Delivery Lead.

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Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

-10 years of leadership experience in project or program management within large multi-stream delivery environments.
-Experience leading PMO operations or major PM functions in enterprise transformation or digital modernization programs.
-Strong understanding of Agile SAFe PI planning sprint cadence and value-based delivery.
-Demonstrated success maintaining integrated schedules supporting governance structures and operating in complex program environments.
-Hands-on experience producing program reporting using Azure DevOps (ADO) dashboards and Agile metrics.
-Proven ability to lead RAID management enforce scope control and maintain delivery discipline.
-Excellent communication stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.

Preferred
-Experience supporting large public-sector or regulated-industry programs.
-Experience coordinating across architecture development testing data migration or AI/ML workstreams.
-Familiarity with content migration enterprise architecture or technology modernization initiatives.
-Financial management experience in fixed-price or milestone/value-based contract environments.

Skills:

• English
• PMI Project Management Prof
• Project Management
• French

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