PMO Manager

The Project Management Office (PMO) Manager is responsible for establishing leading and continuously improving the organizations project management framework standards and portfolio oversight. This role provides organizationwide leadership for how projects and programs are planned governed executed and reported ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and effective use of resources.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy and decisionmaking authority the PMO Manager leads the PMO function and directly influences project execution organizational strategy and operational efficiency. The role oversees the enterprise project portfolio supports 13 year forecast planning and related program activities and provides executivelevel insight into project performance risk and outcomes. Through strong collaboration with program leadership engineering finance and operations teams the PMO Manager enables consistent delivery transparency and accountability across all initiatives while building organizational project management tools capability and maturity.

This position is telework eligible within the state of Utah. Telework outside of the state of Utah is subject to review and approval by the University prior to a job offer being extended.

• Develop and lead PMO strategy standards and governance frameworks
• Establish and maintain project management processes templates and tools
• Oversee project portfolio ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities
• Monitor project performance risk and resource allocation across multiple initiatives
• Mentor coach and support project managers and coordinators
• Provide executive reporting dashboards and analysis on project progress and outcomes
• Collaborate with program leadership engineering and finance teams to support project execution
• Identify opportunities for process improvement efficiencies and organizational capacity building
• Ensure compliance with sponsor requirements reporting standards and organizational policies
• Serve as project lead for unique cross-cutting projects

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree
• 6 years of project/program management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Project Management Engineering or related field preferred.
• Masters degree or MBA preferred
• PMP PgMP Program Management Portfolio Management certification
• Lean Six Sigma or process improvement certifications
• Demonstrated experience leading or establishing an organizationwide PMO function including standards governance and portfolio oversight.
• Proven ability to operate with high autonomy and decisionmaking authority in shaping project governance prioritization and delivery practices.
• Strong ability to collaborate across program leadership engineering finance and operations to enable consistent execution.
• Excellent analytical organizational and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience developing and leading PMO strategy standards and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain project management methodologies processes templates and tools across multiple teams or programs.
• Experience managing or overseeing a multiproject or multiprogram portfolio with competing priorities and dependencies.
• Proven ability to monitor project performance risk resources and outcomes across multiple initiatives.
• Experience preparing executivelevel reporting dashboards and portfolio analyses.
• Experience ensuring project execution aligns with sponsor requirements reporting standards and organizational policies.
• Experience mentoring coaching or supporting project managers coordinators or delivery teams (with or without direct supervisory authority).
• Experience implementing tools or metrics to improve transparency accountability and delivery performance.
• Experience serving as project lead for complex crosscutting or enterpriselevel initiatives.
• Proven ability to facilitate alignment communication and issue resolution across departments.
• Comfort leading initiatives that span technical financial and operational domains.
• Experience in researchdriven nonprofit universityaffiliated government or grantfunded organizations.
• Familiarity with sponsorfunded or compliancedriven project environments.

Along with the online application please attach:

• Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under Resume/CV

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Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants but not necessarily occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

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