Operations PMO Leader

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The Opportunity

The Operations PMO LeaderNorth America establishes and leads a regional PMO that powers consistent execution across complex multisite programs in multiyear customer delivery portfolios. Youll govern the portfolio programs and projects that enable our North American growth while partnering with Manufacturing Supply Chain Finance and Business Unit leaders to drive predictable delivery risk transparency and continuous improvement.

How Youll Make an Impact

PMO Strategy & Governance

• Establish and institutionalize consistent standardized execution models across all North America Operations projects aligned with global Hitachi Energy PMO frameworks and best practices. This includes standardized WBS structures lifecycle stage gates risk and change processes and reporting methodologies.
• Drive governance mechanisms that ensure consistent application of project controls contract/claim management reporting standards and highquality fact-based project documentation.

Portfolio & Delivery Management

• Own the North America operations portfolio performance for On-Time delivery (OTD) and On-Time Performance metrics (OTP).
• Drive decisionready insights using fact-based data from our information systems.

Operating Rhythm & Continuous Improvement

• Drive a Lean and Continuous Improvement culture across projects (lessons learned standardization digitalization).

Stakeholder & People Leadership

• Lead and coach a team of program managers project managers planner/schedulers and financial controllers; set capability standards for project control risk and contracts.
• Serve as the lead interface with Engineering Supply Chain Project Controls Finance and HSE coordinating with global PMO/BU PMOs to ensure methodology alignment.

Project Manager Capability Development Talent Pipeline & Onboarding

• Lead a structured onboarding for all new Project Managers including curriculum tools familiarization (schedule cost risk quality digital PM systems) processes and expectations for operating within Hitachi Energys safety ethics and delivery methodology.
• Own the Project Manager certification - ensuring PMs achieve and maintain these credentials supported by training coaching and PMOled competency assessments.
• Serve as a coach and mentor to project managers planners and financial controllers driving maturity in planning controls stakeholder engagement risk management commercial awareness and digital PM capability.

Digitalization BIM and AI Ready

• Champion digital transformation across Operations project delivery accelerating adoption of advanced tools including:
  • 4D scheduling integration (linking schedules to model-based sequencing)
  • 5D cost modeling for forecasting estimating cost control and change impacts
  • AI-driven predictive analytics for risk detection schedule slippage forecasting and equipment/supplychain early-warning indicators
  • Digital workflows that strengthen decisionmaking and drive consistent transparent portfolio health reporting.
  • Partner with Engineering IT and global PMO teams to ensure digital solutions integrate into project controls document management and reporting ecosystems.
  • Promote data standards and fidelity across all digital project artifacts to support portfolio reporting and long-term operational continuity.

Document Controls Team Integration & Information Governance

• Integrate document controls as a core PMO function building a regional document controls team defining metadata standards workflows version governance and enabling digital tools that support traceability compliance and secure information exchange across projects.
• Ensure document control practices comply with Hitachi Energys governance standards supplier requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Implement workflows that ensure accurate versioning secure distribution quality checks approvals and audit-ready traceability across all project phases.

Driving Execution Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Lead closed-loop lessons learned and continuous improvement cycles ensuring findings feed into standardized templates stage-gate criteria execution playbooks and digital PM repositories.
• Partner with Operations leadership to use analytics digitalization and AI insights to continuously refine planning accuracy productivity and delivery predictability.
• Ensure all standardized models to support consistent execution across North America

Your Background

• Bachelors degree in engineering business construction management or related field with 5 experience working in quality or operational role
• PMP certification a plus
• Experience leading PMO or project delivery organizations in complex projectbased operations environments
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills enabling effective stakeholder alignment and structured portfolio execution
• Experience developing project management capability including onboarding coaching and continuous skill development for project managers planners/schedulers and project controls professionals
• Deep knowledge of project controls disciplines such as planning and scheduling cost control risk and opportunity management change management and contract or claim processes
• Demonstrated ability to develop project management capability and foster a culture of execution excellence and continuous improvement
• Knowledge on SAP and Primavera P6 as Project Manager user level

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