Manager-Strategy PMO

Summary/Objective:

The Manager-Strategy PMO is responsible for ensuring consistency across Implementation program and provide support with change management & training. This role provides guidance across the entire portfolio of projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, managing risks, and driving value delivery. Additionally, this role will ensure high engagement from teams across the organization, maintain timely delivery of initiatives, and proactively manage risks to keep projects on track.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assist development of PMO methodologies, standards & tools/templates; ensure consistency across workstream and initiatives on transformation methodologies
• Work directly with workstream leaders to assist with day-to-day change programs; assist with organizing and delivery of centralized training and development of PMO support resources
• Play an active challenger role in supporting workstreams and initiatives; support pressure testing and partnership for workstreams & initiatives
• Provide line of sight and exception-based reporting to Director, Strategy PMO on program progress, and support on tool usage questions
• Escalate issues with a predictive, forward-looking nature
• Support informed decision making on PMO investment decisions and process
• Provide thoughtful pressure-testing through business case process
• Connect Initiative teams with Finance Liaisons to ensure correct processing
• Help to engage cross-functional partners are effectively across organization
• Engage cross-functional support for guidance where needed across multiple workstreams
• Monitor and mitigate program risk/issues
• Support Initiative Owners navigating the PMO processes
• Support workstreams on technical questions related to business cases, roadmaps, Key, etc.
• In working sessions, provide feedback on direction set by Workstream leaders and Initiative owners
• Owns the reporting and organization streamlining to for workstreams & initiatives
• Influences tools and templates, training and development, roadmap and milestone preparation, development of minimum viable initiatives