VP, PMO

Job Description:

  • Provides executive leadership for the Credit Union’s enterprise project delivery, portfolio management, and execution excellence.
  • Accountable for building, operating, and continuously improving a world-class execution engine that translates strategy into predictable, high-quality outcomes.
  • Owns enterprise delivery performance end-to-end: intake, prioritization, resourcing, governance, execution, value realization, and continuous improvement.
  • Operates as both strategist and operator, ensuring the organization can reliably deliver its most critical initiatives.
  • Establishes the PMO as a strategic asset and change agent, not a project administration function.
  • Responsible for defining and communicating the PMO's value proposition to senior leadership and the broader organization.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree; MBA or other master’s degree a plus
  • PMP certification and demonstrated expertise in project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, and associated tools.
  • Senior leadership experience building and operating enterprise PMOs or large-scale delivery organizations.
  • Demonstrated success translating strategy into execution across complex, cross-functional environments.
  • Strong portfolio management, governance, and operating model design expertise.
  • Proven track record of driving continuous improvement and raising execution maturity over time.
  • Exceptional executive communication, influence, and decision-facilitation skills.
  • 8+ years’ experience leading people or functions within an enterprise Project Management Office focused on complex technology projects.
  • 3+ years of experience in a financial services organization.
  • Significant experience working with an organization’s functional areas to define and deliver successful enterprise-wide projects highly desirable.
  • Solid understanding and practical experience of software development life cycles and software release management.
  • Solid understanding and practical experience in quality assurance methodologies and tools.

Benefits:

  • Bonus/incentives for all regular employees
  • 401(k) with 8% company contribution
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents paid at 80%
  • PTO and paid sabbaticals
  • Tuition reimbursement
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