Director, Project Management Office

• Provides development, leadership, and oversight for project managers, solution consultants and test analysts within ESSC's Project Management Office.
• Manages a diverse portfolio of projects across ESSC, and day-to-day operational aspects of the PM office, ESSC Finance, and staff.
• Has responsibility for standardizing execution of projects.
• Providing guidance on practice and application of project management, solution consulting, testing and ensuring successful execution of projects and programs.
• Works with ESSC project governance committees to evaluate new requests.
• Supports business case development to validate viable project requests.
• Produces resourced projects schedule gathering input from leaders on project schedule.
• Identify potential and actual resource and/or system conflicts.
• Works with project managers, project team resources, IT, and business leads on resolution.
• Manages project budgets for large programs.
• Ensure project managers are tracking expenditures and expenses in line with approved budgets.
• Management of PMO portfolio.
• Ensures solution consultants and business analysts are driving business analysis.
• Ensures test analysts support testing solutions to deliver projects with high quality and minimal issues postproduction.
• Develops and provides training on project management office frameworks and best practices.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field is required.
• Master's Degree in a related field Preferred.
• Project Management Certification (PMP, PGMP, PfMP, CSM) is required.
• Process improvement experience and certification like LEAN Six Sigma, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt is preferred.
• 10-15 years of portfolio, program, and project management and solution consulting experience is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of supervisory experience is required.
• Experience in Demand Management and Strategic Planning in a formal and/or centralized PMO environment with a working knowledge of Project Management principles.

Demonstrates extensive experience in project management, solution consulting, and portfolio management, with a strong focus on process improvement and strategic planning within a PMO environment. Proven ability to lead teams, manage budgets, and ensure high-quality project delivery.

• Project Management Certification
• Portfolio Management
• Process Improvement
• Supervisory Experience
• Demand Management

• Project Management
• Solution Consulting
• Budget Management
• Resource Scheduling
• Business Case Development
• Project Governance
• Testing Solutions
• Training Development
• Lean Six Sigma
• Strategic Planning

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Guidance

• PMP
• PGMP
• PfMP
• CSM
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

• PMO
• Project Management Principles
• Operational Management
• Project Execution
• Resource Conflict Resolution