Director-Project Portfolio Planning Office

Salary range is $160k to $276k, with a midpoint of $218k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits:
  We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a - 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b - up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off:
  Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card:
  All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement:
  Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices:
  We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you'll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

This opportunity has a focus on evolving the IT project portfolio management office toward an agency aligned IT division that is customer-centric and service minded. Builds effective strategic relationships with other departments, while enabling the Project Portfolio Management team to deliver effective portfolio management, program management, and project management services, quality assurance services, and IT business controls at a time of rapid agency growth.

This position reports to the Deputy Executive Director IT Business & Portfolio Management. With the DED, this position is responsible for a centralized services model representing IT programs and projects, quality assurance, and IT business controls, in alignment with business partners agency wide.

This position is responsible for ensuring that the work of the Project Portfolio Management Office adds measurable business value, is relevant to the strategy of the organization, and meets the goals set by the ITLT. This role is responsible for standardizing and maintaining various methods and practices for project management and tracking and reporting the conformance of projects to plans and expectations.

This position is tasked with setting, improving, and communicating project management standards, methodologies (waterfall and agile), and best practices; supporting and enabling the organization's projects, programs, and structured work efforts; and optimizing and managing the project management workforce and project resourcing.

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Owns the product vision and outcomes by deeply understanding customer needs, business objectives, and user experience impacts.
• Leads the IT Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) by providing enterprise oversight of portfolio, program, and project management services, quality assurance, and IT business controls.
• Evolve portfolio, program, and project management capabilities by standardizing processes, strengthening controls, and maturing skills to improve delivery outcomes and business value.
• Builds and sustains strategic partnerships across the agency to support cross department planning, demand alignment, and a customercentric, service oriented approach.
• Aligns IT delivery with the System Expansion Implementation Program (SEIP) by ensuring IT initiatives are planned, resourced, and managed within the agency's overall delivery framework.
• Leads enterprise technology investment governance by aligning intake, demand, prioritization, and resourcing to ensure effective use of agency resources.
• Develops and matures portfolio management practices to manage project selection, dependencies, and sequencing across strategic…