Operational Excellence * Project Management Support; PMO

Job Title:

Operational Excellence - Project Management Support (PMO)

Location:

Wilton, CT

Employment Type:

Contract (9 months)

Industry: Manufacturing

Compensation: $56.77-$62.44/hr

Schedule:

40 hrs/week

• The PMO role supports crosssector strategic projects in Wilton Factory by executing standardized program and project management processes, ensuring data driven transparency, and enabling effective decision making.
• The role focuses on governance, reporting, coordination, and continuous improvement to ensure high quality delivery of program objectives.
• Enable effective decision making by providing transparent, timely, and accurate program and project information.

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

• Support Project and Program Leads in securing quality project outcomes through:
• Schedule tracking and milestone management.
• Resource and capacity visibility.
• Scope definition and change control.
• Risk and dependency identification and mitigation.
• Preparation of management presentations and decision materials.
• Prepare, organize, and facilitate workshops together with the Project or Program Manager (planning sessions, risk workshops, alignment meetings).
• Maintain structured communication channels with onsite and offsite stakeholders, ensuring consistent progress updates and alignment across teams and time zones.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of client ways of working, governance, and reporting within the Wilton organization and beyond.
• Apply and reinforce PMO standards and methodologies, ensuring consistency across projects and clusters within the program.
• Individual contributor, acts within a specific area within a business program with limited resources and medium complexity scope, with guidance from a manager.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5+ years of experience in Business Administration.
• 5+ years of experience in Management.

• PMO Foundation:
  Understands the PMO core role (triple constraint, PGP, PMO processes) and is able to explain this to colleagues.
• Project Management Methodology (PMM):
  Is aware of the steps and phases of project management methodologies and applies this to own area of expertise.
• Planning & alignment:
  Aligns robust and flexible plans within PMO and with business stakeholders.
• Project Scheduling:
  Sets up schedules which enable stakeholders to easily acquire the information about project progress.
• Financial Planning & Control:
  Knows how to estimate, budget and report project financial resources.
• Risk and Issue Management:
  Knows how to support his / her customer to identify, prioritize and manage risks. Independently supports his/her customer with the IRR risk sheet and the risk management process and applies this to own area of expertise.
• Reporting:
  Provides stakeholders, within own business context, with clear and timely updates and reports on status, planning, resources.
• Change Management:
  Supports change initiatives by providing analysis or monitoring progress with sponsoring / guidance from a project/program manager.
• Stakeholder management:
  Has a clear understanding of the interests, expectations, and needs of stakeholders within direct scope.
• Uses stakeholder insight to steer team discussions, ensuring the balance of different interests.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.