Director, Enterprise Project Management

The Value You’ll Bring

The position summary states the general nature and purpose of the job. Overall accountabilities are defined in this section. The Director, ePMO leads enterprise portfolio governance, project delivery, and value realization across Smithfield. This role heads the ePMO, assuming full accountability for enterprise-wide project and program management. The Director ensures strategic initiatives are executed with discipline, transparency, and alignment to business priorities. Partnering with IT, business leaders, Finance, and the Investment Committee, this leader drives prioritization, execution excellence, and measurable, business driven outcomes. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the Director champions disciplined investment management and ensures that enterprise initiatives consistently deliver meaningful value.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the single accountable leader for the Enterprise PMO, owning strategy, operating model, and outcomes
• Define and continuously mature Smithfield’s enterprise project and portfolio management framework
• Position the ePMO as a value-driven, execution-focused function aligned to enterprise priorities
• Own enterprise intake, prioritization, and governance for initiatives requiring executive visibility or funding
• Partner with IT and Finance to support capital planning, investment trade-offs, and prioritization decisions
• Ensure alignment of initiatives to strategic objectives, capacity, and funding constraints
• Provide executive oversight of complex, cross-functional programs and initiatives
• Ensure consistent application of standards, methodologies, and tools across the enterprise
• Identify and manage risks, interdependencies, and execution issues, driving timely mitigation and escalation
• Deliver clear, data-driven reporting on portfolio health, financials, risks, and value realization
• Enable leadership with visibility into progress, outcomes, and trade-offs for decision-making
• Maintain enterprise dashboards and metrics reflecting delivery performance and value delivered
• Leadership: Drive a positive employee experience through leadership by way of employee development and coaching
• Coach leaders and practitioners to elevate execution maturity across the enterprise
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and results-oriented delivery
• Continuous Improvement & Operational Enablement: Simplify and optimize governance and delivery processes
• Balance rigor with agility to meet business needs without unnecessary overhead
• Continuously evolve the ePMO to support changing enterprise priorities

The Expected Pay Range

The expected pay range for this position is $160,000 - $202,500 annually. Smithfield Foods provides pay ranges that reflect its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the company reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of hire. Individual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, location of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and experience, internal equity, external market pay for comparable positions and budget considerations.

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.