Enterprise Transformation PMO Lead

Overview

We are seeking an accomplished Enterprise Transformation PMO Lead to establish, operationalize, and lead a new enterprise Project Management Office (PMO) supporting multiple strategic business transformation initiatives within a complex asset-intensive organization.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish, operationalize, and lead an enterprise PMO, including governance, operating model, methodologies, standards, tools, reporting, KPIs, and delivery processes.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, operational excellence, and execution discipline.
• Provide executive leadership across multiple enterprise transformation programs, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and measurable business outcomes.
• Develop enterprise portfolio governance including executive steering committees, project intake, prioritization, stage gates, decision rights, and operating rhythms.
• Lead enterprise process engineering and business process optimization initiatives that improve operational efficiency, governance, scalability, customer experience, and enterprise performance.
• Drive cross-functional transformation initiatives spanning Order-to-Cash (O2C), ERP implementation, finance, operations, customer service, procurement, supply chain, inventory management, asset management, and supporting business functions.
• Develop and execute enterprise organizational change strategies including executive communications, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, training, user adoption, and change reinforcement.
• Establish executive dashboards, portfolio KPIs, financial reporting, and transformation health metrics.
• Monitor budgets, schedules, scope, dependencies, enterprise risks, issues, and resource utilization while driving proactive mitigation.
• Prepare executive presentations, Board materials, Steering Committee updates, and strategic communications.
• Institutionalize PMO governance, methodologies, templates, standards, and best practices to create a sustainable enterprise capability.
• Develop and execute a structured transition plan, including documentation, knowledge transfer, coaching, and operational readiness to enable the client organization to independently own and operate the PMO.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive Program Management, Portfolio Management, and/or PMO leadership experience leading complex enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Proven success establishing and operationalizing enterprise PMOs from the ground up.
• Demonstrated leadership of enterprise-wide transformation programs involving multiple business units, executive stakeholders, and technology initiatives.
• Experience within an Integration Management Office (IMO), mergers and acquisitions, enterprise integrations, or other strategic transformation environments strongly preferred.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation initiatives within Oil & Gas, Energy Services, or Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing organizations is strongly preferred.
• Deep expertise in process engineering, operational excellence, business process optimization, and enterprise transformation.
• Proven Organizational Change Management leadership including executive communications, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, training, and user adoption.
• Exceptional executive presence, executive function, business acumen, facilitation, communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a highly visible, fast-paced environment characterized by ambiguity, competing priorities, aggressive timelines, and multiple concurrent strategic initiatives.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, Planview, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Experience operating within SOX-compliant or regulated environments preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree (MBA or related discipline) preferred.
• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Prosci Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Scrum, or related professional certifications are highly desirable.

Benefits

Sand Cherry Associates is required by Colorado law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range considers a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a 9+ month consulting opportunity with an annual salary range of $120,000-$160,000. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.