TECHNOLOGY PMO DIRECTOR

Position Summary

The Technology PMO (Project Management Office) Director will drive execution excellence across the technology project portfolio and lead firm-wide technology planning and governance, ensuring alignment of technology investments with business objectives.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead the Technology PMO to ensure consistent project governance, delivery excellence, and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Owes enterprise PMO standards including intake, prioritization, portfolio planning, capacity management, reporting, and execution oversight.
• Owns the technology project roadmap, maintaining a 12–18 month forward-looking view of initiatives, dependencies, and resource planning.
• Manage the technology portfolio, facilitating prioritization and trade-off decisions in collaboration with Technology Steering Committee and project stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional coordination to reduce "fire drills" and improve proactive planning, communication, and execution.
• Partners with IT and business leadership to drive delivery maturity, strengthen decision discipline, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
• Oversee IT budgeting and financial planning, including contract management, vendor oversight, and renewal readiness.
• Partner with business departments and Legal team in RFP processes for new technologies, ensuring alignment with firm needs, technical standards, and budget constraints.
• Maintain the technology standards list and a process for regular review of changes and new additions to the technology stack.
• Seek to maximize use of existing solutions to support new business needs before expanding the technology portfolio.
• Establish and track IT performance metrics, providing visibility into delivery timelines and service delivery trends.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence across the IT organization.
• Work with stakeholders to define business and system requirements for new technology implementations.
• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent IT activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related field and 7-10 years of related work experience.
• Experience leading intake, prioritization, and governance processes.
• Experience managing or contributing to a blended staffing model leveraging core internal team and contractors.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and navigate competing priorities.
• Experience with KPIs, dashboards, and reporting best practices.
• Strong understanding of project management principles.
• Strong leadership skills with ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, appropriate across audiences at all levels of the company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conduct and direct research into IT issues and products as required.
• Ability to present ideas in business and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Highly organized with a keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional customer service orientation.
• Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree.
• Construction industry experience.

Compensation

Salary Min: $155,410.50
Salary Max: $273,215
Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Competencies

• Acting as a Champion for Change.
• Strategic Thinking/Management.
• Project Management.
• People Management.
• Meeting Management.
• Travel.
• Physical Demands.
• Position Type/Expected Hours of Work.
• AAP/EEO Statement.
• Nearest Major Market.
• Supervisory Responsibility.

Other Duties

This job description is intended to summarize the primary responsibilities of the position and is not an exhaustive list of all duties. The employee may be asked to perform additional tasks or responsibilities as needed to support the department and organization.