Monday, May 31, 2010

[itroundtable] LEAD: Dir PMO - No NJ - Fin Svcs

 

 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
Area Code: 0
Tax Term: FULLTIME
Pay Rate: Open
Length: Direct Hire
Position ID: 12963
Dice ID: designnj
Travel Required: unspecified
Telecommute: no
 
Title: Director PMO
 
Skills:
15 years of progressive IT program and project management experience. At least one year of experience leading an enterprise PMO within a large distributed IT organization, for a large-scale corporate enterprise supporting the CIO, core IT executives, and business sponsors. Strong multi-project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing multiple high-risk, high-visibility, large-scale projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and consultants.
 
Project management experience must include application development, package implementation, infrastructure and IT transformation projects. Comprehensive knowledge of full lifecycle project management, software development, and infrastructure deployment methodologies and industry best practices.
 
Familiarity with quality management programs and methodologies, such as ITIL and Six Sigma, for defect tracking and root cause analysis. Experience building collaborative environments, teaming cultures, and customer service mindset among project teams. Experience in portfolio strategy, planning, sizing, analysis, implementation, and management. Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with various levels in an organization. Willingness to travel up to twenty percent.
 
Date: 5-28-2010
 
Description:
Our financial services client in Northern NJ is seeking a Director, Project Management Office. This position offers a very competitive salary and benefits package. The ideal candidate will lead the design, launch, and operation of a newly-created, centralized, full-scale Information Technology (IT) Project Management Office (PMO) and is responsible for managing the development and implementation of PMO strategy, establishing the PMO function as a center of excellence, institutionalizing a Project Management (PM) life cycle methodology, and aligning the PMO vision with the overall IT organizational vision. Evolve program and project management capabilities, improve delivery of solutions to business clients, and leverage project management knowledge across the IT organization. Direct the IT groups' project and program managers, support analysts, and Project Management practice stewards responsible for developing and maintaining project management guidelines, standards, procedures, samples, templates, leading practices, tools, and frameworks. Lead the development, maintenance, oversight, and operation of PMO-related processes, serving as the innovator for the PMO strategy. Lead the transformation of the PM program that includes process re-design organization design, governance design, team development, resource deployment, policy management, and tool implementation. Prepare the PMO business plan and the operating budget for the group. Establish and integrate PMO measures, metrics, thresholds, and targets to drive performance in alignment with IT and business strategies including risk and operational management metrics. Establish positive and collaborative relationships with customers and demonstrate a clear understanding of both internal and external customer requirements and measurement criteria. Collaborate closely with the ITS Resource Management Head in determining best fit resource models (procurement, outsourcing, off shoring, or internal design-build) for approved initiatives. Establish effective interface between the PMO and Portfolio Management teams. Lead the hiring, coaching and evaluation of performance for the PMO team. Provide leadership for governance and executive steering teams and events associated with the project portfolio.
 
Meaghan Malone
Design Strategy Corporation
20 Commerce Drive
Suite 210
Cranford, NJ 07016

Phone: (908) 709-9800
Fax: (908) 709-1113
Web: http://www.designst rategy.com
 

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

June 1 No mtg
June 8th - Tues - Bring 20 copies of your resume - 6 pm - NEW LOCATION - BERMAN LARSON KANE (BLK) 12 Route 17 North, Suite 209 Paramus, New Jersey 07652 - Do not use GPS - go to BLK site for directions - 201.909.0906 - plan to have dinner with us afterwards
June 29th - Recruiter Night Out Dinner mtg - Joe Gadino CSC Moderator - Diane Briggs KPMG - Joe Stefanelli Mitchell/Martin - John McKinley Morotta Controls

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