Panasonic- PMO Leadership

PMO Leadership

• Facilitates among the PMO stakeholders and organizational leadership a consensus around the mission and vision of the PMO organization to foster a project-management-oriented culture and mindset
• Leads the identification and development of PMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreed-upon PMO goals and objectives
• Leads the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery
• Facilitates the agreed-upon process that develops plans and prioritization by leadership and governance
• Defines, manages and directs the needed end-to-end PMO work effort, which includes leveraging best practices and techniques in identifying, quantifying and tracking the realization of expected benefits defined in business cases
• Provides ongoing coaching and mentoring to PMO staff and project managers
• Builds and maintains relationships with senior leadership and key PMO stakeholders, and acts as a trusted advisor
• Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve the project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in PPM
• Leads the establishment of a project management community of practice to facilitate collaboration and best-practice sharing among project managers and key PMO stakeholders

Business Relationship Management

• Lead a team of experienced business relationship managers
• Drive transformation in the team to maximize strategic outcomes
• Provide tools and guidance for them to be successful in selling partnership services
• Establish a standard framework for BRM engagement and delivery
• Participate in redesigning the BRM engagement model

Financial Management

• Monitor progress of our billing objectives on a monthly basis
• Working with our finance team, accountable for the accurate billing of project resources
• Produce and manage dashboards of relevant project portfolio KPI performance

Basic Qualifications

• Indirect supervisory responsibilities of 6 or more project managers, associates or team members
• Management of projects as well as staff related to specific project assignments
• Manage financial budgets related to solution design
• Manage resource plans and capacities, assigning specific resources to projects
• Set and ensure compliance with project related policies, processes, and procedures as well as application governance standards

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience required
• Fifteen or more years of experience in IT and business industry
• Five to seven years of leadership responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams

• Experience with one or more project mgmt. methodologies (PMBOK, Agile, etc.)
• Program management skills and experience, plus significant knowledge of project planning tools with evidence of practical application
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the PMO vision and motivate and inspire PMO staff
• A distinctive blend of business, IT, financial, and communication skills, this is a highly visible position with substantial impact
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources may not be in direct control of this role
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
• Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
• Deep understanding of emerging technologies and how other enterprises are employing them to drive digital business
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic resource plan

Competencies

• Leadership
• Encourages and facilitates cooperation and results
• Fosters an environment of collaboration
• Inspires, motivates and guides team members
• Fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust
• Allocates team roles and accountabilities

Building Relationships

• Solicits advice, support, championship, sponsorship and commitment for the success of PMO initiatives
• Procures and maintains support from key stakeholders in the enterprise to evolve and advance the PMO
• Builds both formal and informal professional networks, and extends these networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries

Strategic Technology Planning

• Develops plans that meet the architecture/technology needs of the organization
• Incorporates business priorities, strategies, goals, emerging technologies, industry trends and economic viability

Business Acumen and Enterprise Knowledge

• Solicits information on enterprise direction, goals and strategy to determine how the PMO function can add value to the organization and to customer satisfaction
• Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to the organization's strategy and financial goals, reflecting an awareness of external dynamics

Change Advocate

• Demonstrates personal commitment to change through actions and words
• Acts as the organizational change agent for improving PPM maturity and practices, in support of business and agency goals and strategy
• Mobilizes others within and outside the PMO to support and enable change efforts within individual initiatives and inside business and operations units

Influencing Others

• Communicates ideas or positions in a persuasive manner that builds support, agreement or commitment
• Takes actions that directly or indirectly influence others to create buy-in, gain trust and motivate actions in others, or win concessions without damaging relationships
• Possesses the ability to facilitate win-win solutions when conflicts emerge

Results Orientation

• Sets and accomplishes challenging goals
• Defines standards in terms of doing what is appropriate and doing it well
• Competes resourcefully and takes calculated risks to achieve results

Communications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain IT concepts and technologies to business leaders and business concepts to the PMO staff

Other Requirements

• Up to 25 percent travel is possible