PMO Job Description
PMO
provides deep domain expertise in the core project execution methodologies: project management, planning, risk management for offshore projects.
PMO Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective PMO job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included PMO job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensure compliance with PMO methodologies and processes, while identifying processes and methodologies that need to evolve
Managing department sharepoint
Overall PMO ownership of PMO processes
Administration and Support - Providing training / support on tools & templates including reports, SharePoint, Delivery tracker, PPM, PMD and people tracker
Drive annual IT strategic planning, roadmap and budgeting processes and management
Support for financials tracking (budget and actuals from a supplier point of view, provider only for PC and Pan CFO baskets
Manage resources allocation to projects for resource managers
Coordinating with PM’s on supplier allocations
Collecting department achievements
Managing department compliance – timesheet and mandatory training
PMO Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for PMO
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, PMI, PMO, PM, PPM, ITIL, PMFP, DXC, CAPM, CSM
Education for PMO
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the PMO job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Business/Administration, Finance, Education, Industrial Engineering, Project Management, Information Systems
Skills for PMO
Desired skills for PMO include:
Excel
PowerPoint
Processes
MS Project
Outlook
Microsoft Office
Project management methodologies
Project management standards
SharePoint
Word
Desired experience for PMO includes:
Compiling of risks, issues and dependencies for PCIT projects
Logistical support for PCIT Department head
Facilitate communication between IT Project Managers, r and Resource Managers
Support Line Manager in administrative work
Manages the Project Management Office team’s day to day tactical functions
Overall PMO ownership of reporting status, including the health of all projects
PMO Examples
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of PMO. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for PMO
- Establishing, leading and managing the China Project Management team and ensuring the PM profession is working together across China and APAC region with the right capability to manage projects effectively
- Ensures that the project team is trained regularly and follows APAC PMO policies and procedures, standards, and methodology throughout the project engagement
- Ensures China respective project documents are current, reviewed and stored in the APAC PMO artifacts library appropriately
- Conducts regular audits of projects to ensure they are working with the process and methodologies as agreed and set up within the region
- Works with respective Functional Leaders to identify PM resources needed (and outsourced PM provider) to ensure PMO assigns PMs in line with a structured project prioritization process
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of the PMO team in China
- Manage project definition with project leader and/or project executives
- Participate in Project Operating Steering Committee and oversee other project committees related to the project
- Act as an advisor to senior leadership team to ensure the local innovation pipeline responds to the agreed Region Innovation Plan
- Lead Stage & Gate process for all projects (Innovation, IMC and joint KO-Bottler commercialisation)
Qualifications for PMO
- A PMO position in Global Financial Company
- Proactive, efficient, inquisitive, solution and delivery orientated mindset with a love for details and solving problems
- Flexible personality and comfortable with global teams
- Leading analyst skills plus
- 3 to 5 years PMO experience as a Project Management in IB or related industry
- Understands / has been part of teams developing road maps / vision documents for businesses / applications
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of PMO. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for PMO
- Partner with leadership to align best practices and processes across the organization
- Supports a culture of continuous learnings ensuring After Action Reviews
- Identifies quickly barriers & propose recommendations
- Explanation of roles and responsibilities as project managers and expected outcomes
- Periodic coaching
- Coordination of necessary training
- Book of Work Management - Portfolio reporting, resource allocation and forecasts, project prioritization, strategic alignment, risk and issue management
- Governance and Performance Management - Process design / enhancement, issue escalation, information distribution, project metrics , compliance and accomplishments
- Delivery Management & Change Management - Project / portfolio planning, communications, SDLC compliance / monitoring and exception management
- Strategic Planning - Implement and manage strategic priorities, defining goals and aligning to initiatives
Qualifications for PMO
- Prepare process, training and project documentation, maintain distribution lists, organize events and meetings
- Ability to engage IT teams to deliver projects
- Stakeholder connect - ability to develop relationships, understand user pain points, translate these into business cases and study them in overall business and organizational context
- Logical thinker, analytical capability in analysing alternate scenarios, propose solutions
- Understanding of IT Product Development methodologies like waterfall, agile methodologies
- Understand the PMO needs and requirements of the studio and projects
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a PMO. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for PMO
- Liaise with the Global PMO to govern, track projects across all phases and implement the Lean methodology tools
- Development of PMO tools governance and framework to support the overall transformation program
- Coach, provide guidance and support the project teams in the adoption of the tools and methodologies
- Facilitate communication at every stage of the programme and provide prompt and concise status updates to senior stakeholders
- Support projects and programs to ensure predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery
- Maintain project/program artifacts, deliverables, schedule, status reporting, and scorecard/checklists in PPM and project/program collaboration environments to applicable standards
- Work with PMO Leadership team to create status dashboards for the IT Infrastructure team – find out the right way of conveying the status messages, risks/issues
- Create box folders and folder structures – for the technical teams on the Core and Infrastructure PMO teams
- Work with PMO leadership team to keep the IT systems roadmap (Infrastructure and Core systems) up to date
- Can do an industry research/study on a topic related to PMO process and status reporting – will work within the PMO team to finalize the topic
Qualifications for PMO
- Maintain resource details and talent map for ease of resource allocation
- Minimum 4 years of overall experience out of which atleast 2 years of experience as a Scrum Master & PMO
- Typically a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 6 years related experience
- Leadership of governance teams
- At least 5 years experience in Project support experience
- Certified in English
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of PMO. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for PMO
- Central liaison across the bank for the PMO
- Maintain firm-wide target operating model
- Support Firm-wide Steering Group / Workstreams through overall communication, monitoring, and reporting across Programs
- Define and maintain the cross-workstream implementation plan
- Act as central co-ordination point for rule interpretation, advocacy, and workstream assignment
- Co-ordinate the bank-wide contribution to external industry and regulatory forums
- Manage and resolves cross-Program risks and issues
- Provide insight on Peer, Industry & Regulator thinking as the Rules come into force
- Facilitate strategic decisions within and across the delivery workstreams
- Ensure Program Management tools are leveraged by all delivery workstreams
Qualifications for PMO
- Business proficiency level Mandarin (spoken and written) is required
- Business proficiency level English (spoken and written) is required
- Managed Services experience (preferable)
- IT administration
- Junior Project Management
- Experience working on an operation and maintenance project, large systems integration project for large-scale human services systems such as SACWIS, IV-A, and IV-D systems
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of PMO. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for PMO
- Reviews departmental requests for technology, and makes recommendations as appropriate or alternative system options
- Prepares and develops budgets
- Establishes written policies and procedures
- Oversees the daily operational activities of technology systems
- Develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve Delivery PMO for the Thameslink Station Project
- Develop and implement a development and maturity model and implementation plan for both the IPMO and Thameslink PMO
- Manage the creation and maintenance of the Program Dashboards and other reporting requirements
- Prepare and maintain project schedule
- Track progress of Testing deliverables through milestones
- Prepare and present the weekly dashboard to executives
Qualifications for PMO
- Financial skills to develop track and report on the project budget
- Skilled in coaching, portfolio curation, risk analysis, project reporting, and tracking
- Project certification, such as PMP, Six Sigma, Lean Process
- HR management of project managers
- Previous experience defining and managing project management methodology
- Previous experience creating and monitoring governance standards and best practices for a PMO