Senior Manger – Project Management Office

Senior Manger – Project Management Office

Requirements

• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience and/or certification in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preference to PM experience within a Corporate Real Estate function and experience performing internal governance or audit functions in a large organization.
• Valid PMP designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is an asset.
• Judgement skills – In-depth.
• Learning agility – In-depth.
• Stakeholder management – Expert.
• Strong executive presence.
• Able to navigate challenging situations effectively.
• Understanding of project management methodologies or approaches.
• Able to manage project and business risks, including project interdependencies.
• Able to resolve project issues effectively.
• Verbal & written communication skills – In-depth / Expert.
• Analytical and problem solving skills – In-depth / Expert.
• Influence skills – In-depth / Expert.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration – In-depth / Expert.
• Able to manage ambiguity.
• Data driven decision making – In-depth / Expert.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining practices, processes, and procedures for Corporate Real Estate’s Project Management Delivery function.
• Ensuring adherence to Enterprise governance and risk management frameworks.
• Providing oversight, thought leadership, tools, and resources to ensure alignment with Enterprise requirements.
• Partnering with key stakeholders across CRE function to ensure adequate reporting, technology, and tools are available to support Project Management delivery.
• Developing oversight, governance, testing, and monitoring capabilities for Project Management Delivery to drive consistency and quality.
• Documenting and maintaining program and project management processes, procedures methodologies, and frameworks aligned to Enterprise PMO directives.
• Performing assessments and planning to verify that Project Management Delivery is working within PMO and Enterprise standards.
• Adhering to Bank risk, regulatory, and compliance controls.
• Complying with audit requirements, developing CRE’s response to project-related audits or challenges.
• Overseeing Project Management Delivery activities of third-party outsourced suppliers to ensure alignment and quality.
• Ensuring project delivery teams have awareness of regulatory changes impacting project delivery.
• Ensuring projects are performing within defined parameters.
• Working with Project Delivery team to ensure PMO generated reporting is defined, established, and efficient; routines are in place; and reporting is automated where possible.
• Ensuring PMO reporting meets the needs of CRE executives, Enterprise requirements, and other stakeholders – at both a portfolio level, and on a project-by-project basis.
• Establishing tools, templates, and practices to support Delivery teams in project status reporting to stakeholders and executives.
• Partnering with Data & Analytics Team to support the strategic design and enhancements of regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
• Understanding the PM Technology systems used by BMO and outsourced service providers to ensure they are maintained, updated, and continue to meet BMO’s needs and Enterprise Standards.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.