Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Manage Project Management team in the planning, monitoring and execution of all projects within the portfolio.
* Build project management expertise within the team and develop best practices.
* Coordinate and evaluate the work of the Project Management team.
* Ensure exposure to risk is minimized on all projects.
* Provide accurate and timely communication to leadership regarding risks, issues and plans to address each.
* Based on lessons learned, provides recommendations to leadership to improve business and project processes to achieve improved results.
* Develop and provide education and training to non- PMO employees regarding PMO processes.
* Able to travel occasionally.
* Responsible for adhering to established safety standards.
* Must be able to remain in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
* Able to occasionally lift, carry, or otherwise move items weighing up to 25 pounds.
* Work is constantly performed in an office environment.
* Perform other duties that may be assigned by management.
Minimum Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of project management experience.
* Deliver a single large project or multiple smaller projects at the same time.
* Make informed decisions and ensure adherence to budgets.
* Recommend innovative methodologies, techniques, and criteria for projects.
* Knowledge of workflows and project mapping.
* Able to handle multiple tasks and competing priorities.
* Communicate updates and project status effectively and efficiently.
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