Global PMO Lead

Jobgether; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working arrangement

Full-time employment

Global PMO leadership experience

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Global PMO Lead to establish and lead a global Program Management Office in Switzerland. You will translate business priorities into executable plans, improve visibility, and address risks before they impact delivery.

You will build and develop a team of program managers to act as trusted execution partners in a fast-growing, international environment. You will establish a lightweight PMO operating model and adapt processes across regions, ensuring accountability and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multiple high-priority cross-functional initiatives from ambiguous requirements through delivery.
• Experience building or improving a PMO or enterprise program management function.
• Background managing programs across multiple countries or distributed organizations.
• Ability to work with C-level executives to set priorities and drive execution without direct authority.
• Experience managing competing initiatives and limited resources.
• Experience coaching and developing program managers or similar teams.
• Strong program tracking, executive reporting, and accountability frameworks.
• Ability to operate in fast-growing organizations with ambiguity.
• Comfort moving between strategic oversight and hands-on execution.
• Nice to have: hardware/manufacturing/government tech or complex delivery experience.
• Nice to have: professional services background in large enterprises with cross-functional dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority cross-functional programs from ambiguous initial requirements through planning, coordination, and delivery.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans with sponsors, owners, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and success criteria.
• Partner with senior leadership to identify and prioritize a focused portfolio of high-impact initiatives.
• Provide executives with a consolidated overview of progress, milestones, risks, and decisions.
• Identify blockers, ownership issues, and dependencies; escalate risks as needed.
• Establish a lightweight, globally consistent PMO operating model for prioritisation, planning, execution, and reporting.
• Adapt processes to regional needs while maintaining lightweight rhythms.
• Coordinate priorities and resources across the portfolio to enable informed trade-offs.
• Recruit, manage, and develop a team of program managers with clear ownership.
• Build a service-oriented PMO that supports leaders without adding bottlenecks.
• Improve delivery predictability and reduce duplicated work and coordination overhead.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

PMO leadership

Executive alignment

Ambiguity navigation

Portfolio management

Team leadership

Multi-country programs

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Global PMO Lead based in Switzerland.

The Global PMO Lead will establish and lead a global Program Management Office, ensuring that the organisation’s most important cross-functional initiatives are delivered effectively across regions and business units. This hands-on leadership role combines direct ownership of complex strategic programs with the development of a scalable, practical PMO operating model. You will work closely with senior executives and functional leaders to translate business priorities into clear execution plans, improve visibility, and address risks before they affect delivery. You will also build and develop a team of program managers who act as trusted execution partners rather than administrative coordinators. In a fast-growing, international environment, you will bring structure to ambiguity while keeping processes lightweight and adaptable. Your work will directly strengthen accountability, resource allocation, and the organisation’s ability to deliver its highest-impact priorities.

Accountabilities

• Lead high-priority, cross-functional programs from ambiguous initial requirements through planning, coordination, and successful delivery.

• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans with clear sponsors, owners, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and success criteria.

• Partner with senior leadership to identify and prioritise a focused portfolio of high-impact initiatives.

• Provide executive teams with a consolidated, accurate overview of program progress, milestones, risks, resource constraints, and decisions required.

• Identify and address blockers, unclear ownership, handoff issues, and cross-functional dependencies, escalating risks when necessary.

• Establish a lightweight, globally consistent PMO operating model covering prioritisation, planning, execution, reporting, and escalation.

• Adapt processes to different regional and functional needs while building on existing weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating rhythms.

• Coordinate competing priorities and resource constraints across the program portfolio, helping leaders make informed trade-offs.

• Recruit, manage, and develop a team of program managers, ensuring every major initiative has clear execution ownership.

• Build a service-oriented PMO that supports functional and regional leaders without becoming an additional approval layer or decision-making bottleneck.

• Improve delivery predictability while reducing duplicated work and unnecessary coordination overhead.

Requirements

• Proven experience personally leading multiple high-priority, cross-functional initiatives from ambiguous requirements through successful delivery.

• Experience building, scaling, or significantly improving a PMO or enterprise program management function.

• Background managing programs across multiple countries, business units, or distributed organisations.

• Demonstrated ability to work directly with C-level executives and functional leaders to establish priorities, resolve conflicts, and drive execution without relying on direct authority.

• Experience managing competing initiatives, portfolio-level priorities, and limited resources.

• Previous experience managing, coaching, and developing program managers or comparable cross-functional execution teams.

• Strong capabilities in program tracking, executive reporting, accountability frameworks, and delivery performance improvement.

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-growing organisations with evolving structures, shifting priorities, and significant ambiguity.

• Comfortable moving between strategic portfolio oversight and hands-on program execution.

• Nice to have: Experience in hardware, manufacturing, defence, government technology, or other complex delivery environments.

• Nice to have: A professional services background or experience working in large, complex enterprises with substantial cross-functional dependencies.

Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• Full-time employment.

• Opportunity to build and lead a global PMO function with direct exposure to senior executives and strategic initiatives.

• International working environment spanning multiple regions and business units.