Advisor - PMO Governance

enGen Global; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen Global seeks an experienced PMO Governance Data Analyst to own PMO data quality, end-to-end MIS reporting, and dashboarding. The role translates business needs into data controls, dashboards, and automated governance solutions to sustain accuracy and accountability.

You will partner with PMO and leadership teams to correct data at the source, build proactive validations, and deliver actionable insights across portfolios and programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IS, CS, Engineering, Analytics, or related field.
• 8–10 years PMO ops, governance, or enterprise reporting experience.
• Strong technical with data validation, automation, and dashboards.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot, lookups, data modeling, and Power Query.
• Experience owning end-to-end MIS reporting and dashboards.
• Understanding of project, program, portfolio, and demand-management practices.
• Ability to enforce data standards, audit controls, and exception processes.
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain data standards, definitions, and governance controls across Delivery Management tools.
• Identify and resolve data integrity issues across PMO tools and processes.
• Validate project data against underlying evidence and fix discrepancies at source.
• Design and run data-quality checks and publish exception reports to stakeholders.
• Audit reporting for accuracy, completeness, and standards.
• Define exception management processes including tracking and escalation.
• Promote data ownership across project and portfolio teams.
• Build and enhance PMO dashboards and MIS reporting.
• Own end-to-end MIS reporting, data collection, consolidation, and publication.
• Create portfolio, project, resource, demand, financial, and KPI reporting.
• Support tool administration and governance enhancements.

Skills

PMO operations knowledge

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Power BI / BI tools

SQL basics

Automation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics

Tools

Planview

Agility

JIRA

Monday.com

SQL

Power BI

Job description

The PMO Governance Data Analyst will own PMO operational data quality and integrity, end-to-end MIS reporting, and dashboarding. This role validates project data, works directly with Project/Program Managers to correct it at the source, and produces the reporting the PMO organization. It requires a technically strong professional who can translate business and reporting needs into practical data controls, validation rules, dashboards, automated solutions, and sustainable governance practices.

The ideal candidate combines deep PMO operations knowledge with hands-on technical, analytical, and stakeholder-management capabilities. The individual will partner with Project/Program Managers, Portfolio Managers, Delivery Leaders, and PMO Governance and Tools teams to validate and correct data, improve data accuracy, enforce standards, manage exceptions, and deliver actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities

Data Quality, Integrity, and Governance

• Establish, document, and maintain data standards, definitions, business rules, and governance controls across Delivery Management tools.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve data integrity and quality issues across operational data within PMO tools, governance frameworks, and operational processes.
• Validate project data, including status, key dates, financials, RAID items, and operational fields, against underlying project evidence, and work directly with Project Managers to correct discrepancies at the source.
• Design and run recurring validation rules and data-quality checks, and publish exception reports to Project Managers and PMO leadership for timely follow-up.
• Perform recurring audits to validate reporting accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards.
• Define and operate structured exception-management processes, including issue tracking, root-cause analysis, escalation, and closure.
• Promote consistent data ownership and accountability across project and portfolio teams.

MIS Reporting, Dashboards, and Analytics

• Build, maintain, and enhance operational and executive dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports that visualize PMO metrics and KPIs, using the reporting and visualization tools best suited to the business need.
• Own end-to-end Management Information System (MIS) reporting and data management for the PMO, including data collection, consolidation, validation, publication, and distribution on defined reporting cycles.
• Create portfolio, project, resource, demand, financial, and KPI reporting using advanced Excel and available enterprise reporting tools.
• Maintain the MIS reporting calendar, report inventory, and data definitions so reporting remains consistent, auditable, and repeatable.
• Analyze trends and convert complex data into clear insights, risks, and recommendations for leadership.
• Automate repeatable data preparation, validation, reconciliation, and reporting activities where practical.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate reporting needs into technically sound and scalable solutions.

Tool Administration and Technical Enablement

• Support and optimize Delivery Management platforms such as Planview, Agility, JIRA, and Monday.com.
• Understand data structures, integrations, workflow dependencies, and reporting outputs across the tool ecosystem.
• Configure or support queries, extracts, data transformations, validations, and reporting logic.
• Partner with the PMO Governance and Tools team on enhancements, integrations, automation, and process improvements.
• Provide guidance to users on data-entry standards, tool usage, reporting practices, and issue resolution.

Stakeholder Management and Facilitation

• Facilitate working sessions to resolve data issues, clarify requirements, and drive adoption of governance standards.
• Collaborate effectively across business, delivery, product, and technology teams in a matrixed environment.
• Communicate complex data and technical topics in a clear, concise manner for both operational and leadership audiences.
• Manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, and strong customer service.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in PMO operations, portfolio governance, enterprise reporting, data management, business analysis, or related functions.
• Strong technical aptitude with hands-on experience working with complex datasets, reporting logic, data validation, and automation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise, including complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data modeling, Power Query, reconciliation, and dashboard development.
• Proven experience owning end-to-end MIS reporting and data management, including building dashboards and data visualizations using one or more reporting or BI tools.
• Strong understanding of project, program, portfolio, and demand-management practices.
• Experience identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving data integrity issues, and defining and enforcing data standards, controls, audit processes, and exception-management procedures.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and deliver accurate outputs in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following platforms: Planview, Agility, JIRA, or Monday.com.
• Experience with SQL, APIs, scripting, or other reporting, visualization, and data-integration technologies.
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks, master-data concepts, audit controls, or compliance reporting.
• Java knowledge is a plus but is not required.
• Experience working in a large, matrixed, global organization