Program Management Office Manager

Solventum; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,800,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is seeking an experienced PMO Manager to lead the offshore PMO for strategic IT programs in Bengaluru. You will set operating rhythms, governance, and delivery standards, driving alignment and measurable improvements across the IT portfolio.

With 10–15 years in IT project/program management and strong PMO leadership, you will mentor teams, optimize capacity, and ensure robust reporting and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and 10‑15 years of experience in IT Consulting or IT program management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, technology governance, or IT transformation roles.
• Experience leading PMO governance, operating rhythms, portfolio reporting, delivery controls, and continuous improvement practices for complex IT strategic programs across multiple functions, geographies, stakeholders, or delivery teams.
• Experience managing and developing direct reports, including objective setting, work assignment, coaching, performance feedback, prioritization, conflict resolution, capability building, and team operating model improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to define priorities, manage capacity, assess resource needs, support budget or financial visibility, and provide leadership recommendations that improve delivery effectiveness across a functional area.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, negotiation, and decision‑support skills, including the ability to simplify complex information and drive action across managers, functional leaders, vendors, and cross‑functional teams.
• Hands‑on experience with PMO, reporting, and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite, and Jira.
• Flexibility to manage stakeholders across US and EU for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Leading the offshore PMO capability for strategic IT programs by setting short‑term operating plans, governance methods, priorities, execution standards, and continuous improvement practices that improve delivery discipline, transparency, and business outcomes across the IT portfolio.
• Providing leadership‑level advice and decision support to IT and PMO leaders by synthesizing portfolio health, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, financial considerations, and trade‑offs into clear recommendations that enable timely action.
• Independently managing conversations with senior stakeholders across IT and business (Director and above levels) to drive alignment, decision making and progress against plan.
• Determining priorities, assigning work, managing capacity, coaching team members, and driving accountability for PMO deliverables across program management, reporting, automation, stakeholder communications, and executive governance routines.
• Implementing scalable PMO processes, portfolio controls, reporting standards, tool‑enabled workflows, and performance measures that strengthen consistency, predictability, and cross‑functional alignment across strategic IT initiatives.
• Managing programs within prescribed capital allocation or operating budget; proactively identifying variations and improvement measures.
• Collaborating with various IT transformation office capabilities – portfolio and program management, demand intake, organization change management and communication, special projects/M&A.
• Understanding corporate/regional technology standards and principles and incorporating them as part of program management office principles as it pertains to working with IT functional or business groups.
• Influencing global stakeholders across India, US, and EU teams by communicating with clarity, resolving conflicts, navigating ambiguity, and driving cooperation across multiple IT functions, vendors, business partners, and leadership groups.
• Supporting leaders with resource and capacity management planning for program management office team across different geographies.
• Understanding nuances of complex, cross‑functional and large‑scale strategic programs objectives, technical scope, business dependencies to effectively apply program management fundamentals.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Negotiation

Structured problem-solving

Talent development

Strategic thinking

Executive presence

Resilience

Bias for action

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Business Administration

Master’s degree in Information Technology

Master’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Computer Science

PMP

PgMP

PMI-ACP

SAFe

Scrum

ITIL

Lean Six Sigma

Smartsheet certification

Tools

Smartsheet

Power BI

Microsoft Office Suite

Jira

Job description

PMO Manager – Solventum

Responsibilities

• Leading the offshore PMO capability for strategic IT programs by setting short‑term operating plans, governance methods, priorities, execution standards, and continuous improvement practices that improve delivery discipline, transparency, and business outcomes across the IT portfolio.
• Providing leadership‑level advice and decision support to IT and PMO leaders by synthesizing portfolio health, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, financial considerations, and trade‑offs into clear recommendations that enable timely action.
• Independently managing conversations with senior stakeholders across IT and business (Director and above levels) to drive alignment, decision making and progress against plan.
• Determining priorities, assigning work, managing capacity, coaching team members, and driving accountability for PMO deliverables across program management, reporting, automation, stakeholder communications, and executive governance routines.
• Implementing scalable PMO processes, portfolio controls, reporting standards, tool‑enabled workflows, and performance measures that strengthen consistency, predictability, and cross‑functional alignment across strategic IT initiatives.
• Managing programs within prescribed capital allocation or operating budget; proactively identifying variations and improvement measures.
• Collaborating with various IT transformation office capabilities – portfolio and program management, demand intake, organization change management and communication, special projects/M&A.
• Understanding corporate/regional technology standards and principles and incorporating them as part of program management office principles as it pertains to working with IT functional or business groups.
• Influencing global stakeholders across India, US, and EU teams by communicating with clarity, resolving conflicts, navigating ambiguity, and driving cooperation across multiple IT functions, vendors, business partners, and leadership groups.
• Supporting leaders with resource and capacity management planning for program management office team across different geographies.
• Understanding nuances of complex, cross‑functional and large‑scale strategic programs objectives, technical scope, business dependencies to effectively apply program management fundamentals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and 10‑15 years of experience in IT Consulting or IT program management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, technology governance, or IT transformation roles.
• Experience leading PMO governance, operating rhythms, portfolio reporting, delivery controls, and continuous improvement practices for complex IT strategic programs across multiple functions, geographies, stakeholders, or delivery teams.
• Experience managing and developing direct reports, including objective setting, work assignment, coaching, performance feedback, prioritization, conflict resolution, capability building, and team operating model improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to define priorities, manage capacity, assess resource needs, support budget or financial visibility, and provide leadership recommendations that improve delivery effectiveness across a functional area.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, negotiation, and decision‑support skills, including the ability to simplify complex information and drive action across managers, functional leaders, vendors, and cross‑functional teams.
• Hands‑on experience with PMO, reporting, and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite, and Jira.
• Flexibility to manage stakeholders across US and EU for collaboration.

Additional Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Prior experience in working with or providing consulting services to Medical Devices or MedTech companies, particularly in IT organizations.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI‑ACP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, or Smartsheet certification.
• Experience establishing or maturing an offshore PMO, global capability center, shared services team, or distributed delivery model.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT transformation, digital, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, ERP, application, M&A, divestitures, or business technology programs.
• Skills include strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, structured problem‑solving, executive presence, talent development, resilience, and a bias for action.

Work Location

Hybrid Eligible – duties require travel to Bangalore office at least 2 days per week.

Domestic Travel

May include up to 20%.

Benefits

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – physically and financially. Competitive pay and benefits are benchmarked with comparable companies.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.

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