Governance Manager

Converge ICT Solutions Inc.; Pasig; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is seeking a Governance Manager to establish and maintain enterprise governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies across programs and projects.

Working within the Organizational Portfolio Office (OPO), you will provide governance oversight to BU PMOs and ensure consistent policy adoption. You will lead PMO governance best practices, drive process standardization, and build capability across the organization, enabling BU PMOs to deliver projects in alignment

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management within a PMO environment.
• Experience in enterprise governance frameworks and PMO operating models.
• Experience supporting multi-BU or federated PMO structures is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise project governance framework, including stage gates and approval standards.
• Ensure BU PMOs adopt governance policies and standards.
• Facilitate enterprise governance forums and decision checkpoints.
• Establish enterprise governance documentation standards for programs and projects.
• Coordinate portfolio-level audit readiness across BU PMOs.
• Establish the enterprise project risk management framework.
• Monitor aggregated portfolio risks reported by BU PMOs and escalated systemic issues.
• Define enterprise change governance processes and ensure BU PMOs follow approval protocols.
• Analyze existing project governance and delivery processes across BU PMOs.
• Develop and maintain enterprise PM methodologies, standards, and guidelines.
• Implement and drive the adoption of standardized processes across BU PMOs.
• Continuously optimize governance frameworks and delivery methodologies to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Lead the enterprise PMO Center of Excellence (CoE) for governance best practices.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration across BU PMOs.
• Facilitate enterprise portfolio planning frameworks and project intake processes.
• Support leadership governance forums and decision‑making bodies.
• Monitor portfolio health based on reports from BU PMOs and identify systemic governance issues.
• Define enterprise reporting standards and governance dashboards.
• Define governance requirements for financial information in project reporting.
• Define enterprise governance and delivery KPIs across the portfolio.
• Communicate governance policies and standards to BU PMOs.
• Lead enterprise PM community engagement and governance learning sessions.
• Identify governance capability gaps across BU PMOs and support improvement initiatives.
• Define governance standards and requirements for project management tools.
• Ensure tools support governance processes, reporting standards, and portfolio visibility.

Skills

PMO governance

Stakeholder management

Portfolio reporting

KPI frameworks

PM methodologies

Analytical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or related field

Job description

The Governance Manager is responsible for establishing and maintaining enterprise governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies for programs and projects across the organization. Operating within the Organizational Portfolio Office (OPO), the role provides enterprise-wide governance oversight and support to Business Unit (BU) PMOs, ensuring consistent adoption of governance practices, compliance with standards, and alignment with portfolio objectives.

The role also leads PMO governance best practices, process standardization, and capability development, enabling BU PMOs to deliver projects in accordance with enterprise governance policies and frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Governance Framework & Standards

• Define and maintain the enterprise project governance framework, including stage gates and approval standards.
• Ensure BU PMOs adopt and implement governance policies and standards.
• Facilitate enterprise governance forums and decision checkpoints.

Compliance & Audit Readiness

• Establish enterprise governance documentation standards for programs and projects.
• Coordinate portfolio-level audit readiness across BU PMOs.

Risk & Change Governance

• Establish the enterprise project risk management framework.
• Monitor aggregated portfolio risks reported by BU PMOs and escalated systemic issues.
• Define enterprise change governance processes and ensure BU PMOs follow approval protocols.

Process & Methodology

• Analyze existing project governance and delivery processes across BU PMOs.
• Develop and maintain enterprise PM methodologies, standards, and guidelines.
• Implement and drive the adoption of standardized processes across BU PMOs.
• Continuously optimize governance frameworks and delivery methodologies to improve efficiency and consistency.

PMO Center of Excellence

• Lead the enterprise PMO Center of Excellence (CoE) for governance best practices.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration across BU PMOs.

Portfolio Oversight & Planning

• Facilitate enterprise portfolio planning frameworks and project intake processes.
• Support leadership governance forums and decision‑making bodies.
• Monitor portfolio health based on reports from BU PMOs and identify systemic governance issues.

Reporting, Metrics & Insights

• Define enterprise reporting standards and governance dashboards.
• Define governance requirements for financial information in project reporting.
• Define enterprise governance and delivery KPIs across the portfolio.

Communication & Capability Development

• Communicate governance policies and standards to BU PMOs.
• Lead enterprise PM community engagement and governance learning sessions.
• Identify governance capability gaps across BU PMOs and support improvement initiatives.

Tools & Governance Enablement

• Define governance standards and requirements for project management tools.
• Ensure tools support governance processes, reporting standards, and portfolio visibility.

Key Interfaces

Internal

• Organizational Portfolio Office (OPO) leadership
• Portfolio Controls Manager
• Business Unit PMOs
• Program and Project Managers
• Executive leadership and governance forums
• Risk, compliance, and internal audit teams
• Resource management and finance teams

External (if applicable)

• Consulting partners supporting PMO transformation or governance initiatives
• Project management tool vendors

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

• 5-8 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management within a PMO environment.
• Experience in enterprise governance frameworks and PMO operating models.
• Experience supporting multi-BU or federated PMO structures is highly desirable.

Skills

• Strong understanding of project governance frameworks and PM methodologies.
• Experience designing and implementing PMO governance standards and processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Experience with portfolio reporting, governance dashboards, and KPI frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.

Preferred Certifications (Not Required)

• Certifications from Project Management Institute such as Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Knowledge of enterprise PMO practices such as P3O (Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices) frameworks.
• Six Sigma (Greenbelt) or ITIL