Project Management Executive

iENGINEERING; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 14,116,000 - 19,763,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Islamabad is seeking an experienced Project Management Office (PMO) Lead to optimize project management processes. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of IT experience and strong leadership skills. Responsibilities include overseeing project portfolios, establishing PMO standards, and managing teams. The position offers a competitive salary and dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Dynamic work environment

Opportunities on best-in-class technology

20 days of annual/sick leave

Centrally located office in Blue Area, Islamabad

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT with PMO experience.
• Strong technical and business skills highly desired.
• ISO Lead Auditor training/certification is considered a plus.
• PMP certification is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with multiple project teams to track all projects.
• Facilitate defining project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Evaluate existing systems and managerial approaches.
• Prepare and present project progress reports to management.
• Implement and manage project changes to achieve outputs.

Skills

Project management techniques

Knowledge of software development lifecycle

Excellent writing skills

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Creative thinking

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in BCS/BS

Master's degree

Job description

What we’re looking for:

Are you a seasoned project management professional with a passion for driving organizational excellence and efficiency? At iENGINEERING, we are seeking an experienced Project Management Office (PMO) Lead to join our team and take a pivotal role in overseeing and optimizing our project management processes. To excel in this role, you should have a proven track record of managing and improving project portfolios, implementing best practices, and driving successful project outcomes. Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills are essential as you’ll be leading a team of project managers and collaborating with various departments. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining PMO standards and methodologies to ensure project success.

Requirements

What you’ll be doing:

• Coordinate with multiple project teams to keep track of all projects in the organization
• Facilitate the project teams in defining project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Coordinate with project teams for project tasks and resource requirements and develop full-scale project plans and timelines
• Evaluate existing systems, managerial approaches, and organizational structures and provide assistance with software development project planning, budget analysis, coordination of communication activities, and training programs
• Coordinate with project staff for optimized resource utilization
• Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the projects to all stakeholders
• Prepare and present project progress reports to top management
• Act as a single point of contact to CEO for managing all project portfolio in the organization
• Propose recommendations to enhance methods, systems, procedures, and job functions
• Develop, manage, control, and evaluate policies and procedures ensuring that service and quality management processes for software development and information system operations are in accordance with the policy and objectives for information technology service management
• Define project tasks and resource requirements
• Assemble and coordinate project staff and optimize resource utilization
• Manage project deliveries within budget
• Manage the overall software development project repository through a project management information system
• Provide direction and support to project teams
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders through management meetings
• Present reports defining project portfolio progress, problems, and solutions
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Maintain the standards of project management and processes
• Support the successful delivery of projects/programs through effective facilitation, tracking, and reporting
• Manage, maintain, direct, and ensure the operating procedures of ISO standards in the operations of PMO and supporting departments
• Ensure ISO compliance, and CMMI processes guidelines observance

What you’ll bring along:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree preferably in BCS/BS. Master’s degree will be preferred
• 5+ years of experience in IT with a combination of strong technical and business skills with 5 years of experience with PMO direct work experience in project management capacity
• Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Excellent writing skills, and good command over MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
• Proactive approach with the ability to take responsibility
• Creative and open to new ideas
• Must be a team player
• ISO Lead Auditor training/certification is considered a plus
• PMP certification is considered a plus

Benefits

What we offer:

• A dynamic and collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to work on best-in-class technology solutions
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Centrally located office in Blue Area, Islamabad
• 20 days of annual/sick leaves plus gazetted holidays
• An empowering culture with high degree of freedom