Assistant Director, IT Project Portfolio Management

Northern VA Community College; Virginia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Virginia Community College is seeking an Assistant Director of IT Project Portfolio Management to lead the IT PMO, define and own the college's project management practice, and oversee a diverse portfolio of high-visibility technology initiatives across academic, student, finance, and facilities departments.

You will supervise a small team of project management professionals and serve as a bridge between technical and business teams, coordinating cloud-based initiatives, system

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT projects with full lifecycle accountability for scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder management.
• Proven experience supervising or leading project management and/or technical staff.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale technology projects with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Knowledge of core project management practices, SDLC, documentation standards, and governance processes.
• Experience establishing or maturing a PMO, including methodology development and tool implementation.

Skills

PMO leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

SDLC knowledge

Enterprise projects

Team supervision

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

SharePoint

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Assistant Director of IT Project Portfolio Management leads Northern VA Community College's IT Project Management Office, reporting to the Director of IT Business Operations. This role establishes and owns the college's IT project management practice—including methodology, governance, and portfolio oversight—while managing complex, high-visibility technology projects and supervising a small team of project management professionals. The position serves as a bridge between technical and business teams, coordinating cloud-based initiatives, system transitions, and enterprise-scale projects across academic, student, finance, and facilities departments.

Key qualifications:

• Experience managing information technology projects with full life-cycle responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder management
• Experience supervising or leading project management and/or technical staff
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise-scale technology projects with multiple stakeholder groups
• Knowledge of core project management practices, software development lifecycle, documentation standards, and governance processes
• Experience establishing or maturing a project management office, including methodology development and tool implementation
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, or MS Project and Microsoft suite of products