Director Enterprise PMO

Mitsubishi Power Americas; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K Matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Mitsubishi Power Americas is seeking a Director of the Enterprise PMO to build and lead the enterprise PMO capability across Power Generation. You will drive governance, standards, reporting, and capability development to deliver large-scale transformation initiatives.

Reporting to the Head of Transformation & Continuous Improvement, you will manage a team of PM professionals, partner with executives, and ensure projects realize measurable business value while upholding safety and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 10–15 years in project, program, PMO, transformation, or operations leadership with enterprise impact.
• 5+ years leading PMO or program management teams.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing teams; standards and governance programs.
• Manufacturing/energy asset-intensive experience preferred.
• PMP preferred; PgMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, SAP Activate, Agile/SAFe a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing PMO team for governance, reporting, and capability development.
• Own and continuously improve the PMO framework, including standards, templates, and training.
• Lead large cross-functional transformations from definition through benefits realization.
• Define business cases, scope, outcomes, resources, and measures of success with sponsors.
• Provide portfolio visibility via dashboards, reviews, and executive decision support.
• Coach project managers on governance, practices, and delivery.
• Manage external partners and vendors against defined outcomes and milestones.
• Ensure safety, integrity, and alignment with company goals.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

PMO governance

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Financial management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Engineering/Operations Management

Tools

SAP Activate

SAP S/4HANA

Agile methodologies

Project management tools

Job description

Director Enterprise PMO Company Overview

At Mitsubishi Power, we're not just building better clean energy technologies; we're architecting a better future. Our team is boldly redefining power generation to accelerate the world's energy transition. We operate as one team, pushing toward our vision of the future. We value problem solvers, prioritize collaboration, and support each other in an inclusive culture built on accountability and authenticity by demonstrating our values: Safety, Family, Innovative, Inclusive, Accountable & Courageous. Together, we’re building the future we all aspire to - making net zero a reality.

Role Overview

The Director Enterprise PMO is responsible for building, leading, and continuously improving Power Generation’s enterprise Project Management Office capability across PG and its Business Units. Reporting to the Head of Transformation & Continuous Improvement, this role manages a team of project management professionals responsible for PMO standards, governance, reporting, capability development, and direct delivery of large, complex enterprise transformation initiatives. The Director converts strategic priorities into executable programs, establishes clear operating cadence and decision forums, and ensures projects deliver measurable business value. Success requires strong leadership, executive communication, disciplined project delivery, and the ability to influence business units, functional teams, Digital and IT, and external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates our core competencies: Action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self & others, and ownership


• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing PMO team responsible for enterprise project governance, standards, reporting, capability development, and strategic project execution.


• Own and continuously improve the PMO framework, including methodology, governance, stage gates, standards, tools, templates, reporting, training, and maturity development.


• Lead large, complex cross-functional transformation initiatives from definition through implementation, stabilization, transition, and benefits realization.


• Partner with executive sponsors, business owners, Business Units, functional leaders, Digital and IT, and external partners to define business cases, scope, outcomes, decision rights, resources, and measures of success.


• Establish governance and operating cadence through steering committees, decision forums, escalation paths, action tracking, issue resolution, and executive decision support.


• Manage project health through disciplined controls for scope, schedule, budget, risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions, constraints, and changes.


• Provide portfolio and project visibility through executive dashboards, status reports, business reviews, decision papers, health metrics, and recommendations.


• Integrate change management into delivery through stakeholder impact assessments, communications, readiness planning, training coordination, deployment, stabilization, and transition support.


• Coach project managers, project teams, and functional partners on governance, execution practices, tools, accountability, and project management fundamentals.


• Manage consulting firms, systems integrators, and third parties against defined outcomes, milestones, quality expectations, and commercial commitments.


• Comply with safety policies, support departmental and company goals, foster a positive team environment, communicate effectively across the organization, protect confidential information, and maintain honesty and integrity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, Project Management, Organizational Development, Information Systems, or a related field preferred


• Ten to fifteen years of progressive project, program, PMO, transformation, operations, or business performance leadership experience, including large, complex cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-level impact.


• Five or more years leading or managing PMO, program management, project delivery, portfolio management, enterprise project governance, or project management teams preferred


• Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing direct reports or matrixed project professionals and building project standards, governance, stage gates, reporting, training, certification, and capability development programs


• Manufacturing, industrial, energy, field service, project-driven, engineering, or other asset-intensive business experience preferred


• PMP certification preferred; PgMP, Prosci or another change-management credential, Lean Six Sigma, SAP Activate, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and other relevant certifications are considered a plus


• Deep knowledge of integrated planning, governance, financial management, milestone and dependency management, risk and issue management, change control, vendor management, performance reporting, and benefits realization


• Strong executive communication, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, conflict-resolution, stakeholder-engagement, strategic thinking, and organizational skills


• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or other core-system transformations, operational excellence, business-process transformation, organizational change, multi-site programs, and external implementation partners is highly valued

Why Should You Apply?

• Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision & 401K Matching).


• Excellent development programs and advancement opportunities.


• Tuition reimbursement and on-the-job training.


• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.


• Committed to quality products and services.


• Great working environment and culture.


• Employee Appreciation Programs and Event.

Mitsubishi Power is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer actively seeking to diversify the workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. Therefore, all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under applicable law, are strongly encouraged to apply.