Director, IT PMO & Strategic Delivery

Patterson Companies; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Patterson Companies is seeking a Senior Manager, IT PMO to lead governance, standards, and delivery for a diverse technology portfolio. You will guide portfolio priorities, risks, and performance, aligning initiatives with enterprise objectives and governance.

Responsibilities include establishing PMO practices, capacity planning, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on process improvements and automation. Strong leadership and stakeholder influence are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• 8 years of project management, program management, PMO, or related experience.
• 3 years of leadership or people management experience.
• PM/Agile certification (PMP, Agile, Scrum) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the IT PMO by developing and maintaining project management standards, methodologies, templates, and governance practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to define roadmaps, priorities, and delivery expectations for multi-team initiatives.
• Lead portfolio capacity planning, resource forecasting, and prioritization activities.
• Establish and monitor project management metrics, governance reviews, quality standards, documentation, and performance measures.
• Oversee a portfolio of large and complex technology initiatives with dependencies and risks across multiple projects.
• Consolidate and analyze portfolio data and present actionable insights for executive decisions.
• Provide visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource constraints to enable timely decisions.
• Identify opportunities to integrate AI and automation across the SDLC; guide implementation.
• Guide AI tool implementations with Security, Legal, Engineering for proper guardrails.
• Mentor project managers and promote adoption of standards across the organization.

Skills

PMO leadership

Stakeholder comms

AI and automation

Software development

Release planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Business

Tools

PMP

Agile

Scrum

Job description

Patterson Companies is seeking a Senior Manager, IT PMO to lead governance, standards, and delivery for a diverse technology portfolio. You will guide portfolio priorities, risks, and performance, aligning initiatives with enterprise objectives and governance.

Responsibilities include establishing PMO practices, capacity planning, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on process improvements and automation. Strong leadership and stakeholder influence are essential.