Director, PMO Business Value Optimization (Remote Worker opening)

BAE Systems Inc.; Falls Church (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as the Director, PMO Business Value Optimization, where you'll lead project management efforts to enhance business value across multiple contracts. You'll drive continuous improvement and culture change within the Project Management Office while providing essential training and support to project teams. This hands-on leadership position demands an experienced professional with a proven track record in project management, IT partnership, and transformational principles, aiming for significant impacts in technology deployments and organizational development.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan

Employee assistance program

Paid time off and parental leave

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 15 years of work experience in a related field.
• PMP Certification is required.
• Minimum 10 years in project management and project planning.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement and culture change within the PMO.
• Coach and develop talent, and establish PMO standards.
• Collaborate to ensure adoption of enterprise PM capability standards.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Organizational change management

Training

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

ServiceNow SPM tools (preferred)

Job description

Job Description
What's it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Enterprise Shared Services team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you'll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights.

The Director, PMO Business Value Optimization role is a hands-on leadership position that requires a strong focus on driving business value optimization in the Project Management Office (PMO) within the Enterprise Shared Services (ESS) team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in project management, IT and business partnership, and benefits realization approaches, and will be responsible for providing direct support to project managers (PMs) and project teams to ensure that they have the training, process aids, and expertise needed to deliver projects that meet business objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and adoption of new ways of working through development of processes and standards and delivery of training programs within the PMO and across ESS.
• Identify and cascade PMO best practices, coach and develop talent.
• Develop templates, workflows and deliverables to accelerate project management effectiveness and ensure ongoing consistency.
• Collaborate with peers across BAE Systems to ensure adoption of enterprise PM capability standards within ESS-IT.
• Uphold BAE Systems and Enterprise Shared Services established project governance structures, including obtaining and maintaining certification as an LCM (Life-Cycle Management) trainer for the ESS organization.
• Enhance accountability and transparency between business and IT through development of practices to guide projects teams in driving successful transformation through IT deployment and creations of benefits realization plans.
• Drive a more holistic approach to value realization by focusing on value-focused stories and business outcomes.
• Establish PMO standards around project planning, basis of estimate creation, risk management, financial and earned value management. Coach, manage, and ensure risk and compliance requirements are met.
• Oversee a team of Project Planners in providing holistic project scheduling support to large, complex IT initiatives. Must have ability to coach staff in creation and manipulation of complex Integrated Master Plans to determine critical and driving paths to major milestone events and to apply Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
• Supervise PMO Change Managers and monitor and evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the ESS portfolio of transformative activities.
• Establish or disseminate program quality standards and monitor the quality of team deliverables.

Proficiencies demonstrated for a successful leader in this role include:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders, peers, and direct reports.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
• Self-starter who demonstrates a spirit of ownership and thought leadership.
• Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices.
• Learning agility, relentless improvement mindset.
• Ability to translate learning topics to practical applications that meet the needs and culture of the organization.
• Organizational change management, communication, training, stakeholder engagement, enablement.
• Willingness to confront complex issues and provide candid feedback to leadership.

The ideal candidate shall leverage servant leadership, emotional intelligence, strong communication and decision-making skills to navigate effectively across all functional areas and organizational levels.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 15 years work experience in a related field.
• PMP Certification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project management and project planning, including experience with project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with transformation management principles, methodologies, and tools, including the ability to coach and provide process support to project teams.
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing and delivering training programs to adult learners.
• Project finance and Earned Value Management experience.
• Executive level communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Skills and Education

Master's degree
Agile Certification
Hands-on experience leveraging ServiceNow SPM tools

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $150370 - $255630

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.