Federal PMO Lead: Strategy, Delivery & Roadmaps

Guidehouse; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Mobility Stipend

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a PMO leader to drive cross-functional support for the ACE Modernization program in the United States. You will oversee requirements development, intake, prioritization, and traceability while coordinating stakeholder engagement across CBP and partner organizations.

You will manage portfolio planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resource alignment, drive process automation, and ensure QA/QC across multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5+ years leading federal PMO or modernization programs.
• Experience with requirements development and facilitation in large programs.
• Strong ability to engage across mission, technical, and leadership groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team delivering PMO support for ACE Modernization.
• Oversee requirements development, intake, refinement, prioritization, and traceability.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement across CBP, internal teams, and partner organizations.
• Manage portfolio planning and roadmap development to align scope, funding, and timelines.
• Guide financial support activities including budget planning, forecasting, and resource alignment.
• Drive process automation and adoption of tools to streamline workflows and increase transparency.
• Ensure PMO standards, documentation quality, and consistent execution across workstreams.
• Support ACE governance forums, decision meetings, and cross-program coordination.
• Manage project budgets, aligning planned and actual spend, staffing, and delivery timelines.
• Lead budget tracking and variance analysis with leadership reporting and actions.
• Coordinate financial forecasting cycles with timely updates across workstreams.
• Maintain visibility into funding allocations and resource utilization, surfacing risks and opportunities.

Skills

Requirements development

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & forecasting

Executive reporting

Multi-workstream delivery

QA/QC frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a PMO leader to drive cross-functional support for the ACE Modernization program in the United States. You will oversee requirements development, intake, prioritization, and traceability while coordinating stakeholder engagement across CBP and partner organizations.

You will manage portfolio planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resource alignment, drive process automation, and ensure QA/QC across multiple workstreams.