IT PMO Director: Strategy, Portfolio & Governance

Patterson Companies Careers; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Patterson Companies Careers in Bloomington, MN, seeks a Director, IT PMO to lead the organization’s project management office, establish delivery frameworks, governance, and portfolio performance for enterprise technology initiatives.

You will drive budgeting, vendor management, and cross-functional alignment with business goals, advance RPA adoption, and provide executive reporting to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, or related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in project management, program management, project portfolio management, PMO leadership, or related field.
• 5 years of leadership or people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise IT project delivery frameworks, governance, policies, standards, and best practices to drive consistent execution and successful delivery of technology programs and projects while balancing governance, flexibility, and speed
• Lead the execution of a portfolio of IT projects and programs over the entire lifecycle, monitoring interdependencies, risks, resource utilization, and delivery performance across multiple regions and locations to ensure achievement of project objectives, timelines, and quality standards
• Drive adoption of RPA (robotic process automation) solutions across PMO and IT finance operations, optimizing delivery frameworks, financial governance processes, and transactional workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
• Provide strategic oversight for project planning, prioritization, workload distribution, and project team effectiveness to align technology investments and delivery commitments with organizational goals and ensure rigorous governance and risk management
• Lead IT financial governance activities, including budgeting (e.g., OPEX/CAPEX budgeting), forecasting, financial reporting, investment allocation, account ledger allocation and budget performance for assigned projects, programs, and portfolio initiatives
• Optimize end-to-end vendor processes, including onboarding, billing, legal contract review, reconciliation, statement-of-work execution, and contract negotiations to ensure effective vendor performance, financial accountability, and business value realization
• Act as the central point of communication between cross-functional project teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership, communicating project status, driving alignment, issue resolution, executive reporting, and program readiness
• Establish reporting and monitoring processes that provide consolidated project, program, and financial performance data to leadership and support informed decision-making across the technology portfolio
• Comply with Company and department policies and standards; performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

Facilitation

Collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Jira

Job description

Patterson Companies Careers in Bloomington, MN, seeks a Director, IT PMO to lead the organization’s project management office, establish delivery frameworks, governance, and portfolio performance for enterprise technology initiatives.

You will drive budgeting, vendor management, and cross-functional alignment with business goals, advance RPA adoption, and provide executive reporting to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across regions.