IT PMO Leader: Portfolio Delivery & Governance

Patterson Companies Careers; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); Remote; USD 157,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Patterson Companies Careers is seeking a Director of IT Project Management Office (PMO) to lead enterprise IT project delivery, governance, and portfolio management. You will oversee budgeting, vendor relationships, and cross-functional alignment with executive leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of progressive PMO experience, plus 5 years of leadership. Travel up to 20% is expected; remote work is permissible with regional collaboration across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, or related field; or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 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 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, forecasting, financial reporting, investment allocation, and budget performance for assigned projects, programs, and portfolio initiatives
• Optimize end-to-end vendor processes, including onboarding, billing, legal contract review, reconciliation, SOW 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

Communication skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Jira

Microsoft 365

SAP S/4HANA

CRM systems

CPQ

Job description

Patterson Companies Careers is seeking a Director of IT Project Management Office (PMO) to lead enterprise IT project delivery, governance, and portfolio management. You will oversee budgeting, vendor relationships, and cross-functional alignment with executive leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of progressive PMO experience, plus 5 years of leadership. Travel up to 20% is expected; remote work is permissible with regional collaboration across multiple locations.