Manufacturing PMO Lead: Project Controls & Strategy

The HT Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The HT Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the project controls capability within its PMO for a manufacturing-focused initiative in Austin, TX. This role drives the integrated program schedule, cost, risk, and delivery performance across internal teams, vendors and strategic suppliers.

Responsibilities include PMO governance, KPI dashboards, executive reporting, and ensuring timely, accurate information for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Eight to ten years of experience in project controls, PMO or programme management.
• Strong experience with scheduling and project controls software.
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills.
• Experience developing executive dashboards and programme reports.
• Experience coordinating multiple vendors, contractors and strategic suppliers.
• Good understanding of scheduling, risk, cost and change control.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated programme schedule using appropriate scheduling and project controls software.
• Lead and continuously improve the PMO reporting and controls framework.
• Maintain programme milestones, dependencies, actions, risks and decisions.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs and executive reporting.
• Prepare weekly PMO reports and management information.
• Ensure programme information is accurate, current and aligned across internal teams, vendors and strategic suppliers.
• Work directly with vendors and strategic suppliers to obtain schedule and progress updates.
• Integrate supplier plans, milestones and commitments into the overall programme schedule.
• Review and appropriately challenge progress information, assumptions and forecast dates.
• Maintain visibility of supplier commitments, dependencies and delivery performance.
• Support PMO meetings by providing accurate information and ensuring agreed actions and decisions are documented and followed through.
• Produce concise weekly programme status reports for senior leadership.
• Develop and maintain practical dashboards that support executive decision-making.
• Analyse schedule performance, trends, dependencies and emerging delivery risks.
• Support scenario planning, impact assessments and schedule-recovery activities.
• Maintain visibility of programme costs and forecasts alongside schedule and delivery performance.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Scheduling

Dashboard development

Vendor coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Cost & risk control

PMO & project controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PM/Project controls certification (PMP/PMI-SP/AACE)

Tools

Scheduling software

Excel & analytics tools

Job description

The HT Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the project controls capability within its PMO for a manufacturing-focused initiative in Austin, TX. This role drives the integrated program schedule, cost, risk, and delivery performance across internal teams, vendors and strategic suppliers.

Responsibilities include PMO governance, KPI dashboards, executive reporting, and ensuring timely, accurate information for senior leadership.