PMO Director

Mohawk Industries, Inc.; Calhoun (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and benefits realization with a focus on delivering major programs on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project and program management in large, multi-workstream environments.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• PMI PMP or PgMP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the framework, standards, and methodologies for project and program management.
• Leads planning, execution, and monitoring of high-impact projects to align with strategic objectives.
• Partners with stakeholders to define scope, timelines, metrics, and benefits realization.
• Owns the integrated master schedule, managing critical path, baselines, and interdependencies.
• Manages risk, issue, and change control processes, including escalation paths.
• Establishes governance cadence with steering committees and executive reporting.
• Oversees program financial controls, including cost tracking and variance reporting.
• Manages resource and capacity planning across the portfolio.
• Leads and mentors PMs, building bench strength within the PMO.
• Continuously evaluates PMO effectiveness and tooling.
• Contributes to departmental strategy and key business objectives.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Job description

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Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need:

The PMO Director is a subject matter expert responsible for the governance and successful delivery of the organization's project and program portfolio. This role sets the standards, processes, and best practices that drive consistency and alignment, and owns the integrated planning, financial controls, and executive reporting that keep major programs on schedule and on budget.

What you'll do:

• Develops and manages the framework, standards, and methodologies for project and program management.
• Leads the planning, execution, and monitoring of high-impact projects and programs to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Partners with stakeholders to define scope, timelines, success metrics, and expected benefits, and tracks benefits realization.
• Owns the integrated master schedule, managing critical path, baselines, and interdependencies across workstreams.
• Owns risk, issue, and change control processes, including escalation paths and change control board review.
• Establishes the governance cadence: steering committees, decision rights, and executive reporting on status and risks.
• Oversees program financial controls, including cost tracking, forecast versus actual, and variance reporting.
• Manages resource and capacity planning across the portfolio, including staffing plans and PM allocation.
• Leads, mentors, and develops project and program managers, building bench strength across the PMO.
• Continuously evaluates and improves the PMO's effectiveness, including the tools and technologies that enhance project management capabilities.
• Contributes to departmental strategy, goal development, and key business objectives.
• Performs other duties as needed.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 8-10 years relevant experience, including large multi-workstream programs, or equivalent education and/or experience.

What you're good at:

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification preferred.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient with enterprise scheduling and PPM tools (MS Project, Primavera P6, or similar) and Microsoft Office.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

What else?

• Temporary indirect reporting relationships may exist while acting as project lead, including providing task-related direction to junior team members.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.