PMO Specialist: Program Delivery & Governance

TXU Retail Services Company; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Corp. in Irving, TX seeks a Specialist - Program Management Office to provide disciplined project management, contract compliance, documentation, and governance support for development and construction initiatives.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to establish milestones, schedules, and executive updates while maintaining audit-ready PMO records. The role requires a proactive, highly organized professional who can coordinate across project leadership, internal business

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and at least four years of project-related experience.
• At least two years of project controls, project coordination, scheduling, or PMO experience; development, construction, infrastructure, or power-generation experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and other standard business applications.
• Working knowledge of project management principles, schedule management, risk and issue management, change control, document control, and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project milestone tracking and align project schedules with approved scope, objectives, contractual commitments, and governance requirements.
• Maintain integrated project information, including schedules, action logs, risk and issue registers, decision logs, commercial trackers, change records, lessons learned, and other required PMO artifacts.
• Partner with development, engineering, construction, operations, finance, accounting, supply chain, legal, and other support functions to identify interdependencies, constraints, and required decisions.
• Support schedule development and progress measurement, including critical-path review, alternate-scenario evaluation, milestone variance analysis, and recovery planning.
• Identify and document project risks, issues, assumptions, and changes; coordinate owners, mitigation plans, target dates, and escalation when needed.
• Monitor project scope and contract requirements, including vendor and subcontractor schedule updates, deliverables, and potential changes in scope.
• Prepare concise, accurate project status reports, dashboards, meeting materials, and executive updates that highlight progress, decisions, risks, and actions.
• Administer project collaboration sites and electronic records to promote version control, accessibility, consistent filing, and document integrity.
• Support project governance forums, including project updates, stakeholder meetings, commitment reviews, stage-gate activities, and lessons learned sessions.
• Maintain PMO standards, templates, and playbook requirements; provide guidance and training to project teams as processes evolve.
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, consultants, and contractors to reinforce accountability and timely execution.
• Promote continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, identifying process gaps, and implementing practical improvements to tools, reporting, and workflows.

Skills

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

MS Teams

SharePoint

PMO tools

Governance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

PMO tools

Job description

Vistra Corp. in Irving, TX seeks a Specialist - Program Management Office to provide disciplined project management, contract compliance, documentation, and governance support for development and construction initiatives.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to establish milestones, schedules, and executive updates while maintaining audit-ready PMO records. The role requires a proactive, highly organized professional who can coordinate across project leadership, internal business