Senior PMO Leader for Enterprise SaaS & Transformations

GEP; Clark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

GEP Clark in New Jersey is seeking a Senior PMO leader to orchestrate client SaaS implementations and transformation programs. You will oversee scoping, configuration, integration, testing, and go-live while ensuring realistic staffing, schedules, and budgets.

The role requires strong leadership across implementation, engineering, and client teams, with a focus on governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication. This is a hybrid role with onsite three days at the Clark HQ.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in technology project, program, or portfolio management.
• Proven PMO leadership for enterprise software, SaaS, or consulting projects.
• Experience managing large, complex, client-facing SaaS implementations or digital transformation programs.
• Experience with configuration, data migration, integration, testing, and go-live.
• Familiarity with SAP or Oracle integrations.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Experience with project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and margins.
• Hands-on experience with PM tools (Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project) and executive reporting.
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with implementation teams, engineers, clients, and C-suite leaders.

Responsibilities

• Delivery oversight: oversee the portfolio of client SaaS implementations and transformation programs, from scoping through go-live and handoff to support.
• Maintain a clear view of schedule, scope, budget, risk, and resourcing across engagements.
• Lead project health reviews and intervene when engagements trend off track.
• Own escalation paths and resolve cross-team issues and dependencies.
• Serve as hands-on PMO lead on complex/high-risk engagements when needed.
• Governance and standards: own PMO governance, templates, tooling, and reporting cadence.
• Evolve standards to balance rigor with speed required by delivery teams.
• Set PMO priorities and report progress to senior leadership.
• Cross-functional partnership: connect implementation, engineering, client teams, and other GEP functions.
• Work with delivery and sales on realistic estimates, timelines, and resourcing.
• Coordinate dependencies between client implementations and product engineering.
• Support client-facing teams in steering committees and executive communications.
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Resource and capacity management: forecast demand, manage capacity, allocate people across projects.
• Identify staffing gaps and risks and propose solutions.
• Financial and performance management: track budgets, forecasts, margins, and change orders; collaborate with finance.
• Deliver KPI reporting and portfolio insights to leadership.
• Risk, quality, and continuous improvement: strengthen risk/issue management and drive improvements across the portfolio.
• Run retrospectives and lessons learned; identify automation opportunities to reduce admin overhead.
• Coaching and enablement: advise on PM best practices and foster accountability and collaboration across teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile/Waterfall hybrid

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, computer science, supply chain, or related field

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Job description

GEP Clark in New Jersey is seeking a Senior PMO leader to orchestrate client SaaS implementations and transformation programs. You will oversee scoping, configuration, integration, testing, and go-live while ensuring realistic staffing, schedules, and budgets.

The role requires strong leadership across implementation, engineering, and client teams, with a focus on governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication. This is a hybrid role with onsite three days at the Clark HQ.