Strategic PMO Leader: Portfolio & Governance

Cushman & Wakefield; Creve Coeur (MO); On-site; USD 132,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plans

Life/disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Creve Coeur, MO is seeking a Senior PMO Program Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic programs, align delivery with business objectives, and ensure governance and visibility into progress and outcomes.

You will translate executive priorities into roadmaps, establish governance, and mentor project managers while actively managing risks, dependencies, and cross-functional challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive project/program/portfolio management experience leading complex, enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Knowledge of commercial real estate, professional services, or service-based delivery organizations preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, Prosci, Agile/Scrum, or comparable certifications strongly preferred.
• Proven experience leading PMO functions or enterprise program management.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery health and oversight for a portfolio of strategic programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, executive priorities, customer commitments, and defined success criteria.
• Translate executive priorities into executable roadmaps, delivery strategies, governance models, and resource plans that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve project and program management methodologies, governance frameworks, operating rhythms, templates, reporting standards, and best practices across the PMO.
• Provide strategic guidance and support to project managers by helping navigate complexity, mitigate risks, resolve stakeholder conflicts, and overcome delivery challenges.
• Monitor and proactively manage portfolio-level risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and cross-functional impacts; develop mitigation plans and elevate issues requiring executive attention.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors and senior leadership by framing options, trade-offs, risks, recommendations, and investment decisions.
• Lead resolution of the most complex cross-functional risks, issues, conflicts, and escalations to protect business outcomes and maintain delivery momentum.
• Act as a rapid-response leader for urgent executive initiatives by establishing governance, defining delivery frameworks, facilitating stakeholder alignment, and accelerating execution until dedicated resources are assigned.
• Champion enterprise-wide initiatives that need a programmatic solution
• Represent the PMO in executive forums and planning discussions, providing recommendations on portfolio prioritization, resource investments, organizational readiness, and execution strategy.

Skills

Executive presence

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield in Creve Coeur, MO is seeking a Senior PMO Program Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic programs, align delivery with business objectives, and ensure governance and visibility into progress and outcomes.

You will translate executive priorities into roadmaps, establish governance, and mentor project managers while actively managing risks, dependencies, and cross-functional challenges.