VP, Enterprise PMO & Strategic Delivery (Remote)

Centene Corp.; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Centene Corp. in Kentucky is seeking a Senior PMO Manager with 10+ years of IT leadership to oversee budgeting, staffing, and strategy for the PMO.

You will coordinate with senior IT leaders, drive program governance, and align delivery with organizational goals. The role focuses on transforming PMO operations, establishing enterprise standards, and driving measurable outcomes across the project portfolio, including AI adoption and enhanced tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years of diverse IT experience required.
• Previous experience managing staff, including hiring, training, managing workload and performance.
• Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Responsibilities

• Develop budgets and priorities, ensuring plans and resource allocations are consistent with those budgets and priorities.
• Coordinate for the plans and activities of the organization with senior leaders inside and outside IT, as well as strategic suppliers.
• Anticipate and analyze the needs of customers and recommend and develop priorities for feasibility studies, systems design, and implementation to develop new and modify the company’s information processing systems and policies and procedures.
• Transform the PMO operating model: Shift the function from traditional administration and status reporting toward strategic delivery, transparency, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish consistent enterprise standards: Strengthen project governance, portfolio management, reporting, risk escalation, and delivery accountability.
• Improve portfolio performance: Drive stronger project health, including the stated objective of moving approximately 80% of the portfolio to green status.
• Create a metrics-driven environment: Improve visibility into delivery quality, project health, resource demand, and execution risk.
• Advance tooling, automation, and AI adoption: Improve efficiency and reduce administrative burden, with ServiceNow experience viewed as an advantage.
• Align delivery across BTS: Connect project managers, program managers, delivery leads, and contractors operating within and outside the centralized PMO.
• Strengthen organizational capability: Build skills, coach leaders, manage performance, and clarify expectations for the future PMO organization.
• Apply process and business expertise to impact business results.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Centene Corp. in Kentucky is seeking a Senior PMO Manager with 10+ years of IT leadership to oversee budgeting, staffing, and strategy for the PMO.

You will coordinate with senior IT leaders, drive program governance, and align delivery with organizational goals. The role focuses on transforming PMO operations, establishing enterprise standards, and driving measurable outcomes across the project portfolio, including AI adoption and enhanced tooling.