Senior Manager, PMO

Role Summary

Senior Manager, PMO, based in New Brunswick, NJ. Responsible for end-to-end program management oversight and holistic portfolio capability advancement across the Reporting & Analytics and Data Hub portfolios. Balances base business execution with structured capability building and people leadership, and partners across Finance, FS&T, JJT, Consolidation, Global Services, and enterprise PMOs to drive cross-program planning, interdependency management, risk mitigation, and governance aligned to the FDTO Integrated Roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Provide PMO leadership and oversight of FS&T-led programs across Reporting & Analytics and Data Hub.
• Manage project lifecycle from ideation, planning, resourcing, execution, monitoring, controlling, to closure using both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Stand up PMO activities in support of the overall program.
• Project Schedule Management and key milestones utilizing the Integrated Reporting Framework (IRF).
• Ensure workplans adhere to standardized WBS structures and PMO playbook guidelines.
• Project Integration, Inter/Intra Dependency Management.
• Risk, Action, Issue and Decision Management (RAID).
• Scope & Project Change Management.
• Resource Plans & Management.
• Financial Management.
• Communications & Status.
• Ensure compliance with SDLC, FDTO governance standards, and audit requirements.
• Stand up key operational rhythms and governance reviews aimed at execution of Reporting & Analytics and Data Hub roadmaps.
• Lead meetings with business, technical and global representatives regarding project activities, timeline, and issues.
• Articulate project status, key issues, and dependencies to all levels of management.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve integrated reporting efficiency and governance effectiveness.
• Contribute as an active and engaged member of the Reporting & Analytics team, cultivating close working relationships with cross-functional core team leads to understand requirements and identify risks and opportunities.
• Portfolio Governance & Prioritization: Support structured intake and prioritization aligned to strategic objectives.
• Capacity Planning & Resource Transparency: Lead demand vs. supply modeling across Reporting & Analytics and Data Hub teams; support quarterly capacity review cycles and forward-looking resource forecasting.
• Process & Interaction Model Maturity: Strengthen governance forums and escalation pathways; improve cross-functional interaction models across Finance, FS&T, and JJT; standardize execution metrics, dependency tracking, and reporting discipline; review key project management deliverables to drive quality and delivery excellence.
• Data & Technology Enablement: Champion Click Up as the enterprise PPM system of record; drive roadmap transparency, executive dashboards, and milestone visibility; ensure portfolio data integrity; partner with tool administrators to evolve configuration; drive automation opportunities that stem from mature processes and interaction models.
• People Leadership & Development: Provide direct supervision for PMO team members and contractor resources; conduct performance reviews aligned to the Compete, Execute, Optimize (CEO) model and 5 conversations; coach team members on delivery rigor, risk management discipline, executive communication, and portfolio governance standards; build PMO capability maturity; develop bench strength and succession planning; foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Other Duties & Responsibilities: Decision making, influencing others, and effective communication; able to lead, collaborate, challenge, and influence peers, subordinates, and senior management.

Qualifications

• Required: A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required.
• Preferred: Post-graduate degree.
• Preferred: Professional project management certification (PMP) and/or diploma.
• Required: Detailed knowledge of project planning, tracking, resource management, project planning, scheduling tools, and cross-project analyses.
• Required: Industry experience.
• Required: 7+ years of Project Management of enterprise-wide implementations.
• Preferred: Finance experience (Finance processes and/or technology).
• Preferred: ClickUp experience.
• Preferred: Portfolio management experience.

Additional Requirements

• Up to 10% travel may be required.