PMO Manager

A Leading Financial Services Institution is seeking a structured, senior-tier PMO Manager to direct complex project portfolios and governance frameworks. In this high-visibility leadership role, you will take full responsibility for guiding and supporting delivery streams utilizing Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid execution methodologies. Furthermore, you will serve as the premier subject matter expert steering high-risk enterprise JIRA migration tracks from Data Center environments to the Cloud. Consequently, this position is vital for enforcing delivery compliance and keeping projects aligned with global change management parameters.

The PMO Manager must demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management capabilities alongside a disciplined approach to risk and opportunity tracking. Additionally, you will maintain clear accountability over data hierarchy quality, project budgets, and technical documentation pipelines while leading a high-performing PMO squad. Therefore, the firm is looking for an organized strategist who remains composed under pressure. If you are looking to drive institutional-level delivery governance across multi-layered business transformations, this position offers an ideal path.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive project management guidance, tracking structures, and optimization support across agile teams.
• Lead the technical planning, execution, and data validation for JIRA migration initiatives from Data Center to Cloud.
• Enforce absolute project alignment with central Change Management Framework guidelines and corporate data audits.
• Partner directly with business department leaders to define, prioritize, and baseline incoming enterprise projects.
• Establish disciplined project risk logging, dependency tracking mechanisms, and opportunity management workflows.
• Manage project planning structures, including baseline schedule definition, task scoping, and resource assignments.
• Track multi-million annual project delivery metrics and escalate critical project blockers to steering committees.
• Draft, implement, and continually optimize PMO policy documentations and project governance guidelines.
• Direct the PMO team, providing routine performance feedback, goal setting, and technical skills development paths.
• Compile precise executive reports, scope justifications, and actual budget tracking logs for senior review.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree qualification in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, or Technology.
• 10-12 Years of successful experience operating within a PMO or Project Management office in a complex corporate setup.
• Mandatory expert-level technical mastery handling JIRA systems, JIRA migrations, and advanced MS Excel/Project tools.
• Demonstrated background managing large portfolios across a mix of Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Hybrid delivery lifecycles.
• Superb negotiation, relationship building, and verbal communication skills across all corporate operational layers.