Manager of Project Management Office - Full-time / Part-time

Description

The Manager of Project Management Office (PMO) role is to manage all aspects of (enterprise level) projects within the organization. The manager of PMO will assume all responsibilities of a Project manager as well as the additional responsibility of managing the PMO and adequately staffing the PMO department. The PMO department will assume the responsibility of gathering enterprise level business requirements on approved projects, building and managing project teams, completing projects on time and within budget, and managing all aspects of approved projects according to PMI (Project Management Institute) standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Leads proposal efforts including complete project scoping and requirements gathering.
• Creates and executes project management plans.
• Creates and maintains risk registers and develops avoidance strategies.
• Manages multiple projects effectively.
• Identifies resource needs and assigns individual responsibilities.
• Creates project budget and schedule baselines and manages the project to the baselines.
• Hires staff (Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Consultants, etc.) to effectively manage approved projects.
• Clearly establishes expectations and ensures tasks are completed to quality standards.
• Motivates and utilizes each team member to his/her fullest potential.
• Mitigates team conflict and communication problems.
• Creates performance evaluations on project team members and direct reports.
• Identifies business development opportunities, and provides well documented solutions to project sponsors.
• Provides earned value reporting to project team on a regular basis as documented in the communication plan.
• Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Possesses a solid understanding of The Fresh Market's business processes, data sources, and IT systems design.
• Manages all aspects of outsourcing and vendor relationship as outlined in the PMBOK.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.
• Creates and manages the control board for all projects and handles all changes through the change management process.
• Provides support to the I.S. department, and corporate office as required.
  

Qualifications

Position Requirements

• College diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 5 years equivalent work experience.
• PMP Certification or equivalent work experience
• Strong customer-service orientation.
• Excellent understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Enthusiastic and willing to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Working knowledge of PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge)
• Strong management skills
• Strong MS Project Skills
• Strong AtTask skills