
TECHNOLOGY PMO DIRECTOR
Position Summary
The Technology PMO (Project Management Office) Director will drive execution excellence across the technology project portfolio and lead firm-wide technology planning and governance, ensuring alignment of technology investments with business objectives. This position will manage project portfolios, develop PMO methodologies, and directly engage with business units to drive delivery quality, measurable business outcomes, and change management across enterprise technology initiatives.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Lead the Technology PMO to ensure consistent project governance, delivery excellence, and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Owns enterprise PMO standards including intake, prioritization, portfolio planning, capacity management, reporting, and execution oversight.
- Own the technology project roadmap, maintaining a 12–18 month forward-looking view of initiatives, dependencies, and resource planning.
- Manage the technology portfolio, facilitating prioritization and trade-off decisions in collaboration with Technology Steering Committee and project stakeholders.
- Drive cross-functional coordination to reduce "fire drills" and improve proactive planning, communication, and execution.
- Partners with IT and business leadership to drive delivery maturity, strengthen decision discipline, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
- Oversee IT budgeting and financial planning, including contract management, vendor oversight, and renewal readiness.
- Partner with business departments and Legal team in RFP processes for new technologies, ensuring alignment with firm needs, technical standards, and budget constraints.
- Maintain the technology standards list and a process for regular review of changes and new additions to the technology stack. Seek to maximize use of existing solutions to support new business needs before expanding the technology portfolio.
- Establish and track IT performance metrics, providing visibility into delivery timelines and service delivery trends.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence across the IT organization.
- Act as liaison with the company’s business units and shared service departments to identify new demand for Technology projects and services and to report on performance of delivery operations.
- Work with stakeholders to define business and system requirements for new technology implementations.
- Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent IT activities.
Duties/Responsibilities Cont.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related field and 7-10 years of related work experience
- Experience leading intake, prioritization, and governance processes.
- Experience managing or contributing to a blended staffing model leveraging core internal team and contractors.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and navigate competing priorities.
- Ability to improve execution discipline, governance adherence, and delivery predictability across complex IT portfolios.
- Experience with KPIs, dashboards, and reporting best practices.
- Strong understanding of project management principles.
- Strong leadership skills with ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, appropriate across audiences at all levels of the company.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to conduct and direct research into IT issues and products as required
- Ability to present ideas in business and user-friendly language
- Highly self-motivated and directed
- Highly organized with a keen attention to detail
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Exceptional customer service orientation
- Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Construction industry experience
Compensation Data
Salary Min: $155,410.50
Salary Max: $273,215
Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.
Competencies
Travel
Travel is to and from business offices located in Roanoke & Richmond, VA and Raleigh, NC.
Supervisory Responsibility
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use their hands and fingers to type on a keyboard and/or office phone and to sort through business files. They are frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. They must be able to lift up to 25lbs. Specific vision abilities include close vision, midrange vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40 hours per week.
AAP/EEO Statement
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.
Other Duties
This job description is intended to summarize the primary responsibilities of the position and is not an exhaustive list of all duties. The employee may be asked to perform additional tasks or responsibilities as needed to support the department and organization.
Nearest Major Market: Richmond
