Group Manager, PMO - Newark, United States - Panasonic Corporation of North America

Panasonic Corporation of North America

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Newark, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Panasonic

PMO Leadership

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure.

Since our founding almost a century ago, we've been committed to improving peoples' lives and making the world a better place-one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time.

Come join our journey.

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What You'll Get to Do:

PMO Leadership

Facilitates among the PMO stakeholders and organizational leadership a consensus around the mission and vision of the PMO organization to foster a projectmanagementoriented culture and mindset
Leads the identification and development of PMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreedupon PMO goals and objectives
Leads the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery
Facilitates the agreedupon process that develops plans and prioritization by leadership and governance
Defines, manages and directs the needed endtoend PMO work effort, which includes leveraging best practices and techniques in identifying, quantifying and tracking the realization of expected benefits defined in business cases
Provides ongoing coaching and mentoring to PMO staff and project managers
Builds and maintains relationships with senior leadership and key PMO stakeholders, and acts as a trusted advisor
Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve the project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in PPM
Leads the establishment of a project management community of practice to facilitate collaboration and bestpractice sharing among project managers and key PMO stakeholders

Business Relationship Management

Lead a team of experienced business relationship managers
Drive transformation in the team to maximize strategic outcomes
Provide tools and guidance for them to be successful in selling partnership services
Establish a standard framework for BRM engagement and delivery
Participate in redesigning the BRM engagement model

Financial Management

Monitor progress of our billing objectives on a monthly basis
Working with our finance team, accountable for the accurate billing of project resources
Produce and manage dashboards of relevant project portfolio KPI performance

Basic Qualifications

Indirect supervisory responsibilities of 6 or more project managers, associates or team members
Management of projects as well as staff related to specific project assignments
Manage financial budgets related to solution design
Manage resource plans and capacities, assigning specific resources to projects

What You'll Bring:

Education and Experience

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience required
Fifteen or more years of experience in IT and business industry
Five to seven years of leadership responsibilities
Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams

Knowledge and Skills

Experience with one or more project mgmt. methodologies (PMBOK, Agile, etc.)
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the PMO vision and motivate and inspire PMO staff
A distinctive blend of business, IT, financial, and communication skills, this is a highly visible position with substantial impact
Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources may not be in direct control of this role
Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
Strong business acumen, including industry, domainspecific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
Deep understanding of emerging technologies and how other enterprises are employing them to drive digital business
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic resource plan

Competencies

Leadership
Encourages and facilitates cooperation and results
Fosters an environment of collaboration
Inspires, motivates and guides team members
Fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust
Allocates team roles and accountabilities

Building Relationships

Solicits advice, support, championship, sponsorship and commitment for the success of PMO initiatives
Procures and maintains support from key stakeholders in the enterprise to evolve and advance the PMO
Builds both formal and informal professional networks, and extends these networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries

Strategic Technology Planning