Pmo Lead
The PMO Lead is responsible for establishing, standardizing, and optimizing project management practices across the agency. This role leads a team of project managers, business analysts and quality assurance analysts. The PMO Lead ensures delivery excellence by implementing repeatable processes, tools, and frameworks that support efficient, on-time, and on-budget delivery of client projects. This role will report to the Chief Delivery Officer ensuring cross functional support for all areas of client delivery is WOW-ing client.
Key Responsibilities :
- Act as billable project / program manager on key large clients to ensure relevance, billability and awareness of client delivery items, challenges, and hurdles team members are experiencing.
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of project managers, business analysts, and quality assurance analysts across multiple disciplines and workstreams (e.g., web, creative, marketing).
- Instill a culture of delivery excellence by ensuring all client-facing work aligns to client outcomes and meets quality, budget, and timing standards.
- Define and evolve project management methodologies, standards, templates, and best practices across the agency.
- Continuously assess and refine delivery processes to ensure efficiency, scalability, and consistency across all projects.
- Drive adoption of QA frameworks and test strategy across the portfolio, with measurable targets for defect reduction and pre-launch confidence.
- Monitor project portfolios to ensure progress, manage escalations, and identify risks or dependencies.
- Own and manage project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Workfront), and ensure accurate reporting on timelines, budgets, and resource utilization.
- Collaborate with department leads to forecast resourcing needs and allocate PMO resources accordingly.
- Serve as a bridge between delivery teams, executive leadership, and clients to ensure visibility and alignment.
Qualifications :
7+ years of experience in project or program management, with 2+ years in a PMO leadership or equivalent role.Agency or consultancy experience required, preferably in digital marketing, web, or creative services.Deep understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.Proficiency in project management tools and portfolio reporting dashboards.Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.Proven track record of building and scaling delivery excellence programs, including implementation of standardized QA and project governance frameworks.Experience managing onshore and offshore / nearshore team combinations is a plus.PMP, Scrum Master, or similar certification is a plus.