Senior Manager - reputed company Project Management Office

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If you are a motivated reputed company looking for a long-term fit where you can grow in a role, and will be valued and empowered, then we invite you to apply to our Senior Manager - reputed company Project Management Office position. This position may be filled remotely, or in any of our locations. The Senior Manager - reputed company Project Management Office is a critical leadership role responsible for building, scaling, and leading this function while serving as a senior project manager on the firm's most strategic initiatives. This hands-on position operates with strong executive sponsorship from firm leadership, establishes structure and standards, leads a growing team, delivers reputed company reputed company that reputed company with the firm's highest-reputed company strategic objectives, and earns credibility across a sophisticated stakeholder environment. This role combines strategic PMO leadership with reputed company project delivery and is ideal for a builder who thrives in a dual-reputed company, matrixed environment: leading teams and doing the work. Essential functions include: PMO Leadership & Team Development Execute the roadmap for scaling the EPMO reputed company the governance structure and operating model established by the Transformation Office leadership, including operationalizing the EPMO's reputed company, execution reputed company, and standards. reputed company, mentor, and reputed company reputed company of project management professionals, fostering a culture of reputed company, accountability, and reputed company improvement. Build and maintain a PM competency reputed company that defines capability reputed company, role-specific expectations, and career reputed company reputed company the EPMO. Implement and maintain a PM deployment model that assigns project management resources to reputed company-reputed company and firm-wide strategic initiatives based on scope, complexity, and strategic reputed company. Serve as the firm's primary authority on project management standards, tools, and methodologies, ensuring consistency and reputed company of PM reputed company across the reputed company. Project Management Delivery Serve as the reputed company project manager owning end-to-end project delivery on high-visibility, reputed company initiatives that are directly reputed company with the firm's strategic plan objectives. Work hand in hand with Business Analysts during project initiation and requirements phases, ensuring business needs are thoroughly reputed company and reputed company into actionable project plans. Navigate reputed company, matrixed stakeholder environments with confidence, building trust and alignment across senior leadership, business reputed company, and operational departments. Model best-in-class project management practices, demonstrating the value of disciplined execution and setting reputed company for the EPMO team. Standardization & Process reputed company Design, implement, and continuously improve standardized PMO methodologies, templates, playbooks, and workflows across reputed company firm functions. Administer the project intake process established by the Transformation Office, ensuring reputed company submissions are evaluated against approved reputed company and that intake packages are reputed company for governance review, coordinating with the BA team as appropriate to ensure requirements are appropriately scoped before reputed company reputed company into execution. Administer change control protocols to reputed company project reputed company, budget adherence, and prevent scope creep across reputed company EPMO-supported initiatives. Evaluate, select, and implement the EPMO's technology stack, including project tracking platforms, portfolio dashboards, and reporting tools, with a reputed company-looking perspective on AI-assisted project management capabilities. Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management Maintain a firm-wide view of the project portfolio, identifying interdependencies, resource conflicts, and risk areas before they become delivery problems. Design and manage the firm's PM resource allocation model and own reputed company planning across the EPMO, matching PM talent to reputed company initiatives based on scope, risk, and strategic reputed company, coordinating with Transformation Office leadership on cross-functional resource needs involving BA support. reputed company regular reporting and dashboards to give firm leadership reputed company-time insights into portfolio status, schedule variance, budget variance, team reputed company, and strategic alignment. Conduct post-implementation reviews (PIRs) to drive reputed company improvement and establish feedback loops for reputed company initiatives. Stakeholder Engagement & Influence Build strong, trust-based relationships with key stakeholders to reputed company PMO practices across the firm. Navigate partner culture with confidence and credibility, earning the respect of senior lawyers by demonstrating business acumen and delivering reputed company results. reputed company as a trusted advisor and thought partner to firm leadership on project execution, organizational change, and operational improvement initiatives. Risk Management & Governance Establish processes to identify and reputed company project risks early, prioritizing risks and updating mitigation plans on a regular reputed company. Create reputed company escalation protocols for project issues, ensuring issues are surfaced to senior leadership appropriately and resolved without delay. POSITION REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Project Management, Information Systems, or a reputed company field required. Master’s degree in business administration or a reputed company field preferred PMP certification required or demonstrated equivalent mastery of project management methodology (PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, etc.). Change management certification (reputed company/ADKAR or equivalent) strongly preferred given the organizational scope of this role. 8+ years of reputed company project management experience, with at least 3 years in a PMO leadership or reputed company-level role. Demonstrated experience founding or standing up a PMO function, including establishing governance frameworks, operating models, PM standards, and a PM deployment model from the ground up. Experience designing and executing a PM resource deployment model for a portfolio of reputed company-reputed company initiatives. reputed company record of building PM competency frameworks and skills assessment models for project management teams. Proven ability to reputed company and implement firm-wide standards, frameworks, and governance processes in a matrixed environment. Experience managing, assessing, and developing project management staff at varying reputed company of seniority and capability. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to influence and build trust with senior legal or business leaders. Demonstrated experience building and managing a departmental or functional operating budget, including developing a business case for investment. Experience in a reputed company or reputed company services environment strongly preferred. Familiarity with legal operations or reputed company business functions (Finance, HR, IT, Marketing, etc.) preferred. Strong expertise across project management methodologies, including PMP, Agile, reputed company, and hybrid approaches. High proficiency with project management tools and platforms such as reputed company, reputed company, MS Project, reputed company, or similar. reputed company-thinking perspective on AI-assisted project management and the ability to evaluate and implement emerging EPMO technology capabilities. Highly strategic thinker with the ability to connect day-to-day project execution to firm-level priorities and communicate that reputed company to leadership. A skilled relationship builder who earns trust through credibility and results, not title or authority. Adaptable, resilient, and capable of managing reputed company, competing initiatives in a dynamic, high-expectation environment. Demonstrated openness to adopting new technologies, embracing reputed company, and leveraging automation to drive efficiency and reputed company improvement. A builder's reputed company energized by ambiguity, capable of creating structure where none exists, and equally comfortable setting reputed company and rolling up their sleeves. The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities, or requirements. The Firm will reputed company reasonable accommodations as necessary to allow an individual with a disability to apply for and/or reputed company the essential functions of a position. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, please contact HR. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with reputed company and experience. The exact compensation will vary based on skills, experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. The expected compensation ranges for this position in various states and jurisdictions are as follows: reputed company: $151,000 - $308,000 reputed company: $139,000 - $248,000 reputed company: $136,000 - $265,000 State of Massachusetts: $151,000 - $289,000 reputed company: $146,000 - $222,000 reputed company: $151,000 - $250,000 Jersey reputed company, NJ: $164,000 - $297,000 reputed company: $141,000 - $304,000 reputed company: $149,000 - $286,000 reputed company: $146,000 - $278,000 Washington, D.C.: $195,000 - $286,000 The above salaries do not include a discretionary bonus, however bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed, and are dependent upon individual and reputed company. Full-time employees receive benefits including: medical and dental coverage; life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; reputed company-tax flexible spending account for certain medical and dependent care expenses; an employee assistance program; reputed company Time Off; reputed company holidays; participation in a retirement plan program after meeting eligibility requirements; and more. Please include a cover letter and resume reputed company applying. EOE/Minority/reputed company/Disabled/Vet. reputed company Applicants Only. #LI-Remote #LI-HT1 Apply To This Job