Director of Project Management

DataMap•Overland Park, KS

2d•$120,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Director of Project Management leads DataMap’s project management practice and is accountable for the health and results of the company’s full portfolio of work, including customer, partner, partnership-growth, internal, and operations projects. The role ensures engagements and initiatives meet their schedules, budgets, quality standards, and intended outcomes, while maintaining portfolio margin, utilization, and delivery-driven growth. The Director leads Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and coordinators, and works across consulting, engineering, QA, managed services, Sales, client executives, and DataMap’s executive team. Responsibilities include setting the practice’s methodology and operating model; establishing governance, delivery standards, and quality gates; chairing executive steering committees; and escalating delivery, commercial, or relationship risks. The role drives organization-level change in process, structure, visibility, communications, and change management. It also owns commercial processes and results, including forecasting, pricing input, change-order discipline, and a lead-to-signature process for delivery-generated sales. The Director builds and develops the PMO team through hiring, onboarding, training, career development, and coaching. A central focus is leading the AI transformation of the PMO in partnership with the executive team. This includes tool selection, evolving delivery methodology, establishing AI-assisted workflows and risk signals, and measuring results in cycle time, quality, and margin. The Director also represents DataMap’s AI-first delivery in client executive briefings, industry content, speaking, and pursuit support, and leads flagship AI and automation programs built on DataMap products and enterprise platforms.

Requirements

10+ years of project delivery experience, including leading project managers and holding portfolio- or PMO-level responsibility.
Track record of completing and sustaining organization-level changes to process, structure, visibility, and communications, with working knowledge of a structured change management approach.
Vision for AI transformation of a delivery organization or PMO and a track record of carrying out such a transformation.
Proven success chairing steering committees, advising C-level client stakeholders, and leading people outside the reporting line.
Commercial leadership experience with portfolio margin, utilization, forecasting, pricing input, and delivery-driven revenue growth, including building a process that turns project leads into signed orders.
Demonstrated success building and developing project management teams, including hiring, career paths, standards, and mentoring.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

PMP certification or equivalent experience; PgMP or PfMP is a plus.
Consulting or professional services delivery leadership experience.
SaaS and ERP implementation experience, such as Coupa, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or Salesforce, and integration-platform experience such as Boomi; Source-to-Pay or procurement depth.
Experience designing a PMO operating model, including governance, portfolio reporting, and a career ladder.
Experience selecting and deploying AI tooling across a delivery organization and measuring its ROI.
Familiarity with Lewin’s change model, Kotter’s 8 steps, Prosci’s ADKAR model, the Bridges Transition Model, or the McKinsey 7-S Framework.
Public thought leadership through speaking, publishing, or community leadership in project delivery or applied AI.

Responsibilities

Lead management of all customer, partner, partnership-growth, internal, and operations work, and maintain portfolio health across schedule, margin, quality, and outcomes.
Lead Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and coordinators, and establish standards for how projects are run, led, and grown.
Coordinate consulting, engineering, QA, and managed services around shared priorities and outcomes, and partner with Sales and client executives.
Chair executive steering committees; escalate delivery, commercial, or relationship risks; engage executive leadership when needed; and maintain executive relationships across strategic accounts.
Drive organization-level change in processes, structure, visibility, communications, and change management.
Set and maintain delivery standards, governance, and quality gates from kickoff through close, drawing on established practices such as PMI’s.
Design the PMO’s operating model, including roles, decision rights, escalation paths, portfolio reviews, and cross-functional handoffs.
Run portfolio intake, prioritization, and health reviews; build portfolio reporting, dashboards, health metrics, and early warnings; and manage delivery communications.
Own PMO commercial results, including margin, utilization, forecasting, change-order discipline, and expansion revenue generated through software and service sales.
Build the lead-to-signature process and supporting playbooks and pipeline reporting so project managers can identify sales leads, draft order forms, change orders, and SOW amendments, and obtain customer signatures.
Partner with Sales on pipeline, pursuits, and achievable commitments, and contribute to pricing and packaging delivery services.
Build the project management team through hiring, onboarding, training, career-ladder development, and culture-building.
Develop future practice leaders through coaching and guidance focused on team engagement, course correction, and business outcomes.
Lead the AI transformation of the PMO, including tool selection, methodology evolution, and ROI measurement, in partnership with the executive team.
Establish standards for AI-assisted delivery, including prompt libraries, workflow automation, and AI-driven risk and margin warnings, and measure results in cycle time, quality, and margin.
Represent DataMap’s AI-first delivery in client briefings, industry content and speaking, and pursuit support; lead flagship AI and automation programs built on DataMap products.