Manager of Project Management Office

Bold New Solutions - BNS Power

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Manager of the Project Management Office (PMO) establishes, leads, and manages BNS’s centralized project management function. The role develops project management standards, oversees portfolio performance, and provides leadership and accountability for Project Managers across BNS business units. It establishes the structure, processes, reporting, and management practices needed to support consistent project delivery as the company grows. The PMO Manager is accountable for the effectiveness of the project management function, including standardized practices, project portfolio oversight, Project Manager development, and visibility into schedules, budgets, resources, risks, customer commitments, and financial performance. The role establishes expectations, monitors performance, identifies execution gaps, and ensures issues are escalated and addressed with clear ownership and recovery plans. The position works closely with the COO and executive leadership, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Contracts, Engineering, HR, and Business Development to ensure projects are planned, resourced, monitored, and delivered in alignment with company objectives and contractual commitments. It is a PMO leadership role focused on building and managing the project management function, not a senior Project Manager role. The PMO Manager coordinates project resource requirements but does not control field workforce assignments or operational deployment, and does not replace Finance’s accounting and financial control responsibilities or other functions’ approval authority. This is a full-time, salaried, exempt remote position. The location is based on business needs, and travel is required as needed to support operations and customer commitments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in project management, program management, or project operations.
At least 3 years of experience leading Project Managers, project teams, or a project management function.
Demonstrated experience establishing, managing, or improving a Project Management Office or comparable project governance structure.
Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects with responsibility for schedules, budgets, resources, customer deliverables, and financial performance.
Strong understanding of project financial management, forecasting, cost controls, change management, and contract deliverables.
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement project management standards, processes, reporting structures, and performance metrics.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating with Operations, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and customer-facing personnel.
Ability to identify project risks, evaluate execution challenges, and implement corrective action and recovery plans.
Strong leadership, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, project scheduling tools, and project management or enterprise resource planning systems.
Ability to travel as required to support BNS operations and customer commitments.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience leading a PMO in a growing, multi-business-unit organization.
Experience in critical infrastructure, data centers, telecommunications, structured cabling, construction, engineering services, IT infrastructure, or related technical environments.
Experience supporting commercial, government, military, defense, or maritime customers.
Familiarity with project scheduling, resource planning, earned value concepts, forecasting, and project portfolio reporting.
Experience with project management platforms, ERP systems, and business intelligence or reporting tools.
Knowledge of contract administration, procurement, subcontractor management, and change management practices.

Responsibilities

Establish, lead, and continuously improve the BNS Project Management Office and its project management framework, policies, procedures, tools, templates, reporting, and operating standards.
Define project management roles, responsibilities, decision-making authority, accountability expectations, escalation protocols, and requirements for project initiation, planning, scheduling, budgeting, execution, monitoring, change management, and closeout.
Ensure Project Managers follow PMO standards and maintain appropriate project documentation; establish governance and review processes and evaluate project management systems and tools.
Maintain centralized oversight of the active project portfolio and establish processes for project intake, prioritization, assignment, planning, and portfolio review.
Ensure projects have an identified Project Manager, defined scope, approved schedule and budget, milestones, deliverables, and an execution plan.
Monitor project status, customer commitments, schedule and financial performance, resource requirements, and risks; identify delays, cost overruns, scope changes, resource constraints, and customer concerns.
Require proactive communication of risks and potential delays, with causes, business impacts, owners, and recovery plans; ensure issues have clear ownership, resolution timelines, and follow-up.
Lead regular portfolio reviews, escalate significant risks and conflicts to the COO and relevant leaders, and ensure closeout includes financial reconciliation, documentation, customer acceptance, and lessons learned.
Establish project budget management, cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting expectations; partner with Finance and Project Managers to monitor financial performance and risks.
Monitor budget variances, cost overruns, margin erosion, unapproved expenditures, and financial exposure; establish expectations for forecasts of revenue, costs, labor, and projected completion.
Ensure scope changes, additional work, and customer requests are evaluated for schedule, contractual, and financial impact before execution; improve project financial reporting with Finance.
Directly lead and manage Project Managers and assigned PMO personnel; set performance expectations, measurable objectives, and accountability standards.
Evaluate Project Manager performance, conduct regular one-on-ones and project reviews, identify skill gaps, arrange training and coaching, and support recruitment, onboarding, and professional development.
Partner with Operations and Field Management to align schedules with workforce availability and deployment plans; coordinate resource needs with Procurement, Engineering, HR, and operational leaders.
Establish visibility into current and future project resource requirements, identify conflicts, coordinate their resolution, and ensure Project Managers communicate needs early.
Ensure Project Managers understand contract scope, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and customer requirements; establish change management and documentation practices.
Set expectations for customer communications, status updates, issue resolution, and escalation; participate in significant customer escalations and project recovery efforts as needed.
Develop standardized PMO reports and KPIs covering schedule, budget, forecast, resources, scope changes, risks, customer satisfaction, quality, closeout, and PMO compliance.
Prepare and present portfolio reports to the COO and executive leadership; lead recurring project review meetings and assign owners and due dates to action items.
Identify recurring execution challenges, document and apply lessons learned, develop corrective action plans, and continuously improve PMO processes.