Manager-Strategy PMO

SSA Marine•Seattle, WA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager-Strategy PMO is responsible for driving alignment and consistency across the implementation portfolio while supporting change management and training efforts. This role works closely with senior leadership to ensure initiatives are aligned with strategic priorities and delivered effectively. Acting as a central point of coordination, the role guides cross-functional teams, monitors progress, manages risks, and ensures timely execution. It also fosters strong engagement across the organization to support successful adoption and value delivery. Overall, this position helps translate strategy into action, ensuring initiatives stay on track and deliver meaningful business impact.

Requirements

Understanding of company strategy and how specific workstreams and initiatives align with organizational goals. Ability to forecast performance and recommend interventions when necessary.
Deep financial and business acumen, with an understanding of how the company generates and spends money, and how strategic metrics translate into financial and operational outcomes.
Proven experience leading large-scale transformation efforts with a track record of delivering measurable results in a multi-stakeholder environment.
Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action, able to make decisions with limited information and focus on driving outcomes, even when risks are involved.
Ability to challenge the status quo and prioritize the right solutions over the easiest answers, working closely with senior leadership and initiative owners.
A strong collaborator with a proven track record of breaking down silos and driving cross-functional value.
Demonstrated credibility and the ability to influence and lead difficult conversations with senior leaders across the organization.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage resources, track progress, and ensure processes are executed on time and to specification.

Responsibilities

Assist development of PMO methodologies, standards & tools/templates; ensure consistency across workstream and initiatives on transformation methodologies
Work directly with workstream leaders to assist with day-to-day change programs; assist with organizing and delivery of centralized training and development of PMO support resources
Play an active challenger role in supporting workstreams and initiatives; support pressure testing and partnership for workstreams & initiatives
Provide line of sight and exception-based reporting to Director, Strategy PMO on program progress, and support on tool usage questions
Escalate issues with a predictive, forward-looking nature
Support informed decision making on PMO investment decisions and process
Provide thoughtful pressure-testing through business case process
Connect Initiative teams with Finance Liaisons to ensure correct processing
Help to engage cross-functional partners are effectively across organization
Engage cross-functional support for guidance where needed across multiple workstreams
Monitor and mitigate program risk/issues
Support Initiative Owners navigating the PMO processes
Support workstreams on technical questions related to business cases, roadmaps, Key, etc.
In working sessions, provide feedback on direction set by Workstream leaders and Initiative owners
Owns the reporting and organization streamlining to for workstreams & initiatives
Influences tools and templates, training and development, roadmap and milestone preparation, development of minimum viable initiatives
Other duties as assigned.