PMO Project Manager

1 Alpha Consulting • Middletown, PA

1d • Remote

About The Position

The PMO Project Manager will lead and coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams for Wave 2, a complex, enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement initiative involving a core Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission business application and interconnected systems, business processes, and stakeholders. The role manages technical and business dependencies, project risks, vendors, resources, schedules, budgets, and stakeholder communications, while providing project governance and keeping initiatives aligned with strategic priorities, operational needs, and established project management standards.

This position is primarily remote, with required onsite attendance in Middletown, Pennsylvania, for one week per month as scheduled. Additional onsite attendance may be needed for meetings, work sessions, planned implementations, or system-issue support. The selected candidate must attend a full-day onsite orientation and pick up assigned equipment in person; equipment will not be shipped, and travel expenses for that orientation and equipment pickup will not be reimbursed. The candidate must be able to report to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission work location within three hours in an emergency. Additional travel may be required based on project needs.

The candidate must comply with applicable onboarding, confidentiality, background-check, security, technology, and equipment requirements. The role requires completion of Pennsylvania and national criminal background checks.

Requirements

• At least ten years of project or project management experience supporting projects of varying sizes and subject areas.
• Demonstrated experience managing project integration, scope, schedules, communications, vendors, and risk planning.
• Experience managing high-profile subject-matter vendors across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Project Manager experience supporting Enterprise Business Solutions, specifically SAP or ERP projects.
• Experience managing multi-year projects.
• Expert-level knowledge and extensive experience creating and maintaining integrated project plans using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Online.
• Strong leadership, conflict-management, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, organization, and stakeholder-communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and complex technical and business dependencies.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Ability to work remotely while meeting required onsite attendance expectations.
• Ability to report to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission work location within three hours in an emergency.
• Ability to complete required Pennsylvania and national criminal background checks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement or implementation projects.
• Experience working within a complex, cloud-based, multi-tiered SAP environment.
• Experience coordinating projects with System Integrators and System Integrator Project Managers.
• Experience supporting SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Data Cloud, or SAP Service and Asset Manager.
• Experience coordinating SAP integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Qlik Sense, OnBase, or other business applications.
• Experience establishing formal project governance frameworks and escalation processes.
• Experience with resource forecasting and project capacity planning.
• Experience managing project costs, deliverables, milestones, risks, dependencies, and critical-path schedules.
• Experience working with technology teams, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, clients, and executive leadership.
• Experience following established PMO playbooks, templates, procedures, and project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate internal and external resources across multiple IT projects of varying sizes and complexity.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts according to established standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
• Build and manage detailed, integrated project plans and schedules covering tasks, deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and critical-path activities.
• Estimate and maintain project cost plans throughout project phases.
• Plan and schedule resources, forecast resource requirements, support capacity planning, and provide visibility into resource needs.
• Establish project governance, including roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate with business owners and analysts to define and refine project scope.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Monitor deliverables, milestones, schedules, costs, and required approvals.
• Conduct lessons-learned sessions and document recommendations for improvement.
• Build productive relationships with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities with System Integrator Project Managers and related projects in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission technology environment.
• Manage project documentation, artifacts, approvals, and signoffs.
• Follow the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission PMO Playbook and associated project management standards.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Supportive, collaborative work environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Meaningful work intended to drive positive results for organizations, clients, and communities.
• Mission-driven culture built on service, trust, innovation, and measurable impact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed