Program Management Officer (PMO)

Orion Innovation•Montvale, NJ

About The Position

Orion Innovation is seeking a Senior Director, PMO to lead delivery methodology, controls, and governance across a multi-million-dollar portfolio of professional services programs, with a strong focus on Audit technology and transformation. The role partners with Build and Run organizations and the customer’s PMO Head to establish consistent governance, define accountability, and improve delivery predictability. It combines portfolio leadership, management of program and project managers, and hands-on leadership of large, complex, and highly visible programs. The PMO leader establishes delivery standards and customer governance, oversees portfolio scope, schedules, budgets, dependencies, risks, and capacity, and aligns Build and Run delivery through operational readiness and support transitions. The role manages and coaches program and project managers, leads or intervenes in critical programs, oversees financial and commercial controls, and provides weekly program reviews and monthly portfolio reporting. It also incorporates Audit methodology and evidence requirements into governance and pursues continuous improvement through delivery metrics, lessons learned, and practical reporting automation.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in program management, delivery governance, or PMO leadership, including significant experience leading enterprise portfolios and managing program/project managers.
Demonstrated oversight of portfolios of approximately multi-million-dollar or comparable scale and complexity.
Strong professional services experience, preferably supporting Audit, assurance, or related technology transformation programs.
Proven ability to establish delivery methodologies, governance frameworks, RACI, financial controls, and executive reporting.
Experience partnering across Build and Run organizations and managing globally distributed teams in a customer-facing environment.
Track record of personally leading complex programs and recovering initiatives facing delivery, financial, or stakeholder challenges.
Strong financial acumen, analytical judgment, executive communication, and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Proficiency with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and Excel.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.

Nice To Haves

PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and implement delivery methodologies, planning standards, stage gates, templates, and controls across Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models.
Partner with the customer’s PMO Head to establish governance forums, decision rights, escalation paths, and clear RACI across customer stakeholders, PMO, Build, Run, and partner teams.
Govern scope, schedules, budgets, dependencies, risks, and resource capacity across programs; identify delivery concerns and drive corrective actions with accountable owners.
Align governance across development, releases, operational readiness, and transition to support, including handover criteria and ownership.
Manage, coach, and hold program and project managers accountable for planning quality, financial discipline, reporting accuracy, stakeholder management, and delivery commitments.
Directly lead or intervene in critical programs through integrated planning, dependency resolution, recovery plans, executive escalations, and complex customer discussions.
Oversee budget baselines, forecasts, actuals, burn rates, variances, and scope changes; partner with Finance and delivery leaders to align execution with approved funding and contractual commitments.
Establish weekly program reviews and monthly portfolio reporting on milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and required decisions; deliver concise dashboards and executive narratives.
Incorporate Audit methodology requirements, quality expectations, traceability, and evidence retention into program governance with customer domain and control owners.
Assess governance effectiveness, automate reporting where practical, and use delivery metrics and lessons learned to strengthen execution.