Project Management Office (PMO) Manager
About The Position
NextStep is a digital, AI-powered career platform built specifically for high-performing consultants looking to make their next move. Using a data-driven matching system, NextStep connects consulting talent with roles and companies that are actually the right fit. We built this platform alongside Consulting Comedy, the world's largest consulting community with over 1M+ followers who know the industry inside and out. We're currently hiring a PMO Manager in Boston on behalf of our partner network. Project Management Office (PMO) Manager - Boston As a PMO Manager, you'll own the operational infrastructure that ensures strategic initiatives move from kickoff to successful completion. Your core responsibilities include:
Requirements
- A consulting background from MBB, Big 4, or respected boutique firms
- 3-5+ years running projects, programs, or leading PMO functions
- Hands-on experience driving large-scale, multi-stakeholder transformation programs
- Deep knowledge of how and when to apply Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies
- The ability to manage up, down, and sideways, communicating clearly with everyone from analysts to the C-suite
Responsibilities
- Designing the frameworks, standards, and workflows that keep projects from going off the rails
- Monitoring progress across the entire portfolio and surfacing issues before they become disasters
- Leading weekly status meetings with executives and giving them the unfiltered truth about what's working and what isn't
- Making the tough calls on resource allocation when ten projects need the same three people
- Developing project managers and team leads so they can run tighter, smarter initiatives
- Creating executive dashboards that show actual outcomes, not just activity metrics
- Jumping into stalled projects, diagnose what's broken, and get momentum back
- Identifying patterns in project failures and redesigning the systems that keep causing them
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
