Sr Director PMO

Armada•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Armada Supply Chain Solutions has been around for more than 100 years and is one of Pittsburgh's largest private companies. We understand that a successful organization starts from the inside. Armada’s culture creates an atmosphere of open planning, innovation, and diversity of thought. The Senior Director, PMO provides strategic leadership and governance for the organization’s enterprise portfolio of initiatives, with a strong emphasis on ITâenabled business capabilities and enterprise applications. This role ensures that projects—particularly those involving core business applications, platforms, and systems—are delivered using fitâforâpurpose IT project methodologies and aligned to business strategy, architecture standards, and value realization goals. This is a Pittsburgh based hybrid role.

Requirements

12 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management, including significant IT delivery leadership
Proven experience leading initiatives involving enterprise business applications and complex IT systems
Demonstrated success applying and scaling IT project methodologies across diverse delivery models
Strong understanding of: Enterprise business applications and application lifecycles IT delivery methodologies (Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall) Systems integration, data dependencies, and release management
Ability to bridge business objectives and technical execution
Executiveâlevel communication, presentation, and decisionâsupport skills
Excellent, proven leadership and team management skills
Demonstrated strategic thinking capabilities.
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
PMP, PgMP, SAFe SPC, Lean Portfolio Management, or equivalent IT delivery certifications

Nice To Haves

Supply Chain experience is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Enterprise Portfolio & Strategy Alignment
Own and manage the enterprise portfolio of business and IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, application roadmaps, and technology standards
Partner with IT and business leaders to prioritize investments
Ensure portfolio decisions consider technical debt, application lifecycle, scalability, and business impact
Provide executiveâlevel insight into portfolio health, delivery risk, and dependency
PMO Governance, IT Methodology & Standards
Continuously evolve enterprise project and program management methodologies
Ensure project delivery aligns with IT methodologies: Application development and release practices Infrastructure, cloud, and platform delivery models Vendor and system integrator delivery approaches IT governance, security, risk, and audit requirements
Support and mature standards for: IT project intake and business case development Stage gates, delivery assurance, and production readiness
Delivery Excellence & Value Realization
Partner with Application, Architecture, and Infrastructure leaders to ensure: Projects align with enterprise architecture and application roadmaps Dependencies across systems and platforms are proactively managed Delivery plans account for data, integration, testing, and deployment complexity
Ensure benefits realization explicitly tie project delivery to business outcomes
Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to technology complexity, vendor delivery, and organizational readiness
Promote best practices in estimation, planning, release management, and delivery of solutions
Leadership & Organizational Enablement
Lead and develop a PMO team of 10+ portfolio managers, program managers, and IT project managers.
Build strong partnerships with IT and business stakeholders, translating business strategy into executable initiatives that deliver measurable outcomes
Act as a trusted advisor to executives on project strategy, sequencing, and execution
Evolve the PMO into a strategic IT delivery partner, not just a governance and execution function
Tools, Data & Reporting
Own enterprise PPM and Agile tools supporting project delivery (e.g. OnePlan, JIRA).
Ensure visibility to project and portfolio status, with transparency to key KPIs and SLAs
Use data and metrics to continuously improve project delivery maturity and throughput.