Sr Manager - Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO)

Energy Transfer•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Enterprise PMO Lead establishes, leads, and matures Energy Transfer’s Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO). The role owns the governance framework, delivery standards, portfolio visibility, and program execution discipline across the enterprise transformation portfolio. It partners with senior business and technology leaders to ensure strategic initiatives are planned, tracked, and delivered with rigor and accountability. This is a build-and-run leadership role: the EPMO Lead will establish the EPMO function, define its operating model, staff its delivery team, and lead execution from day one. The role also develops enterprise project-management capabilities, delivery standards, and practitioner training.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive program and project management experience.
2+ years in a PMO leadership, PMO manager, or program governance role.
Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-workstream enterprise transformation programs.
Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience with portfolio and project-management tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, Planview, or equivalent.
PMP certification required.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree.
Experience in the energy, midstream, or industrial sector.
Familiarity with enterprise platform implementations such as Workday, SAP, Salesforce, or equivalent.
Agile or SAFe certification.
Experience contributing to or building a PMO during organizational transformation or M&A.

Responsibilities

Design and implement the EPMO operating model, including governance structure, delivery methodology, intake processes, and reporting cadence.
Define portfolio-management standards for project prioritization, resourcing, and status reporting.
Build and continuously improve a center of excellence for project and program management across the transformation portfolio.
Drive adoption of consistent project-management practices across business units and functional teams.
Own the enterprise program portfolio dashboard and executive reporting cadence.
Provide portfolio-level status, risk, and financial reporting to senior leadership.
Facilitate steering committee meetings, stage-gate reviews, and cross-program dependency management.
Maintain visibility into resource allocation and capacity across the active portfolio.
Lead and mentor the EPMO delivery team, including project managers and coordinators.
Serve as the escalation point for cross-program risks, blockers, and key decisions.
Partner with business organizations, including Finance, HR, Legal, IT, and Operations, to enable successful program delivery.
Drive lessons-learned processes and continuous improvement across the delivery lifecycle.
Define project-management career paths and capability standards within the EPMO.
Develop onboarding and training pathways for project practitioners across the enterprise.
Champion appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile, hybrid, and waterfall, based on program context.