Sr. Manager, Portfolio Management Office (PMO
About The Position
At IAB, we don’t just manage projects, we shape the future of the digital advertising ecosystem. From industry standards and research to cross-market initiatives that influence how media, technology, and commerce evolve, our work sits at the center of what’s next. We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Portfolio Management Office (PMO) — a seasoned project leader who thrives in complexity, leads through influence, and knows how to turn ambitious ideas into disciplined execution. This is a senior individual contributor role with real autonomy, visibility, and impact. If you love owning high-stakes initiatives end-to-end, partnering with smart, mission-driven teams, and operating as a strategic force multiplier in a lean environment this role was built for you.
Requirements
- A senior project leader with 7+ years managing complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Comfortable operating independently with sound judgment and minimal direction
- Skilled at leading without authority and influencing across levels and functions
- Calm, decisive, and pragmatic in ambiguity
- Highly organized, analytical, and an exceptional communicator
- Experienced working within or alongside a PMO (strongly preferred)
- Fluent in Smartsheet (or similar tools) — building dashboards, reporting, and workflows with ease
- Familiar with digital media, advertising, or marketing environments (a plus)
Nice To Haves
- Experienced working within or alongside a PMO
- Familiar with digital media, advertising, or marketing environments
Responsibilities
- OWN HIGH-VISIBILITY WORK, END TO END
- Own project plans, timelines, milestones, and execution strategy
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and tradeoffs
- Drive delivery consistency and quality across workstreams
- Escalate issues with clarity, context, and recommendations
- Adapt quickly in a fast-moving, resource-conscious environment doing what’s needed to deliver
- LEAD THROUGH INFLUENCE
- Lead cross-functional teams with confidence and credibility
- Facilitate kickoffs, working sessions, and status meetings
- Align partners on scope, priorities, expectations, and timelines
- Support campaign planning, production schedules, handoffs, and launches
- Reinforce delivery standards and accountability across teams
- SHAPE PLANNING & BUSINESS ALIGNMENT
- Support business planning with intake analysis, capacity insights, and risk assessment
- Contribute to progress check-ins, surfacing delivery risks and required tradeoffs
- Partner with PMO leadership to align initiatives with organizational priorities
- Provide structured reporting to inform sequencing and prioritization decisions
- ADVANCE PMO MATURITY
- Maintain real-time dashboards, tracking, and reporting visibility
- Deliver concise, actionable status updates
- Improve intake processes, templates, workflows, and reporting standards
- Continuously evaluate and optimize execution efficiency
Benefits
- Your work matters
- You get real autonomy
- You work with smart, mission-driven people
- You build, not just maintain
- You thrive in a lean, dynamic environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
