Sr. Manager, Real Estate, Capital Projects (PMO) Operations Manager

Vertiv•Westerville, OH

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About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Real Estate, Capital Projects PMO & Operations establishes, owns, and continuously improves the global management system governing Vertiv's Capital project portfolio. This role owns the standards, processes, controls, systems, data, reporting, and performance-management framework that provide leadership with consistent visibility into capital investments and project performance. The position is the operational backbone of the Capital organization and provides independent portfolio and project assurance by identifying material gaps in governance, project controls, financial reporting, risk management, and project performance. It is not intended to perform detailed project execution; rather, it ensures project teams work within a consistent, scalable, disciplined framework and that leadership has the information needed for timely decisions. Vertiv's Capital organization serves as the owner-side project-management function for real estate and facilities capital investments. Capital professionals oversee business requirements and outcomes, while qualified third-party firms generally perform detailed project delivery, including project/construction management, architecture, engineering, cost management, scheduling, construction, commissioning, and other technical services.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in project management, construction management, engineering, finance, business, real estate, or a related discipline.
Typically 10+ years of experience in capital projects, project controls, PMO leadership, portfolio management, or related disciplines.
Strong understanding of capital project lifecycle management and owner-side governance.
Demonstrated experience with cost, schedule, risk, change, and portfolio reporting.
Strong analytical capability and ability to convert project information into actionable management insights.
Experience developing standardized processes across multiple projects, teams, or regions.
Demonstrated experience with PMIS, project-controls platforms, reporting, or analytics tools.
Strong written, verbal, and executive presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience within a global manufacturing, industrial, mission-critical, or corporate real estate organization.
Experience establishing, transforming, or operating a Capital PMO.
PMP, PgMP, AACE, CCM, or comparable certification.
Experience with Power BI, PMIS platforms, project-controls systems, or related analytics tools.
Experience managing outsourced project-delivery models.

Responsibilities

Establish and own Vertiv's global Capital Project Management framework, including lifecycle requirements, stage gates, approval standards, and governance expectations.
Establish minimum project-controls requirements based on project size, risk, complexity, and type; maintain standard processes, templates, tools, and documentation; and provide independent assurance of governance compliance.
Maintain global visibility of the Capital project pipeline and active portfolio, and develop executive reporting on investment, forecast, schedule, milestones, risks, changes, and project health.
Establish consistent definitions and reporting standards across regions; identify portfolio trends, systemic risks, constraints, and performance concerns; and translate complex project information into actionable management insights and recommendations.
Partner with Finance on capital forecasting and reporting practices, including standards for budgets, commitments, forecast-at-completion, contingencies, cash flow, and variance reporting.
Establish standards for baseline schedules, milestone tracking, change control, and risk management; monitor data quality; challenge inconsistencies; and support reconciliation between project-management reporting and financial systems.
Independently identify material deficiencies in project controls, governance, risk management, schedule management, or financial reporting; escalate significant concerns to the Sr. Director – Capital Projects; support targeted reviews; and develop and track corrective actions.
Serve as the Capital business owner for project-management systems and related technology platforms; define functional requirements for PMIS capabilities, dashboards, workflows, and reporting; and drive user adoption, process consistency, and data quality.
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve decision support, and establish project-data standards and governance.
Develop scorecards and performance metrics for major Capital delivery partners; support performance reviews of project-management, design, cost, and construction providers; identify recurring supplier issues and coordinate corrective actions; and support preferred-provider and sourcing strategies.
Facilitate lessons-learned reviews and translate findings into process improvements; benchmark Capital practices against industry standards and leading owner organizations; and develop training and onboarding materials for Capital professionals.
Identify opportunities to simplify processes while strengthening financial control and project accountability, and support continuous development of Capital organizational capability.