Vice President, Enterprise PMO

Centene Corporation • Remote-KY, MO

2d • $171,900 - $326,900

About The Position

The Vice President, Enterprise PMO oversees department staff, including hiring, performance management, and career development, to align the team with defined goals. The role develops budgets and priorities and ensures plans and resource allocations are consistent with them. It coordinates organizational plans and activities with senior leaders inside and outside IT and with strategic suppliers.

The position anticipates and analyzes customer needs and recommends and develops priorities for feasibility studies, systems design, and implementation related to new or modified information processing systems, policies, and procedures. It transforms the PMO operating model from traditional administration and status reporting toward strategic delivery, transparency, and measurable outcomes. The role establishes enterprise standards for project governance, portfolio management, reporting, risk escalation, and delivery accountability; improves portfolio performance, including an objective of moving approximately 80% of the portfolio to green status; and builds a metrics-driven environment with greater visibility into delivery quality, project health, resource demand, and execution risk.

The Vice President advances tooling, automation, and AI adoption to improve efficiency and reduce administrative burden, aligns delivery across BTS, and strengthens organizational capability through skills development, coaching, performance management, and clear expectations for the future PMO organization. The role applies process and business expertise to impact business results, performs other duties as assigned, and complies with all policies and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10 or more years of diverse IT experience.
• Previous experience managing staff, including hiring, training, managing workload, and managing performance.
• Equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope, and skills reflective of the level of the position may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• ServiceNow experience is viewed as an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Oversee department staff, including hiring, performance management, and career development, to align with defined goals.
• Develop budgets and priorities and ensure plans and resource allocations are consistent with them.
• Coordinate organizational plans and activities with senior leaders inside and outside IT and with strategic suppliers.
• Anticipate and analyze customer needs and develop priorities for feasibility studies, systems design, and implementation of new or modified information processing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Transform the PMO operating model toward strategic delivery, transparency, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish enterprise standards for project governance, portfolio management, reporting, risk escalation, and delivery accountability.
• Improve portfolio performance, including the objective of moving approximately 80% of the portfolio to green status.
• Increase visibility into delivery quality, project health, resource demand, and execution risk through metrics.
• Advance tooling, automation, and AI adoption to improve efficiency and reduce administrative burden.
• Align delivery across BTS, connecting project managers, program managers, delivery leads, and contractors inside and outside the centralized PMO.
• Strengthen organizational capability by building skills, coaching leaders, managing performance, and clarifying expectations.
• Apply process and business expertise to impact business results.
• Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Health insurance
• 401K plan
• Stock purchase plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off and holidays
• Flexible approach to work schedules, including remote, hybrid, field, or office schedules

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive