PMO Program MAnager

Our client is actively seeking a Sr. Program Manager to support their PMO with a global IT initiative.

This opportunity is hybrid onsite 4 days per week in Mettawa, IL

Summary

The successful candidate will function as a strategic consultant within the PMO, providing leadership and guidance across multiple initiatives while helping teams navigate complex business, process, organizational, and technology challenges. This individual must be comfortable operating with limited direction, influencing diverse stakeholder groups, and balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution.

The role requires exceptional program and project management expertise, strong executive presence, and the ability to proactively identify risks, resolve issues, manage dependencies, and drive decisions across a highly matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning business, technology, process transformation, change management, and organizational readiness.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, and critical path activities.
• Ensure adherence to master program plans and delivery commitments.
• Identify and implement solutions to complex program challenges.
• Provide strategic counsel and practical recommendations to PMO leadership and stakeholders.
• Operate independently and successfully manage ambiguous situations with minimal supervision.
• Create and manage integrated plans across multiple workstreams, teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Identify, track, and proactively manage cross-functional dependencies and delivery risks.
• Coordinate planning activities and ensure alignment across interconnected initiatives.
• Assess impacts of changes and decisions on program objectives and timelines.
• Lead RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) management activities.
• Proactively identify potential roadblocks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive issue resolution and escalation management across business and technology teams.
• Support governance processes, decision-making forums, and steering committee activities.
• Ensure transparency into program health and delivery performance.
• Develop executive-level presentations, dashboards, status reports, scorecards, and decision materials.
• Translate complex program information into concise and actionable insights.
• Support executive governance meetings and facilitate effective communication across stakeholder groups.
• Contribute to program budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
• Monitor program spend and support financial reporting and variance analysis.
• Assist with resource planning and capacity forecasting.
• Support management of consulting partners and vendors, including deliverable tracking, milestone management, and performance reviews.