PMO Specialist

A leading pharmaceutical manufacturing environment in Barceloneta, PR is seeking a PMO Specialist for supporting a strategic Asset Implementation Program. This role is ideal for a project management professional with strong PMO governance, project controls, reporting, and stakeholder coordination experience in complex, highly regulated environments. The PMO Specialist will help drive consistency, visibility, and execution discipline across multiple initiatives by supporting project planning, schedules, KPIs, dashboards, cost controls, risk tracking, and executive reporting. This is an excellent opportunity to work with cross-functional teams, local and global stakeholders, and experienced leadership on high-impact capital and asset implementation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide PMO leadership, coaching, and best-practice guidance to project teams during planning, execution, monitoring, and control phases.
- Support the coordination and oversight of multiple projects within the Asset Implementation Program, including schedules, risks, costs, resources, changes, and dependencies.
- Develop and maintain project dashboards, KPIs, executive reports, governance documentation, status updates, and performance metrics.
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate project workshops, stakeholder meetings, communication activities, and change management support.
- Consolidate and analyze project data to provide program-level insights, recommendations, and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Serve as a key interface with global PMO stakeholders while supporting compliance with internal procedures, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Contract of 1 year 
- Pay range: $55 to $60 per hour.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
-Minimum 4 years of experience in PMO, project controls, project scheduling, program planning, or project management within complex multi-project environments.

- Experience applying PMP-based project management methodologies, governance standards, and best practices.
- Experience supporting medium- to large-scale transformation initiatives, asset implementation programs, or capital investment projects.
- Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, cost control, change management, risk management, reporting, and dependency management.
- Understanding of pharmaceutical operations, GxP requirements, quality systems, supply chain, manufacturing environments, and CapEx governance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Microsoft Project and/or Jira.
- Ability to develop, interpret, and present dashboards, KPIs, executive reports, and project performance metrics.
- Fluent in English and Spanish, both written and spoken.
- Strong analytical, organizational, presentation, interpersonal communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP or equivalent project management certification.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing or regulated manufacturing industry experience.
- SAP experience.
- Experience supporting CapEx governance, Commissioning & Qualification phases, and global asset implementation programs.

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