PMO Lead - Centers of Excellence - Conglomerate

A leading conglomerate is seeking the Head - PMO for one of its Centers of Excellence (security / risk / governance):

Job Description :

- Participates in strategy development.

- Partners with internal and external stakeholders in creating opportunities.

- Takes timely independent action in pursuit of priorities.

- Accurately assesses when and how to escalate issues.

- Direction setting within teams on learning and applying useful decision-making approaches

- Responsible for supervising the development, planning, implementation, tracking and closure of all projects undertaken by the Project Management Team.

- Lead the development and implementation of a broad, coordinated set of plans and programs.

- Provide supervision towards timely and efficient accomplishment of project tasks.

- To manage and develop the team of highly motivated B-school graduates.

- Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between teams, projects or functional areas.

- Develop methods to monitor project or area progress.

- Continuously improve project management tool-kits and methodologies.

- Maintain sophisticated oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management.

- Establish connections with internal and external touch-points / tap knowledge sources to stay abreast of modern developments in relevant functional and strategic areas.

- Provide mentoring, coaching and direction setting to team members

Skills :

- Ability to build, lead and motivate teams to timely and efficient goal accomplishment

- Deep knowledge of principles, practices and theories in own professional discipline. May have knowledge of more than one professional discipline

- Thorough understanding of project management techniques and tools for various phases involving initiation, preparation, execution & control, and closure

- Strong and current awareness of external trends and best practices

- Demonstrates superior collaboration skills and techniques to resolve conflicts and create lasting, productive partnerships among cross-functional groups

- Analyzes risks and future impact of decisions

Desirable Profile :

- 15 years of Total Work Experience.

- 07 Years Project Management Experience.

- Demonstrated aptitude for strategic planning.

- Financial Analysis of Projects

- Knowledge Management

- Research and Analysis into emerging business trends, technologies.

- Value/Cost Engineering Projects

- Branding / Advertising / Marketing Analysis

- Demonstrated capability in working with cross-functional teams

- Minimum MBA from Tier I / II

- Project Management certification & Lean Six Sigma