PMO Governance & Portfolio Management, Section Manager

Job purpose

Portfolio management and governance

• Oversee the assigned project portfolio, monitor performance, and ensure alignment with objectives, priorities, and business plans.
• Support project evaluation, prioritization, sequencing, and benefits realization; identify dependencies, constraints, risks, and opportunities.
• Establish PMO governance, methodologies, standards, and templates and ensure teams follow approved practices.
• Monitor governance, approvals, documentation, and reporting compliance; improve PMO processes, tools, and controls.

Project oversight and reporting

• Monitor project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, and health; review significant changes, dependencies, and corrective action plans.
• Conduct project reviews and assurance, guide project managers, and help resolve delivery challenges.
• Consolidate project information into reports, dashboards, and analyses and provide management with insights and recommendations.
• Support governance and project review meetings; track decisions and follow actions through to closure.

Resources, vendors, and team

• Monitor portfolio resource allocation, demand, and capacity; support project initiation, business cases, and scope definition.
• Participate in vendor and service-provider evaluation and selection and monitor performance against contractual requirements and deliverables.
• Manage PMO team activities and performance, set objectives, coach team members, and promote accountability and continuous improvement.
• Monitor the PMO budget and ensure efficient use of available resources.

Academic qualification and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or any relevant field.
• 6 to 10 years of work experience.

Technical and functional competencies

• Project change management, coordination, and issues management.
• Project cost management, tracking, and reporting.
• Project management tools, resource management, and risk management.

Role accountabilities