Director of PMO - Global Technical Operations

Build the PMO function within Global Technical Operations including management of resources, time, and budgets. Economical and results-oriented planning, management and implementation of business projects with the aim of achieving defined project goals in accordance with the project assignment.

Focus and scope of the position is operational processes which impact time, quality, and cost of operations. The core tasks are people management and project management, in particular process mapping, measurement, and redesign (including system integrations) and the associated change management, as well as the maintenance and continuous improvement of the process, landscape, and downstream reporting as system owner. Create capacity within the organization and additional mentoring of country and regional level projects creating an everybody everyday approach to problem solving and project management. Incorporation of identified Operational Excellence methodologies into project planning and execution. Creation of a process and platform to manage intake, approval, milestone achievement, risks, and project lifecycle. Reporting back to senior leadership on project pipeline and status. Key inputs into department strategic plan on anticipated business results.

Leading the Project Management function within global technical operations including disciplinary responsibility for PMO resources within the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• General and individual project management responsibility imcö. Project definition, planning & execution
• Development of the project plan based on different activities (work packages, deadlines, etc.) and resource planning (personnel, costs), taking into account the quality of results and the organizational structure
• Agree on work packages with the project team, plan and conducting project team meeting and follow-up work results including deadlines and cost control
• Drive and define improvement projects on selected service processes
• Understand business requirements and work out concepts to systematically develop and improve workflows, systems and organizations in GTO 
• Collaboration with CoEs and regions to identify relevant projects, assess potential and collect the requirements for the pilot projects 
• Direct management of PMO resources

What we expect:

• University degree (Uni/ FH) in finance, operations, supply chain or a related field
• Alternatively, successfully completed vocational training with several years of professional experience in the relevant field 
• PMO certification and Lean/ Six Sigma are a plus
• Professional experience in project management or in a comparable function
• Excellent team player as well as very good communication, moderation and presentation skills
• Technical understanding, high finance affinity, understanding of (service) processes 
• Project management, knowledge of agile project management an advantage 
• Good general IT knowledge, as well as good knowledge of the state of the art 
•  Very good English skills (written & spoken); other languages are a plus
• Willingness to work in cross-functional and international project teams
• Willingness to travel from time to time

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