Department Contact: James Stanfill, stanfill@nmsu.edu, 575-646-2026

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The Director of the PMO leads IT project portfolio's ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. Reporting to the CIO, this role oversees project governance, risk management, resource planning, agile practices, and portfolio strategy while leading and developing project management staff.

The position partners with stakeholders across the organization to drive operational excellence, support business objectives, and ensure successful project delivery through effective planning, communication, and change management.

**Must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.**

***Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and the translation of other relevant employment documents prior to being offered employment at New Mexico State University. A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet an employment related credential requirement. An evaluation is required even if the foreign course work has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.***

Position Details

Position Title: Director Enterprise Project Management Office

College/Division: Information Technology

Department: 450001-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $126,901.09 ; To commensurate with qualifications.

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: The Director of Project Management Office (PMO) will report to the CIO and will be responsible for exercising leadership and execution of all project management activities for the overall IT Function ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.

This role will also develop effective risk mitigation plans and seamlessly executes; adjusts risk at a project level. This role will also interpret project resource needs and adjusts as required to ensure business outcomes are satisfied. Partner with portfolio stakeholders to develop a common understanding of business strategy, roadmaps, technology teams' capacity, and agile practices.

The Director of the PMO and their team will help advance the portfolio's strategy by managing risks across:
- people
- process
- technology and controls
- monitoring
- reporting and agile
to ensure effective execution and delivery.

Manages staff performance by setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, learning opportunities, and developing improvement plans as needed. Manages and communicates portfolio changes; facilities trade-off decisions in the portfolio as needed.

Ensures project teams are managing change to best deliver business value and outcomes.
- Responsible for the management and development of all project managers within IT.
- Responsible for the delivery of all projects on time and within budget
- Plans and develops project plans consistent with the application team's scope of work, works hand-in-hand with application development directors in planning all projects.
- Plans and develop all communication on behalf of the CIO working with peers to assist when required.
- Responsible for coordinating all training for the IT organizations working with peers to assess the requirements for education, manages the training budget for IT.
- Responsible for the development of Project level dashboards for the CIO.
- Conducts project reviews and audits on behalf of the CIO, coordinates readouts and recommends corrective actions to the project directors.
- Participates in IT Governance meetings and captures/publishes notes of all governance meetings.
- Responsible for following project change management procedures and the communication of those changes. Determines risk mitigation strategies as a result of change, documents change and assess impact of change to the project timeline.

Communicates changes to all responsible parties and stakeholders. Responsible for assessing talent bi-annually using tools like the 9-Box model. Develops and mentors people consistent with their desired career path and goals, additionally, you have a responsibility to manage people out of the organization if performance and capability are not meeting the standards. Responsible for developing project management procedures and communicating/educating your peers. Responsible for establishing clear goals and objectives for subordinates consistent with the overall IT goals/objectives.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
Associate's Degree + 10 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 8 years of relevant experience. Master's degree or higher preferred.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 
ITIL and PMI is preferred.

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.