PMO, Practice Director

Who We Are

Burwood Group is not your average technology consulting firm. We are an innovative, culture-driven industry leader that helps companies use and manage technology to transform business and improve outcomes. Founded in 1997, and headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, we have grown to be a 200+ employee firm with team members from Southern California to North Carolina.  

Burwood’s culture is based on our Core Values: 

• Customer Focus: We prioritize customers, solving problems, and delivering value by aligning with their needs. 
• Collaborate: We work as a team, delivering comprehensive solutions with integrity and focus.  
• Care: We are dedicated to our customers’ success, building trust through dependability and commitment. 
• Growth Mindset: We embrace continuous improvement, challenging the status quo for better customer outcomes. 
• Confidence: We lead with empathy, balancing confidence with humility to meet customer needs. 

Through our Core Values, we have cultivated an incredible team of people who are dedicated to their craft and passionate about using their skills to impact the success of the company. Join our team and build a career as unique as you are. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic PMO Practice Director to lead our PMO team. This senior role, which reports to our Chief Strategy Officer, involves overseeing our PMO capabilities continually improving how we drive customer success, and enabling and empowering our people to learn and grow. 

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in implementing continuous improvement initiatives with individuals and teams to continuously improve PMO maturity and delivery excellence for our customers. Candidates with global, enterprise experience with PMO concepts and teams will be strongly preferred.   

The role is well-aligned with those individuals who want to shape the future of PMO capabilities and functions, who revel in continual opportunities to learn, grow, and lead, and who passionately cares for the team and our customers. 
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Project Management Office, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives. 
• Oversee the portfolio management processes, ensuring successful delivery of projects within scope, time, budget, and customer satisfaction. 
• Implement and promote Agile methodologies to enhance project efficiency and adaptability. 
• Drive transformation initiatives by improving KPIs and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of projects and programs. 
• Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to project managers and team members. 
• Accountable for the PMO team’s financial targets through effective hiring, staffing, delivery efficiency, and supporting pre-sales scenarios where PMO staffing opportunities or PMO differentiators are required for discussions and proposals.

WHO YOU ARE 

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, or equivalent work experience. 
• You have 10 years or more of experience in portfolio, program, and project management, across multiple methodologies. 
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. 
• Proven record of accomplishment of leading teams through transformation initiatives and improving KPIs. 
• Has led large teams, developed their people, and drove change throughout the team and organization 
• Brought a balance of PMP structure and a “scrappy” entrepreneurial mindset to set the right tone for the right level of rigidity and/or informality as a situation requires 
• Extensive experience managing enterprise-level programs and projects on a global scale. 
• Consulting experience desired. 
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities. 
• Travel is possible, but expected to be < 10% of the role. 

Preferred Skills:

• Relevant PMI certifications are strongly preferred. 
• Demonstrates a high degree of confidence in interacting with C-level executives 
• Understands how to manage, shape, and deliver artifacts both “up” and “down” with a team, program, and/or project 
• Familiarity with project management software and tools (e.g., Dynamics 365 Project Operations, JIRA, Trello, etc.). 
• Basic knowledge of technology concepts, ideally with a background of successful delivery of multiple complex technology transformation initiatives.
• Organizational change management certifications are a plus but demonstrated experience with organizational change management concepts is strongly desired.

THE PERKS 

If you ask any of our employees here at Burwood “what we love” the top answer is always the same: our employee-owned culture. Our employees are driven, innovative, fun-loving, and always willing to help. In addition to that, Burwood also offers some fantastic benefits: 

• Generous vacation policy 
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) savings plan, complete with a company match 
• Health, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and accident insurance 
• Short and Long-Term Disability coverage  
• Mental wellness programs 
• Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax healthcare and transit/parking expenses 
• Learning opportunities in support of career development 
• Access to financial planning expertise 

Compensation packages at Burwood Group are based on a range of factors unique to each candidate including work location, skillset, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons. The estimated salary range for this role is ($175,000-$225,000 target annual base). This role is eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and company performance. 

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion 

We are not intended to be the largest company; but rather, the best. These are the words we live by. This means we welcome all the best talent - regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age. 

Being open to all cultural backgrounds, life experiences, thoughts, and ideas not only strengthens company culture but also encourages different-in-kind thinking and promotes economic success.