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Stanley Black and Decker PMO Director in Suzhou, China

A PMO director is an important project management role with many responsibilities. They’ll lead the analysis and rollout of the PMO tools that will plan, manage and track the projects under their purview. This includes any training that’s required.

Outside of having a knowledge of portfolio management software, the PMO director will come up with the strategy for the governance of the portfolio of projects, including the allocation of resources and the management of the individual project managers who are responsible for each of the many projects.

Monitoring the projects and the overall portfolio is also part of their responsibility. The PMO director must ensure that the projects in the portfolio comply with the project policies and standards of the organization.

A PMO director is also a leader. He’ll coach and mentor project managers and other project professionals as needed, sharing his knowledge and best practices for the betterment of the entire organization.

As a leader, the PMO director will also be responsible for hiring project staff and making sure they’re a good fit for the project objectives. This includes creating a PMO organization structure and coordinating project deliverables with project managers, analysts, market leads, regional directors and support contractors.

He’ll work closely with the executive team to define project priorities, implement opportunities, address challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities. This includes leading quality assurance and performing post-mortems to learn from mistakes and make sure they’re not repeated.

PMO Director Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leads & Coaches all PMO team within vertical on project timelines and project management. Identify project, program and portfolio priorities, deal with challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities. Assigns PMO team members to projects based on business importance to ensure the right coverage

  • Manages projects, programs and portfolio deliverables and tasks to ensure compliance with project policies and standards as well as keeping to schedules, budgets and quality expectations, Manages all PDR and MMR events for consistency and improvement, and reports out business metrics and statistics on projects

  • Works with finance, engineering leadership and brands to ensure projects are moving through the process, implements efficiencies that meet or exceed the financial expectations established at project initiation

  • Leads Compliance awareness and works with PMO team to turn confusing compliance requirements into organized action /phase-in plans

  • Works closely with Strategic Planning team and Platform COO regarding projects that need to be discussed at the higher level (stop, start, continue)

  • Leads Patent priority and metrics across the site / vertical

  • Works dotted line with Engineering Excellence PMO Leader to execute common best practices and manage workload across the organization

PMO Director Skills

  • Master’s degree in business administration or related field.

  • Minimum of 15 years of project management experience preferred

  • Successfully manages project deliverables and keeps to timelines. Experience monitoring and evaluating projects, programs and portfolios

  • Ability to identify sources of funding and business development opportunities

  • Expert knowledge of project and change management methodologies, techniques and processes

  • Resource management skills and knowledge of tools, able to manage budget, cost and profitability

  • High-level communication, interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with project managers, teams, vendor and other stakeholders. Ability to influence and partner across matrix organization

  • Flexible, adaptable and resourceful

  • Demonstrated leadership ability and management of high-performing teams

  • Expert in NPD process

  • Strong Decision-Making Capabilities, Particularly with Prioritizing Among Disparate Objectives

  • PMP or PJMP certification is highly desired

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

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