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Senior Director of Project Management Office (PMO)

New York, NY, usFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-12

Core

Lead and govern project, program, and portfolio management functions for software application development teams within the NYC Department of City Planning's IT Division.

Role type

Senior Director of Project Management Office (PMO)

Builds

Digital infrastructure for land use review, neighborhood planning, and community development decisions.

Domain

Public sector / Urban Planning / IT Governance

Required skills

PMP certification, strategic planning, portfolio management, Agile/Scrum leadership, vendor management, risk management, stakeholder management, governance framework design, ALM oversight, executive reporting

Preferred skills

Experience with geospatial services, software development lifecycle (SDLC) standards, business process re-engineering

Technologies

Agile, Scrum, SDLC, ALM, dashboards, KPIs

Responsibilities

Perform strategic planning and governance analysis for cross-divisional technology programs; Lead multi-discipline solution teams to plan and implement large-scale system implementations; Establish and improve PMO frameworks and methodologies; Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards for executive visibility; Champion Agile and Scrum methodologies across development teams; Monitor and report on portfolio-level KPIs and delivery metrics.

Seniority

Senior Director, strategic leadership & people management