Come join our team here at Combi!
Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving project excellence and organizational success? Combi is seeking a skilled Manager of the Project Management Office (PMO) to lead and optimize our project management processes, strategies, and performance.
If you're ready to bring your leadership, expertise, and innovation to a role where you can make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in driving success through effective project management!
Apply today to start your next career chapter with us.
Why work at Combi?
- Innovation at our Core
- Career Growth
- Collaborative Work Environment
- Commitment to Safety and Quality
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Community Involvement
- Employee perks such as paid vacations, flexible schedules, paid holidays, catered lunches, tuition reimbursement, tool reimbursement and much more!
Summary:
The PMO Manager will be responsible for overseeing the Project Management team to ensure the successful delivery of custom equipment and automation projects to our customers. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership and communication skills, capable of creating and implementing project management best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. As a Hands-on Leader, the PMO Manager will also be actively involved in managing projects while mentoring and guiding the project management team.
Duties
- Align department goals with organizational objectives and ensure successful execution.
- Develop and oversee key metrics for tracking project success and take corrective actions as needed.
- Supervise, mentor and coach Project Managers on methodologies, tools, and professional growth.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability within the team.
- Champion project management practices across the organization, delivering training, and building stakeholder buy-in.
- Manage projects from presales through delivery, ensuring scope, budget, and timelines are consistently met.
- Define and document project scope, goals, and deliverables, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, budgets, and risk mitigation.
- Lead cross-functional teams by collaborating with department Managers to allocate resources and align objectives.
- Monitor budgets, track profitability, and lead regular status updates with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, and proactively manage changes and escalations.
Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for prolonged periods of time at a desk. Standing and walking to different departments will be required. The employee will need vision to see close, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus, talk, hear and listen.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position, working Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- PMI certification (e.g., PMP) preferred.
- 7+ years of Project Management experience delivering equipment, controls and automation solutions in manufacturing.
- Expertise in project management methodologies (e.g., scope, schedule, risk, cost, and stakeholder management).
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with successful outcomes.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and mentorship skills to develop and empower high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a focus on influencing stakeholders.
- Skilled at building relationships, and fostering collaboration across diverse teams.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and time-management abilities.
- High business acumen and a cross-functional mindset.
- Innovative, forward-thinking approach to improving processes and efficiency.
- Proven expertise in aligning stakeholder expectations, securing buy-in, and driving decisions through trust and effective communication
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools.