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Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company, is seeking a Director of IT Project Management to lead enterprise IT PMO strategy and execution. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for building and maturing the enterprise IT PMO function, establishing portfolio governance, and overseeing a portfolio of large-scale technology transformation programs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute the strategic vision, operating model, and multi-year maturity roadmap for the enterprise IT PMO
- Establish portfolio governance, intake, prioritization, funding, resource planning, stage-gate reviews, and escalation processes
- Lead a portfolio of strategic enterprise programs spanning business applications, ERP, cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud platforms, data and analytics, AI enablement, enterprise integrations, and end-user technology
- Build and lead a high-performing team of program managers, project managers, portfolio analysts, and business operations personnel
- Oversee delivery of large, complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives, managing scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, risks, security requirements, and business outcomes
- Establish executive-level portfolio reporting providing transparent visibility into project health, milestones, financial performance, and delivery risks
- Create and maintain an integrated technology portfolio roadmap with interdependencies across business functions and technology domains
- Drive disciplined demand management and business-case development
- Partner with Finance and IT leadership on technology investment planning, budget tracking, and cost optimization
- Implement benefits-realization practices to measure whether completed initiatives achieve intended outcomes
- Lead program risk management, issue resolution, and recovery planning for at-risk initiatives
- Establish resource-management practices improving allocation, capacity planning, and delivery predictability
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Business Systems, Data, Finance, Legal, and People leadership
- Oversee relationships with systems integrators, implementation partners, and strategic technology vendors
- Advance adoption of modern delivery practices including Agile, hybrid, and product-oriented operating models
- Drive continuous improvement through portfolio analytics, post-implementation reviews, and PMO maturity measurements
- Ensure programs address security, privacy, compliance, audit, data-governance, and change-management requirements
- Provide leadership during critical incidents and high-visibility executive escalations
Requirements:
- 12+ years of experience in technology program management, project management, portfolio management, business transformation, or related enterprise IT leadership roles
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing PMO, program management, project management, portfolio-management, or enterprise-transformation teams
- Demonstrated experience building or maturing an enterprise IT PMO in a complex, rapidly evolving, or high-growth organization
- Proven success leading large-scale, multi-year technology transformation programs with significant business impact, cross-functional dependencies, and executive visibility
- Strong experience governing portfolios that include enterprise applications, ERP, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data platforms, integrations, and end-user technologies
- Deep understanding of portfolio governance, demand management, investment prioritization, business-case development, resource planning, financial management, and benefits realization
- Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, statements of work, implementation partners, and financial controls
- Proven ability to develop concise executive communications including portfolio dashboards, program status reports, investment recommendations, and risk summaries
- Strong ability to identify delivery risks, clarify accountability, resolve cross-functional issues, and drive timely decisions across senior stakeholder groups
- Experience with project and portfolio management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, hybrid delivery models, and ITIL-aligned service-management principles
- Experience with enterprise portfolio-management, project-management, and collaboration tools such as Planview, Jira, Smartsheet, Asana, Microsoft Project, or equivalent strategic portfolio management platforms
- Exceptional communication, influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills
- Strong analytical and financial acumen with ability to connect technology investments to business value, risk reduction, operational efficiency, and strategic outcomes
- Ability to participate in critical program governance, escalation management, and incident leadership
Preferred qualifications:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT, technology transformation, consulting, or program leadership, including 7+ years managing multi-functional delivery organizations
- Experience leading PMO functions in a defense technology, aerospace, manufacturing, regulated, security-sensitive, or high-compliance environment
- Experience governing Oracle Fusion, Workday, Salesforce Agentforce, or similarly complex enterprise application and ERP transformation programs
- Experience managing cloud modernization, cybersecurity transformation, identity, zero-trust, data-platform, AI, or enterprise automation initiatives
- PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL, or comparable professional certifications
- Experience implementing strategic portfolio-management platforms and enterprise reporting capabilities
- Strong background in organizational change management, operating-model design, process transformation, and adoption planning
- Experience establishing outcome-based delivery metrics including on-time delivery, budget performance, delivery predictability, realized benefits, resource utilization, customer satisfaction, and risk reduction
- Experience applying automation, AI-enabled portfolio analytics, or data-driven reporting to improve PMO efficiency and decision quality
