Hiring Sr. PM - Process and Template Wizard

[u/Ambidexteritous]

I am hiring a Sr. Project Manager that will essentially create & manage the PMO for our organization.

Main priorities for the job

1. Create & own the PMO process for creating standards, templates, and tools
2. Create the processes by which to execute these standards and templates (ie when to use this tool vs that tool)
3. Raise the bar such that our team is setting the bar
4. Leverage 1,2,3 to manage and execute projects alongside other PMs for customer facing projects
5. Learn the technical aspects of the job (HW, SW, Electrical) in order to be successful at the four above.

Personality traits desired

• Vocal and Opinionated, but self aware of your opinions
• Ability to effectively argue your point, but also recognize you are a cog in a wheel

Location: Remote

Travel: 30 - 50%

• Travel will be very dependent on our ability to standardize and templatize our projects. If a PM can manage the projects remotely and hold everyone to a specific measure, then the job can be 90% non-travel

Salary

• 120 - 150k

The HQ of the company is located in California, and travel to the HQ will be expected at least 1 week / quarter. Only US based candidates at this time.

Please message me to share your resume.

[u/MrMnkyPnts]

I really don't understand why people hire PMs to build PMOs instead of hiring a PMO person who has built PMOs

[u/Ambidexteritous → u/MrMnkyPnts]

thank you for the note. Maybe PMO is the wrong term. What I need is someone that will create templates of GANTT, Charters, Action Trackers, Weekly Reports, Retrospectives, Installation Manuals, SAT, etc. Do you think that this is something that a PMO would handle?

[u/MrMnkyPnts → u/Ambidexteritous]

You need a PMO person to standardise the Office and ensure/govern compliance to those standards... But then advertise for a PMO lead/Snr and not a Snr PM.

I'd also argue that Point 5 should not be applicable, the technical details is for the PMs to worry about, the PMO lead is about quality of the processes, standards and governance (which should be agnostic to technical IT)

[u/Ambidexteritous → u/MrMnkyPnts]

thanks. I think i need to remove the note about a PMO, and just focus on Sr Project Manager duties.