Director, PMO

Technical Project / Program Management Vienna, Virginia, United States

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Summary

As a Senior Program & Project Management Leader with 15+ years of experience, I have been recognized for my ability to utilize Agile Scrum methodologies while managing high-performing teams across various organizations. Throughout my career, I have leveraged expertise in continuous improvements, efficiency increases, & incident management. I am passionate about developing sustainable programs while focusing on resource optimization, as well as making data-driven decisions with strategic planning in mind for end-to-end project execution.

Key Achievements Include:

Manage 7 program managers to ensure execution of project plans and milestones, leveraging expertise to deliver program management leadership that supports 30+ simultaneous projects

Acknowledged for consistently delivering exceptional results in leading 3 critically failing projects, which were successfully transitioned to completion, resulting in client satisfaction, restored customer confidence, and a boost in team morale

Acted as Chief of Staff for CTO through IT Transformation, supporting strategic decisions through the collection, analysis, interpretation and communication of information to key decision-makers. Prepared reports for both internal and external dissemination, particularly on technical matters relating to areas of expertise, using data driven insights to answer questions for executive stakeholders.

Directly responsible for transforming a high-priority failing program at the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) Center of Veterinary Medicine, consisting of 32 personnel across 4 custom Agile development projects and 1 operation and maintenance (O&M) project, into a successful and sustainable program within 6 months

Developed and implemented processes to review open tickets and enable cross-organizational collaboration, generating a robust 40% improvement in ticket close times

Expectations

Lead a series of programs, operations or Project Management Office or Chief of Staff in a CIO or CTO organization. Setting strategy, process or project management practices. Mentoring and coaching project managers and teams to high performance and customer delivery