PMO Manager North America

Location: Houston, TX

Travel: 25% across Project Sites initial International induction period

Reports to: COO North America

MISSION

ExecutiveSurf has exclusively partnered with a global energy and EPC business to appoint a senior PMO leader for North America.

Based in Houston, this person will play a central role in building and embedding a Project Management Office across a growing portfolio of complex power-generation and energy-infrastructure projects in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

This is not a conventional project-management role. The successful candidate will create the governance, reporting discipline, portfolio controls and performance-management framework needed to support major EPC projects, including high-value and increasingly complex data-centre-related developments.

Reporting to the COO North America, the PMO Manager will act as a senior partner to Project Managers and cross-functional leaders across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning. The role will provide portfolio visibility, support financial and operational decision-making, and intervene when material risks, delivery issues or escalations require senior coordination. This is a high-impact opportunity for a structured, commercially aware and hands-on PMO leader who has experience building or evolving project-control functions in complex EPC environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and oversee the full EPC project portfolio across North America
• Establish and drive PM standards, governance, and reporting frameworks
• Monitor project performance (cost, schedule, risk, cash flow) at portfolio level
• Provide executive insights and forecasting to support decision-making
• Guide, mentor, and develop Project Managers across the organization
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning)
• Drive risk management, change management, and escalation handling
• Ensure alignment between project execution and company strategic objectives
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices across projects

REQUIREMENTS

• Engineering degree;
• 15 years of experience in project management, project controls, PMO leadership or portfolio governance within complex EPC environments;
• At least five years of experience building, developing or leading a PMO project-controls or portfolio-management function;
• Track record of overseeing multiple high-value projects simultaneously, ideally within power generation, energy infrastructure, oil and gas, industrial EPC, CHP or related sectors;
• Strong capability in planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, resource planning and executive-level reporting;
• Experience with Primavera P6, MS Project and/or other relevant ERP or BI systems;
• Strong influencing skills and the credibility to coordinate senior stakeholders without relying solely on direct reporting lines;
• Able to create structure, challenge delivery teams constructively and drive improved project discipline across a fast-growing organisation.

ExecutiveSurf is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. ExecutiveSurf is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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