What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Enterprise Technology PMO position at Open Systems Technologies?
A financial firm is looking for a Head of Enterprise Technology PMO to join their team in Jersey City, NJ.
Compensation: $175-190K
No visa sponsorship; U.S. Citizens or GC Holders only
5 days onsite/week in Jersey City, NJ
No relocation; Candidates must be local
Responsibilities:
- Operate demand intake and prioritization; maintain a single, ranked cross‐tower portfolio and run capacity and dependency management.
- Track and report project and program status, including timelines/schedule, scope, budget and forecast vs. actuals, risks and issues, assumptions, and dependencies; prepare Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews.
- Lead FinOps; showback/chargeback, tagging hygiene, rightsizing, commitment coverage, and unit cost metrics.
- Oversee vendor and contract operations: vendor segmentation, QBRs, Service Level Agreements / Service Level Objectives.
- Publish executive dashboards and clear narratives for decision‐making.
- Coach tower leads on outcome‐based roadmaps and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs); drive consistent definitions of status, risk, readiness, and value.
- Lead a small PMO team as a player-coach to deliver portfolio, financials, risk & governance, and vendor outcomes.
Qualifications:
- 10–15 years across PMO/portfolio management, Technology Business Management / FinOps, and governance in complex technology organizations; financial services or other regulated industries preferred.
- FinOps experience with cloud unit economics and optimization levers; familiarity with TBM frameworks is a plus.
- Expertise with ServiceNow (PPM/ITSM), Jira, ERP/GL reporting, and cloud cost management tools.
- Strong commercial acumen (contracts and pricing), vendor segmentation, and QBR leadership.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrated experience with senior stakeholder engagement.
- Experience establishing a single, ranked portfolio across multiple technology towers.
- Demonstrated success improving forecast accuracy to ±3–5% and publishing trusted unit economics.
- Familiarity with audit and regulatory expectations relevant to investment management.
- Portfolio Management Professional or other relevant Project Management Institute certifications would be a plus.
Salary : $175,000 - $190,000