Pmo Analyst Jobs

Summary: The PMO Analyst is part of the IT Project Management Office (PMO) team that leads project execution and establishes delivery standards, processes, tools, and reporting for the IT organization. The IT PMO upholds and influences gold-standard project execution by instituting discipline around intake & demand management, resource & capacity management, project & program management, and management reporting. The PMO Analyst serves as the analytical arm of the Solution Delivery function, closely partnering with cross-functional technical and non-technical stakeholders to support project execution and ongoing operational excellence. This individual is responsible for leading IT operational and financial reporting, contributing to IT Governance and controls, supporting executive updates, and fulfilling ongoing project support / business analysis needs of the IT organization. This is a hybrid role for the Washington, D.C office.

Responsibilities:

• Supports the PMO & Demand Manager with compiling, synthesizing, and publishing IT project portfolio reporting.
• Helps administer the department’s tool for project and portfolio reporting and tracking.
• Provides analytical support to the Solution Delivery organization, flexing across the project portfolio as needed to lead analysis efforts, change management, solution research, and other critical needs across the project lifecycles.
• Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders as part of both the annual and ad-hoc demand management process to develop project business cases.
• Liaises with IT Project Managers to synthesize and produce IT Project Portfolio reporting.
• Stays abreast of industry technology and trends to streamline IT project tracking and reporting processes.
• Coaches project budget owners on roles & responsibilities, processes, and best-practices.
• Partners with IT leadership and project managers to define standards and structure for project budgeting.
• Ensures PMO metrics and data is available for decision making, transparently provide information using a single source of truth.
• Maintains overall PMO RAID, builds trusted relationships with key stakeholders to resolve RAID items early and solve or escalate complex problems.
• Assists with the promotion and compliance of PMO standards and frameworks, developing, tracking, and reporting overall PMO KPIs.
• Provides analytical support as needed for ongoing IT business analysis.
• Leads CIO reporting and score-carding of IT project performance in close coordination with leadership.
• Leads comparative analysis and solution evaluation efforts under the guidance of IT leadership to enable the technology-related decisions.
• Promotes awareness and shares best practices and lessons learned that contribute to the continuous improvement of the PMO function.
• Supports and prepares ongoing reporting for IT leadership and executive management.
• Serves as the point of contact for IT project financials, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Project Managers, Project Owners).
• Supports IT leadership with vendor and contract management evaluation, processing, and reporting for third party providers and suppliers.

Qualifications:

• College degree is strongly preferred, ideally in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related technical discipline.
• Ability to establish rapport and elicit cooperation from personnel across all levels, including executive management, and cross-functional leadership.
• Ability to work well as part of a team and lead others.
• Appropriate certification(s) are preferred.
• Experience with benchmarking and establishing / continuously measuring performance benchmarks.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment and plan and prioritize workload.
• Must be highly motivated, analytical, organized, and efficient.
• Experience with financial, vendor, and/or contract management systems and solutions.
• Demonstrated experience producing executive level reporting and presentations.
• 3+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a large Law Firm setting, a comparable professional services organization, or a legal information services provider.
• Experience in the analysis of IT projects, systems, services, and business applications.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills required.
• Proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Practical knowledge in importing data for use in report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flowcharts.
• Strong financial modeling, management reporting, and executive presentation skills.
• Practical knowledge of project management concepts, frameworks, and delivery standards.
• Demonstrated experience supporting financial management activities, ideally within an IT organization (e.g., financial analysis and modeling, process mapping).

Position requires access to equipment, software, or technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. To be granted access pursuant to US Export Control laws, candidate must be either (a) a United States citizen or national; (b) a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence of the United States (i.e., “Green Card” holder); or (c) an INS-approved refugee or asylum holder who has applied for naturalization within six months of the date the individual first became eligible; and if not yet naturalized, is still actively pursuing naturalization if 2 years have passed since the date of application for naturalization. Candidates will be required to submit appropriate documentation to determine whether access can be granted before proceeding further through the application process.

Covington & Burling LLP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any aspect of employment, including hiring, salary, promotion, discipline, termination, and benefits, on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, sexual orientation, family responsibility, disability (including physical handicap), or any other improper criterion.