Program Manager, Pmo Jobs

About Sasaki

Sasaki is an international design firm headquartered in Boston, MA, with locations in Denver, New York, and Shanghai. We are a 300+ person world-class planning and design firm with a dynamic creative culture and a body of work that spans 70 years. With over 850 awards and projects of significance and impact, Sasaki is a dynamic environment for personal growth, contribution, and learning.

About The Role

This new role works as part of Sasaki’s growing Project Management Office team and collaborates across the firm’s operational departments, primarily Information Systems, Finance, People and Culture, and Professional Practice. This role reports into the Operations Director. Although there is no direct people management, there is indirect people management related to motivating and driving initiative teams.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Perform Business Analyst functionality to assess and find solutions for issues and root cause analysis
• Stakeholder management to ensure transparency and accountability
• Continuously ensure your team is delivering according to the constantly growing needs of the business, in line with organizational strategy
• Use a problem-solving approach to initiative execution and risk management
• Support the creation of PMO and reporting processes, and report on progress for initiatives
• Act as thought partner and coach to business stakeholders to drive the best outcomes for initiatives and the organization
• Work with Operations Director and business stakeholders to define project requirements, scope efforts, and timeline
• Responsible for planning, executing, and delivering high-impact, highly-cross-functional initiatives
• Ensure initiatives are managed following Project Management Best Practices

Your Qualifications

• Ability to take abstract complex subjects and communicate with audiences of varying levels of leadership and technical background
• Self-driven, highly-organized, and highly-effective time management skills
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Business Administration, or related field.
• Experience in HR processes a plus, but not required
• 4 + years’ experience in cross-functional project management
• Ability to prioritize competing priorities simultaneously
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills to drive people to consensus
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Familiarity with or experience in the AEC or Design Industry
• 2 + years’ experience within a Project Management Office

If you possess these qualities and want to know more about this exciting high-impact position within our team, we would love to hear from you.