Director Enterprise Project Management Office - EPMO
Full-TimePosted on 2/24/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Pasadena, CA, USA
In Person
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management
About the job
Requirements
Banking experience and experience working with regulators are critical requirements.
At least 10 years of related Enterprise Project Management Office experience, with substantial experience implementing and leading portfolio management and governance in a bank or financial institution.
Significant experience in an Enterprise Project Management Office leadership role, including the ability to engage with senior leaders, represent the Enterprise Project Management Office, and defend governance practices to maintain alignment with the Bank’s objectives and priorities.
Deep subject matter expertise in managing a complex portfolio encompassing formalized programs, projects, and out-of-cycle requests.
Ability to convert general data and findings into applied, specific information and suggestions that add value to business planning and program evaluation.
Ability to manage projects for successful delivery on time, within budget, and according to agreed success criteria; establish clear goals and accountabilities; develop project plans; allocate resources; identify potential issues and risks; and develop contingency plans.
Significant experience developing comprehensive performance measures and metrics to assess program and project performance across objectives and strategies, cost and spend data, quality, schedule, resources, return on investment, and other variables.
Strong knowledge of integrated systems lifecycle development using multiple development models, including agile, waterfall, and hybrid models.
Responsibilities
Develop the vision and overall strategy for the Bank’s Enterprise Project Management Office governance function across the United States and Greater China.
Implement and administer end-to-end portfolio governance and portfolio management practices and processes aligned with the Bank’s strategic goals and objectives, including integration with annual planning and budgeting processes.
Lead bank-wide portfolio prioritization and reprioritization reviews for enterprise projects in the United States and Greater China, including business projects with or without an information technology component.
Own organization-wide education on Enterprise Project Management Office policies, procedures, and standards and ensure consistent application across the project portfolio.
Engage regularly with leaders at all levels on strategy delivery and portfolio governance performance.
Lead the Bank’s project stage-gate review process by conducting readiness assessments and identifying readiness gaps throughout the project lifecycle.
Establish project and portfolio scoring systems to evaluate and measure performance against formalized criteria.
Track and manage resource allocation and resource utilization rates at both the individual project and overall portfolio levels.
Track and manage dependencies across multiple projects; lead escalation processes to make issues visible to stakeholders and leadership; and drive resolution of dependency issues.
Ensure appropriate project handoff and closure, including conducting final postmortem and lessons-learned sessions and applying those learnings to improve cross-team project practices.
Serve as the knowledge center for best practices, processes, templates, lessons learned, and the historical project repository to prevent project teams from duplicating work.
Manage the Enterprise Project Management Office team and foster career development opportunities for team members.
Lead performance review engagements.
Job Description
Client is currently seeking an Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) Director.
As an employee, you will be part of a growing and stable organization that provides career path development opportunities while serving a growing and profitable market.
Duties (not limited to) will include:
Develops vision and overall strategy for the Bank’s EPMO governance function across U.S. and Greater China.
Implements and administers end-to-end portfolio governance and portfolio management practices and processes, in alignment with the Bank’s strategic goals and objectives, including integration with the annual planning and budgeting processes.
Leads bank-wide portfolio prioritization and reprioritization reviews for all enterprise projects all in the U.S and Greater China, including business projects with or without an IT component.
Accountable for organization-wide education of EPMO policies, procedures, and standards and consistent application across the entire portfolio of projects; engages regularly with all levels of leaders on strategy delivery and portfolio governance performance.
Leads the Bank’s overall project stage gate review process, through conducting readiness assessments to identifying gaps in readiness throughout the project life cycle.
Establishes project and portfolio scoring systems to evaluate and measure performance against formalized criteria.
Aggressively tracks and manages resource allocation and resource utilization rates at the individual project level and overall project portfolio level.
Tracks and manages dependencies across multiple projects; leads escalation processes to make issues visible to stakeholders and leadership; drives resolution of dependency issues through the process.
Ensures appropriate project hand-off and closure occurs, including holding the final post mortem / lessons learned sessions, and leveraging learnings to improve cross-team project practices.
Stops project teams from “reinventing the wheel” by being the knowledge center for best practices, processes, templates, lessons learned, historical project repository
Manage the EPMO team, fostering career development opportunities for team members
Qualifications
Banking experience as well as working with regulators is a critical requirement for this position
At least 10 years of related EPMO experience, with heavy emphasis on implementing and leading portfolio management and governance in an bank or financial institution
Leadership: Significant experience in an EPMO leadership role; ability to engage with senior leaders to represent the EPMO and defend governance practices to maintain alignment with the Bank’s objectives and priorities.
Program and Project Governance: Deep subject matter expertise in managing a complex portfolio encompassing both formalized programs, projects, and out-of-cycle requests.
Data Analysis/Interpretation: Ability to convert general data and findings into applied, specific information and suggestions that add value to business planning and program evaluation.
Program and Project Management: Ability to manage projects to ensure successful delivery (on time, within budget, meeting agreed upon success criteria) to establish clear goals and accountabilities. Also includes the ability to develop project plans, allocate resources, identify potential issues/risks and develop contingency plans.
Key Performance Measures: Significant experience in developing comprehensive performance measures and metrics by which to assess program and project performance, looking at the Bank’s objectives and strategies, cost/spend data, quality, schedule, resources, return on investment, and other measurement variables. Leads performance review engagements.
Program Lifecycle Disciplines: Strong knowledge of the integrated systems lifecycle development utilizing different – and sometimes – multiple development models (e.g., agile, waterfall, hybrid, etc.)
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.