Director of Project Management Office

The Director of Project Management Office (PMO) is the senior-most project management leader at Butcher Power Products, responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving the company’s enterprise-wide project management framework. This role drives strategic alignment across all project portfolios—spanning new product introduction (NPI), custom engineered-to-order (ETO) switchgear manufacturing, process improvements, and capital initiatives—ensuring every project is delivered on time, within budget, and to the quality standards our customers and industry demand. The Director of PMO builds and leads a high-performing team of project management professionals and serves as a key executive voice in shaping operational strategy, resource governance, and organizational capability.

PMO Governance & Strategic Leadership

• Establish, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise PMO framework, including standardized methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Stage-Gate, or hybrid), governance policies, templates, and toolsets.

• Align the project portfolio with company-wide strategic objectives, production capacity, and customer commitments; lead portfolio prioritization decisions in partnership with executive leadership.

• Define and enforce project intake, approval, and closure processes to ensure consistent, disciplined execution across all departments.

• Serve as the executive sponsor for cross-functional initiatives requiring coordination across Engineering, Production, Quality, Procurement, Sales, and Logistics.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop the full project management organization, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Project Coordinators.

• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular evaluations, and build individual development plans that cultivate internal PM talent and succession pipelines.

• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration across the PMO and with cross-functional partners.

• Recruit and onboard project management talent aligned to business growth and portfolio complexity.

ERP Champion

• Serve as the organizational ERP champion, driving consistent use of the company’s ERP platform — preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) — as the primary system for project tracking, resource management, budget oversight, and cross-functional data integrity.

• Drive adoption and consistent use of the ERP platform across the PMO and partner functions, establishing data standards and reporting frameworks that provide real-time portfolio visibility.

• Collaborate with IT and department leads to optimize ERP workflows, ensuring the system accurately reflects project status, BOM visibility, production scheduling, and cost-to-complete forecasting.

• Lead continuous improvement of ERP utilization—identifying gaps, championing enhancements, and training team members to maximize the platform’s value across the project lifecycle.

Portfolio, Budget & Resource Management

• Maintain comprehensive, real-time visibility into the full project portfolio—tracking schedules, budgets, resource utilization, and risk exposure across all active projects.

• Develop and oversee the PMO operating budget; drive efficient allocation of human capital, tools, and capital resources across the project portfolio.

• Establish capacity planning frameworks to balance workload across the PM team and flag resource constraints before they impact delivery commitments.

• Partner with Finance and Operations leadership to ensure project costs are tracked, forecasted, and reported accurately.

Risk Management & Escalation

• Implement robust risk identification, assessment, and mitigation protocols at both the project and portfolio level.

• Serve as the final escalation point for high-impact project conflicts, critical-path threats, or customer escalations that exceed the authority of the project team.

• Proactively identify systemic risks—including supply chain disruptions for long-lead electrical components, production bottlenecks, and contractual liabilities—and drive resolution with cross-functional teams.

Financial & Contractual Oversight

• Provide executive oversight of project P&L performance across the portfolio, including margin tracking, change order management, and cost-to-complete forecasting.

• Ensure rigorous management of complex construction contracts, including liquidated damages (LDs), insurance requirements, and compliance obligations.

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