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McCormick & Company · 3 days ago

Senior Director, Technology & Transformation PMO

Hunt Valley, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$166K/yr - $299K/yr

15+ years exp

McCormick & Company is a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments, seeking a Senior Director for their Transformation & Technology PMO. This role involves leading complex global projects, establishing a vision and strategy for the PMO, and ensuring successful delivery of transformation initiatives across the organization.

Food Processing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead internal and external teams to ensure successful execution of large, complex, global projects

Provide direction and stewardship for the functions within the PMO, including program management, project management, agile management, change management, communications and training

Lead the development, execution, continuous improvement, and adoption of frameworks to operationalize program management best practices across the enterprise, from building, launching, and post-launch optimization

Prioritize key initiatives to ensure the most impactful projects are delivered successfully

Assemble and organize internal and external cross-functional teams to effectively execute assigned projects. This includes risk management, stakeholder management, regulation/governance, meeting cadence, communication best practices, etc

Establish cross-functional goals and ensure there is a common understanding of scope and objectives

Communicate alignment of multiple initiatives to ensure clarity of purpose against growth strategy. Connect the dots

Work with Transformation Office regularly to address business needs efficiently and identify gaps/opportunities to evolve processes with a focus on scalability

Provide executive transparency and analysis into the financial health, spend, and strategic alignment of the Business Transformation portfolio and Technology portfolio overall

Inspire, mentor, and manage a high-performing PMO team

Develop governance structure and approval matrix, allowing for flexibility to drive innovation and empowerment

Develop strong relationships with key internal and external customers and third-party partners

Create Business Transformation strategic planning process (3 Yr Long-term plan) linked to the business strategies and enterprise architecture roadmaps

Ensure program and project performance metrics are defined, monitored, executed and reported to deliver business value

Lead demand and capacity management

Qualification

Transformation LeadershipAgile ManagementChange ManagementProject ManagementData-Driven Decision MakingStakeholder ManagementProgram ManagementRisk ManagementTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree in business, information sciences, engineering, or equivalent years of industry experience

15+ years' experience in strategy, project leadership, consulting (strategy & operations, technology), PMO, or other similar roles managing enterprise-wide, complex global programs with multiple projects/work streams

Previous experience working in a ‘Delivery-as-a-Service' model with the ability to evaluate and articulate the portfolio in commercial terms (Revenue, Delivery, Savings, Value Pools)

Extensive experience identifying, monitoring and reporting project interdependencies, risks and issue resolution

Previous experience creating a project management center of excellence; setting PMI PMBoK project management best practices, processes and policies

Proven experience in attracting, inspiring, developing, and retaining a diverse, high-performing global team of project coordinators, project managers, program managers and global process owners

Ability to seek and establish executive relationships throughout the organization to establish a strong network with key stakeholders

Proven track record of influencing C-Level Business Leaders

Visionary leader with a bias for execution who can also dig into the details with the front-line team

Data-driven mindset with proven experience utilizing metrics & insights as tools for informed decision-making