Job ID: 24-6125 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Survey NoVA
Overview
For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework. As North America's premiere MGS™ company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.
Responsibilities
The Area PMO Leader is a project excellence focused role, that reports to the Area Manager and works in parallel with Area, Location, and other senior leaders to integrate Project Management best practices, monitor project health, mitigate risk, and drive project performance to meet the organization's objectives and strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
Standardization:
Develop and implement standardized project management methodologies, processes, tools, and templates, that help secure desired outcomes
Champion a culture of continuous learning and development within the PMO and project teams
Strategic Alignment:
Work with Regional and Company PMO leaders to drive company project management initiatives
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to foster collaboration and ensure buy-in for project initiatives
Collaborate with Department Managers to align project initiatives with strategic objectives
Facilitate strategic planning sessions to prioritize projects contributing to long-term business goals
Resolve project scheduling, work breakdown structure development, earned value analysis (estimate to complete), and project invoicing as part of the monthly routine for project delivery
Resource Optimization:
Optimize utilization of project resources across locations and departments
Monitor resource utilization and propose solutions to optimize resource allocation
Identify cross-functioning teams for cohesion and efficiency gains
Refine project staffing, backlog reporting, work sharing and forecasting
Ensure PM compliance with project procedures and tool use
Reporting:
Provide support, guidance, and training to enhance project management skills
Monitor project performance metrics and provide regular reports to stakeholders
Provide regular reports and presentations summarizing Area - key metrics, progress, and challenges
Communication:
Communicate updates, decisions, and strategic priorities from leadership to operational teams
Consolidate and analyze operational data to provide insights and recommendations to the leadership team
Monthly, quarterly, and annual status/KPIreports
Project risk mitigation and identify troubled projects early and drive the recovery plan both for SAM and to ensure client satisfaction
Work with regional PMO especially when help is needed on troubled project or other constraints
Continuous Improvement:
Identify and implement opportunities to enhance project management practices and organizational capabilities
Work with Area and Local leads as well as department managers and PMs to be project excellence focused, track progress and growth while monitoring key KPI’s
Training, mentoring and staff development
Help junior staff to move into the PM role and excel in the business side of the business
Capture and disseminate lessons learned and best practices to facilitate continuous improvement
Qualifications
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights for decision-making.
Experience managing multiple large projects
Strong understanding of project lifecycle and best practices in project planning, execution, and delivery.
Experience in project risk management, including identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies.
