Business Partner – Stakeholder & Project Management

Description

• Scope Control: Support the change control board by documenting change requests, assessing their impact on scope, schedule, and budget, and ensuring formal approvals are obtained.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct regular project health checks and audits to ensure adherence to established methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and governance standards across all project workstreams.
• Process Improvement: Identify and champion opportunities for continuous improvement within the PMO function and overall project delivery lifecycle.
• Establish and Enforce Standards: Design, implement, and maintain project governance frameworks, standards, processes, and templates (e.g., project charter, status reports, change requests) tailored to the client's environment and Big 4 best practices.
• Management Frameworks: Facilitate and manage the formal processes for risk, issue, dependency, and change management (RICD).
• KPI Monitoring: Track, monitor, and report on key project performance indicators, including budget/actuals, forecast, schedule, resource utilization, and risk exposure across the portfolio.
• Communication Hub: Act as the central communication point, facilitating effective information flow and coordination between Project Managers, workstream leads, vendors, and senior client stakeholders.
• Resolution Support: Proactively track risks and issues, escalating critical items to program leadership and facilitating timely mitigation and resolution.
• Executive Reporting: Own the creation and delivery of accurate, timely, and insightful executive-level dashboards and status reports (e.g., weekly, monthly, Quarterly Business Reviews) to client senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Resource Allocation: Support resource management activities by tracking team member utilization, identifying resource capacity constraints, and facilitating discussions for optimal resource deployment across competing projects.
• Financial Tracking: Work with Project Managers to track project expenditures, manage invoicing, reconcile actuals against budget, and provide forecasts for resource and financial planning.

Requirements

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to communicate complex data and insights clearly to all levels of an organization.
• Consultative Mindset: Ability to apply a consulting lens to PMO activities, moving beyond simple administration to provide strategic guidance and recommendations.
• Analytical & Detail-Oriented: Exceptional analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills with a meticulous attention to detail.
• Certifications (Preferred): PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or other relevant Agile certifications.
• Experience: 4-5 years of professional experience in a PMO, Project Management, or consulting role, preferably within a large professional services or Big 4 environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and executive presentation development.
• Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to build strong, trusted relationships with clients, project teams, and senior management in a matrixed environment.
• Proactive & Adaptable: Self-starter who can navigate ambiguity, manage multiple competing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced, demanding client service environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Project/Portfolio Management (PPM) tools

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance