IT Strategy & PMO Transformation Consultant

IT Strategy & PMO Transformation Consultant
Location: Hybrid — Remote + Onsite Sacramento, CA (3 consecutive days every 6 weeks, Tue–Thu)

Key Responsibilities

Project Manager 

• Lead PMP-aligned project management — initiation, planning, execution, closing per SMUD phase gates
• Develop project artifacts: Business Cases, Charters, Risk Registers, Schedules, Communication Plans, Status Reports
• Facilitate phase gate reviews and authorizations
• Monitor scope, schedule, cost, and risk — initiate Change Requests as needed
• Provide status updates via ServiceNow PPM, SAP BPC, and Power BI dashboards
• Lead project closeout including lessons learned and benefits realization

PMO Transformation 

PMO Transformation & Portfolio Governance:

• Optimize PMO operating model (scope, roles, RACI, services catalog)
• Optimize project intake, onboarding, prioritization, and gating
• Transform delivery frameworks and portfolio value management (OKRs, business cases)
• Launch AI-augmented PMO workflows (status automation, risk sensing, resource forecasting)

BRM Integration:

• Optimize BRM operating rhythm with PMO demand shaping
• Co-create joint quarterly planning, intake councils, opportunity assessments
• Define shared KPIs and playbooks for ideation → discovery → business case → delivery

Enterprise Architecture Office Setup:

• Partner with EA Consultant to define EA mandate, processes, and artifacts
• Integrate EA checkpoints into intake, solution reviews, and stage gates
• Create architecture governance (Design Authority, tech standards lifecycle)

Data, AI & Financial Controls:

• Deploy PMO data model and dashboards (portfolio health, delivery KPIs, capacity)
• Embed Finance & Budget Analyst role for CapEx/OpEx tracking and forecasting
• Operationalize AI tooling — Copilot for M365, Power Automate, Power BI
• Enable variance analysis, forecast models, and portfolio financials linked to business outcomes

Change Management & Communications:

• Develop and execute change plan including leadership alignment and enablement
• Deliver training curriculum for PMs, BRMs, and stakeholders

Mandatory Requirements

• 10+ years IT Project Management experience
• 7+ years IT Strategy/PMO leadership with hands-on program delivery
• 7+ years managing multiple concurrent enterprise-level projects (utility/regulated environment preferred)
• PMO redesign experience — operating model, intake, governance, portfolio management
• AI & analytics implementation in PMO reporting and decision support
• Financial governance — CapEx/OpEx, forecasting, benefits realization
• Organizational design and role clarity (RACI, job architecture)
• CIO/CTO-level stakeholder management
• Proficiency in ServiceNow, JIRA, Clarity, Power BI
• Data interpretation and visualization via SQL and Business Objects

Desirable Qualifications

• PMP certification
• Agile Product Owner certification
• MBA with IT/Finance emphasis
• Bachelor''s in CS/IS/Engineering/Business
• Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, TOGAF, BRMP, ITIL, COBIT, Prosci

Soft Skills

• Executive communication and data storytelling
• Change management (Prosci/ADKAR)
• Workshop facilitation and conflict resolution
• Pragmatic hands-on delivery with systems-thinking at scale

Work Requirements

• Must work exclusively within the United States
• Hybrid — remote with onsite every 6 weeks (Tue–Thu, Sacramento )