Project Management Office Lead

About the role

The Project Management Office (PMO) Lead will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects across infrastructure, applications, and ERP domains in Port Harcourt. This senior position ensures projects align with organisational strategy, drives best‑practice methodologies, and provides leadership to project managers and cross‑functional teams.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor project managers handling infrastructure, application, and ERP projects.
• Establish and enforce PMO standards, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Oversee project portfolio management, prioritising and allocating resources to meet business objectives.
• Monitor project performance, budgets, timelines and deliverables, reporting status to executive leadership.
• Identify, manage and resolve project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT leadership and external vendors to ensure successful outcomes.
• Lead continuous‑improvement initiatives to enhance PMO effectiveness.
• Support organisational change management related to IT projects and technology adoption.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, security standards and organisational policies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Administration or related field (Master’s advantageous).
• At least 10 years of progressive IT project management experience, including 3+ years in a PMO leadership role.
• Proven experience managing infrastructure, application and ERP projects.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP or PRINCE2 are highly desirable.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder‑management abilities.
• Demonstrated capability to drive change and deliver results in a fast‑paced environment.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency with project management tools (MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet).
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
• Familiarity with IT service management frameworks such as ITIL and COBIT.