Business Operations - PMO Lead
- Full-Time
- Austin, TX
- Accenture
- Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
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In today’s business environment, growth isn’t just about building value—it's fundamental to long-term business survival. So how do organizations sustain themselves? The key is a new operating model—one that's anchored around the customer and propelled by intelligence to deliver exceptional experiences across the enterprise at speed and at scale. You will deliver breakthrough business outcomes for clients—by harnessing talent, data and intelligence to revolutionize their operating models.
Operations is one of four services that make up one Accenture –the others are Strategy and Consulting, Interactive and Technology.
Key Responsibilities:
The PMO Lead will execute End to End Phase Project Management.
Manage the program project from scoping and requirements through deployment for an end-to-end project or specific area of a
project e.g. build or test.
Proactively manage and monitor execution of deliverables and status in an effective manner.
Understand the fundamental solution being developed deployed its business value, blueprint, how it fits with the overall
architecture or business operations, risks, etc.
Ensure that internal and external project resources with appropriate skill sets are provided.
Escalate issues to management which cannot be resolved at the program project level.
Ensure resolution of cross segment team project issues, risks, and or conflicts
Manage critical path, dependencies, contingency and overall budget performance e.g. Estimate at Completion EAC vs.
budget.
Proactively eliminate critical path roadblocks to help ensure successful delivery of the solution.
Take steps to proactively mitigate project risk as defined required in project plan.
Ensure stakeholders clearly understand what risks will or will not be mitigated.
Ensure project members effectively manage dependencies, budgets, and schedule.
Ensure the project stakeholders expectations are understood and managed.
Report and manage overall project release status back to the project sponsor and stakeholders.
Take responsibility for end to end solution delivery, ensuring timely delivery of high quality project deliverables through effective
team communications and focus on quality.
Validate that proper deliverable and phase stage containment is within scope.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 1 year of project management experience to include analyzing proposals, managing work flow, partnering across teams, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associates Degree
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Previous client facing experience
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