[Hiring] Vice President, Project Management Office @Chevron Federal Credit Union

Role Description

The Vice President, Project Management Office (PMO) provides executive leadership for the Credit Union’s enterprise project delivery, portfolio management, and execution excellence. This role is accountable for building, operating, and continuously improving a world-class execution engine that translates strategy into predictable, high-quality outcomes.

The VP, PMO owns enterprise delivery performance end-to-end:

• Intake, prioritization, resourcing, governance, execution, value realization, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures the organization can reliably deliver its most critical initiatives while continually raising the bar on speed, quality, transparency, and accountability.
• Establishes the PMO as a strategic asset and change agent, not a project administration function.
• Responsible for defining and communicating the PMO's value proposition to senior leadership and the broader organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; MBA or other master’s degree a plus.
• PMP certification and demonstrated expertise in project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, and associated tools.
• Senior leadership experience building and operating enterprise PMOs or large-scale delivery organizations.
• Demonstrated success translating strategy into execution across complex, cross-functional environments.
• Strong portfolio management, governance, and operating model design expertise.
• Proven track record of driving continuous improvement and raising execution maturity over time.
• Exceptional executive communication, influence, and decision-facilitation skills.
• 8+ years’ experience leading people or functions within an enterprise Project Management Office focused on complex technology projects.
• 3+ years of experience in a financial services organization.
• Significant experience working with an organization’s functional areas to define and deliver successful enterprise-wide projects highly desirable.
• Solid understanding and practical experience of software development life cycles and software release management.
• Solid understanding and practical experience in quality assurance methodologies and tools.

Requirements

• Ability to write and speak effectively in English using correct spelling and grammar.
• Experience with Smartsheet, including Control Center, as a PPM tool is a plus.
• Basic math skills including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages using a 10-key.
• Proficient in the use of basic applications in a Windows-based environment, including Outlook, Word, and Excel. Moderate keyboard skills at 40 wpm.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Benefits

• Bonus/incentives for all regular employees.
• 401(k) with 8% company contribution.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents paid at 80%.
• PTO and paid sabbaticals.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Company Description

Chevron Federal Credit Union is one of the top-run credit unions in the country – and one of the largest, with $5 billion in assets. Our corporate culture is not stuffy: the Team Spirit Committee runs fun activities and charitable events throughout the year, and work-life balance, mutual respect, diversity, and providing a voice for every employee are all important to us.