Overview

Job Description Summary The Director of Project Management Office (PMO) is the senior-most project management leader at Butcher Power Products, responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving the company's enterprise-wide project management framework. This role drives strategic alignment across all project portfolios-spanning new product introduction (NPI), custom engineered-to-order (ETO) switchgear manufacturing, process improvements, and capital initiatives-ensuring every project is delivered on time, within budget, and to the quality standards our customers and industry demand. The Director of PMO builds and leads a high-performing team of project management professionals and serves as a key executive voice in shaping operational strategy, resource governance, and organizational capability. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES PMO Governance & Strategic Leadership • Establish, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise PMO framework, including standardized methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Stage-Gate, or hybrid), governance policies, templates, and toolsets. • Align the project portfolio with company-wide strategic objectives, production capacity, and customer commitments; lead portfolio prioritization decisions in partnership with executive leadership. • Define and enforce project intake, approval, and closure processes to ensure consistent, disciplined execution across all departments. • Serve as the executive sponsor for cross-functional initiatives requiring coordination across Engineering, Production, Quality, Procurement, Sales, and Logistics. Team Leadership & Talent Development • Lead, mentor, and develop the full project management organization, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Project Coordinators. • Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular evaluations, and build individual development plans that cultivate internal PM talent and succession pipelines. • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration across the PMO and with cross-functional partners. • Recruit and onboard project management talent aligned to business growth and portfolio complexity. ERP Champion • Serve as the organizational ERP champion, driving consistent use of the company's ERP platform - preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) - as the primary system for project tracking, resource management, budget oversight, and cross-functional data integrity. • Drive adoption and consistent use of the ERP platform across the PMO and partner functions, establishing data standards and reporting frameworks that provide real-time portfolio visibility. • Collaborate with IT and department leads to optimize ERP workflows, ensuring the system accurately reflects project status, BOM visibility, production scheduling, and cost-to-complete forecasting. • Lead continuous improvement of ERP utilization-identifying gaps, championing enhancements, and training team members to maximize the platform's value across the project lifecycle. Portfolio, Budget & Resource Management • Maintain comprehensive, real-time visibility into the full project portfolio-tracking schedules, budgets, resource utilization, and risk exposure across all active projects. • Develop and oversee the PMO operating budget; drive efficient allocation of human capital, tools, and capital resources across the project portfolio. • Establish capacity planning frameworks to balance workload across the PM team and flag resource constraints before they impact delivery commitments. • Partner with Finance and Operations leadership to ensure project costs are tracked, forecasted, and reported accurately. Risk Management & Escalation • Implement robust risk identification, assessment, and mitigation protocols at both the project and portfolio level. • Serve as the final escalation point for high-impact project conflicts, critical-path threats, or customer escalations that exceed the authority of the project t