PMO / Program Management Professional

KPMG is one of the world’s leading professional services firms and the fastest growing Big Four accounting firm

About The Job:

• We are looking for an experienced PMO / Program Management professional with 8+ years of experience in project/program governance, stakeholder management, planning, reporting, and operational coordination.
• The ideal candidate should be highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.
• The role requires someone who can take complete ownership of assigned activities, follow established processes, maintain timely communication with stakeholders, and ensure actions and deliverables are driven to closure.
• The individual will work closely with business, project, and leadership teams to provide effective PMO support across governance, reporting, resource planning, risk management, and overall program execution.

Essential Job Functions:
1. PMO & Program Governance

• Support end-to-end PMO activities across projects and programs.
• Establish and maintain effective project governance mechanisms.
• Track key deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and action items.
• Ensure adherence to established processes, governance standards, and project timelines.
• Drive governance meetings and ensure timely follow-up and closure of agreed actions.
• Maintain relevant project documentation, trackers, and repositories.

2. Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with project leads, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Maintain regular and timely communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Proactively follow up on pending actions, dependencies, risks, and decisions.
• Coordinate across multiple teams to ensure deliverables remain on track.
• Prepare updates for senior stakeholders and leadership forums.
• Demonstrate strong ownership and responsiveness in day-to-day stakeholder interactions.

3. Project Tracking & Reporting

• Track overall project/program health, milestones, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Prepare periodic MIS, status reports, dashboards, and leadership presentations.
• Consolidate information from different workstreams and provide meaningful program-level updates.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of reporting.
• Highlight deviations, bottlenecks, and areas requiring management attention.

4. Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Maintain and regularly update risk, issue, action, and dependency trackers.
• Proactively identify potential delivery risks and escalate them to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Follow up with respective owners to ensure timely mitigation and closure.
• Support program leadership in monitoring critical dependencies and outstanding decisions.

5. Resource & Workforce Planning

• Support resource planning, allocation, and utilization tracking across projects/programs.
• Assist with demand and capacity planning.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders on current and upcoming resource requirements.
• Maintain appropriate resource and workforce trackers.
• Provide visibility into resource gaps, availability, and utilization, wherever applicable.

6. Financial & Operational Governance

• Support project-level budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking as required.
• Track planned versus actual project/resource metrics.
• Assist leadership with operational reviews and management reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve PMO processes, reporting, and governance efficiency.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 8+ Years

Key Skills & Competencies

• 8+ years of overall professional experience, with substantial experience in PMO, project management, program management, or a related governance role.
• Strong understanding of project and program governance frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive activities to completion.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work within committed timelines.
• Strong follow-up and coordination capabilities.
• Experience in management reporting, dashboards, MIS, and executive presentations.
• Understanding of resource/workforce planning and utilization.
• Good knowledge of risk, issue, dependency, and action management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of attention to detail and process adherence.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Tools / Technical Exposure

Candidates with hands-on exposure to the following or similar tools would be preferred:

• JIRA
• Confluence
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Power BI
• SharePoint
• Project/program tracking and reporting tools

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Proactive communication
• Responsiveness to stakeholders
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong follow-through and closure orientation
• Process discipline
• Effective prioritization and time management
• Ability to work under tight timelines
• Professional communication with senior stakeholders
• Problem-solving and solution-oriented approach

Preferred Profile

• 8+ years of relevant experience in a PMO / Program Management / Project Governance environment.
• Prior experience working with large organizations or complex multi-stakeholder programs would be advantageous.
• Experience coordinating across business, technology, operations, and leadership teams.
• Strong experience preparing senior management reports, dashboards, governance decks, and program updates.
• Candidates who can independently pick up activities, understand priorities, proactively communicate progress, and drive tasks to closure would be strongly preferred.