**Job Posting End Date** 10-05-2025 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. **Job Summary** The PMO Manager ensures that projects align with strategic objectives, budgets, and timelines while establishing project management standards across the IT department. This role involves managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, monitoring performance, and providing insights to senior leadership on risks and value delivery. The PMO Manager drives accurate forecasting, articulates the impact of project variances on financial outcomes, and coordinates resource planning across cross-functional IT teams to optimize efficiency. By fostering collaboration and standardizing best practices, the PMO Manager enhances project delivery and supports the organization’s strategic vision. **Job Description** **What You'll Do:** + Lead the Project Management Office (PMO), ensuring alignment of projects with strategic goals, budget, and timelines. + Establish and enforce project management standards, methodologies, and best practices across IT. + Drive accurate forecasting and financial discipline across IT. Articulate the impacts of project variances to the capital and O&M budgets. + Monitor and report on portfolio performance, providing transparency to senior leadership on portfolio health such that they can report on risks, dependencies and value delivery. + Coordinate resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization of initiatives across cross-functional IT teams. + Implement governance processes for intake, approval, and execution of projects, balancing agility with control. + Provide coaching and leadership to delivery teams, building organizational capabilities. **What We're Looking For:** **Education** : Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or related technical field is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered. **Experience:** In addition to any experience required above, 8 or more years of technology experience; 4-6 years of direct supervision experience preferred. **Nice to Have:** + Proven expertise in project and program management methodologies. + Strong financial acumen with experience managing multimillion dollar IT or business portfolios. + Demonstrated success in portfolio governance, risk management, and executive level reporting. + Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence across all levels of the organization. + Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into insights for decision making. + Background in IT applications, infrastructure, security, or digital transformation preferred. **What you’ll get:** In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees. Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you! \#AEPCareers \#LI-ONSITE **Compensation Data** **Compensation Grade:** SP20-010 **Compensation Range:** $132,562.00-172,331.00 USD The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. 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